Seika Izawa remained undefeated and scored a second-round submission victory tonight at Rizin Preventing Federation 45 in Saitama, Japan. The reigning Rizin FF Girls’s Tremendous Atomweight Champion completed the retiring Miyuu Yamamoto with a rear-naked choke in non-title 49kg motion.
Izawa, who additionally holds the Deep Jewels Strawweight Championship, has her eyes set on probably including a 3rd divisional title to her résumé. Following her win tonight, Izawa expressed an curiosity in competing for the Deep Jewels Atomweight Championship, which is at the moment held by Si Yoon Park.
Izawa (12-0-0) pulled guard with a decent guillotine choke early in tonight’s combat, however Yamamoto (6-8-0) remained calm and she or he escaped from a collection of Izawa choke makes an attempt. Izawa stayed energetic from the underside and she or he prevented Yamamoto from mounting a lot offence. Early within the second spherical, Izawa countered a Yamamoto takedown by trapping her in a no-hooks rear-naked choke. Yamamoto couldn’t escape this time and she or he was pressured to faucet out on the 37-second mark of spherical two.
Following the combat, Izawa spoke briefly within the ring earlier than exiting to ensure that a retirement ceremony to start for Yamamoto, whose MMA profession dates again to Rizin FF 2 in September 2016. Although she was unable to seize a title throughout her time competing for the promotion, Yamamoto engaged in a few of Rizin FF’s most entertaining fights.
“I’m each glad and unhappy,” Izawa stated when talking backstage. “I really feel combined feelings. I do know she is a powerful wrestler and I felt that in the course of the combat. I would like the Deep Jewels [atomweight] belt that went to Black Fight. I don’t minimize a lot weight to combat at tremendous atomweight, so I can compete in each weight lessons, and I additionally take into consideration strawweight as properly.”
“I used to be conscious of her grappling and I defended in opposition to her submissions within the first spherical, so I believed I may win,” Yamamoto mirrored backstage. “I would like [son] Erson and my teammates to proceed to enhance, and I’m glad that our household is ready to partake in MMA collectively. All of my fights had been right here in Rizin and I didn’t compete wherever else. My [torn] knee ligament healed rapidly this 12 months and the physician did an excellent job. I need to see Seika proceed to win.
“Child’s documentary film premiered on U-Subsequent and used Infamous B.I.G.’s tune ‘Juicy’ and so I used it for my entrance as a result of Child liked that tune,” Yamamoto added when talking about her deceased brother, Norifumi. “I need to thank Rizin, my teammates and all the followers for his or her help throughout my profession. I’m actually happy with myself as a Rizin fighter.”
Seika Izawa (left) and Miyuu Yamamoto (proper) backstage following Rizin FF 45.
