For the primary time since July 2023, Rizin FF Ladies’s Tremendous Atomweight Champion Seika Izawa is about to defend her title on November third at Rizin Preventing Federation: “Landmark Vol. 12” in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Izawa faces Deep and Deep Jewels Microweight Champion Saori “Little Large” Oshima.
Rizin FF officers introduced the bout together with different matchups for the cardboard as we speak. Izawa has solely made one title defence because the finish of 2022 attributable to questionable matchmaking and accidents or weight points with opponents. Additionally on the cardboard, Noeru “Noel” Narita takes on Misaki “Iruka Umisaki” Suda.
Izawa (16-0-0) retained her 49kg Rizin title with an in depth and contentious Cut up Choice victory over Si Woo Park of their Rizin FF 40 rematch shut to 3 years in the past, however the Japanese star has since discovered herself in matchmaking purgatory as Rizin has struggled to match her towards credible or dependable opponents. She simply retained her title in a 64-second submission win over Claire Lopez at “Tremendous Rizin 2” earlier than defeating the retiring Miyuu Yamamoto and Kanna Asakura in successive non-title bouts. Most lately, Izawa gained two extra non-title fights towards Lucia Apdelgarim and a closely obese Yu Jin Shin, however she is going to lastly have a reputable and highly-ranked challenger in November.
Oshima (15-6-0) is undefeated in 4 Rizin FF fights, totalling victories over three frequent Izawa opponents – Asakura, Yamamoto and Lopez – in addition to a slick submission win over Pancrase champ Haruka “Salt” Hasegawa in simply 76 seconds. Her appearances for Rizin have been unfold out, nevertheless, and the grappler has encountered premature setbacks in bouts for Deep, the place she misplaced her Deep Jewels atomweight title to Si Yoon Park in September 2023, and Invicta FC. In Could, she was upset by heavy underdog Ye Ji Lee at Deep: “125 Affect,” however a vital victory towards rising star Moeri Suda this previous weekend at “127 Affect” put Oshima again on the radar for a showdown with Izawa.
Although the matchup arguably comes years too late, Izawa has been in want of a reputable title challenger for fairly a while. Oshima, whereas smaller and never as sturdy because the Rizin champ, is able to testing Izawa on the bottom along with her personal array of scrambles and submissions.
In different 49kg tremendous atomweight motion, 17-year-old Narita (2-2-0) seeks redemption in her second Rizin FF look when she takes on Suda (2-0-0), who stays unbeaten since turning professional. Each ladies have maintained very lively combating schedules in the course of the previous two years, with Narita creating a major fan following because of her success below the Shooto banner. Nonetheless, her Rizin FF debut in July led to a one-sided submission loss and she or he hopes to rebound upon her return in November. Suda, in the meantime, struggled to search out consistency as an novice however has up to now gained each of her professional fights together with an in depth choice victory at Deep Jewels 48 in March.
Rizin Preventing Federation: “Landmark Vol. 12” takes place on November third at Glion Area Kobe in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
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