With the Rizin girls’s tremendous atomweight title vacated, three contender’s bouts have been introduced for the upcoming Rizin Combating Federation: “Landmark Vol. 15” occasion on July 18th in Hiroshima, Japan. In a single, Si Woo “Korean Queen Bee” Park clashes with Moeri “Black Diamond” Suda.
Additionally confirmed for the occasion this week was a pivotal rematch between latest Rizin title challenger Saori “Little Large” Oshima and Ye Ji Lee, who upset Oshima 13 months in the past. Elsewhere on subsequent month’s card, striker Namiko “Hime” Kawabata takes on prospect Ayane “Barbie” Hirata.
Park (13-6-0) was the #2-ranked girls’s tremendous atomweight fighter for shut to 2 years earlier than taking a hiatus from competitors and switching up her coaching with Havas MMA in her native South Korea. She holds key victories over Rena Kubota, Kanna Asakura and Ayaka Hamasaki in Rizin, in addition to a Deep Jewels strawweight title win over Machi Fukuda of their first assembly at Deep Jewels 45. Park is 8-2 in her previous ten fights, with the lone defeats coming by way of Cut up Selections in opposition to then-Rizin champ Seika Izawa and Fukuda of their rematch.
Suda (15-7-0) has racked up wins in 5 of her previous six fights, and none was larger than her surprising submission win in opposition to Ayaka Hamasaki at Deep Jewels 48. The expert grappler additionally holds victories over Ye Ji Lee and Namiko Kawabata, who will each be in motion earlier on the Rizin card in Hiroshima. Premature defeats have to this point stored title gold simply outdoors of Suda’s attain, however the 21-year-old is now seeking to put herself in Rizin championship rivalry by defeating one among her hardest opponents.
Oshima (16-7-0) has skilled massive wins and crushing defeats in the course of the previous three years. The submission specialist is the reigning Deep and Deep Jewels Microweight Champion, however her fights at atomweight and tremendous atomweight have yielded combined outcomes. After being upset by Ye Ji Lee at Deep: “125 Affect,” Oshima rebounded by defeating Suda for a second time of their September rematch. She then challenged unsuccessfully for the Rizin girls’s tremendous atomweight title and most lately defeated Keito “Kate Lotus” Oyama at Rizin FF 52.
Lee (7-8-0) shall be seen as an underdog on this card, regardless of her earlier victory in opposition to Oshima, however the 26-year-old has amassed 4 wins in her previous six fights and stays a tricky take a look at for anybody within the atomweight and tremendous atomweight divisions. In November, Lee’s bid for her greatest victory up to now resulted in a call loss to Hamasaki at Deep Jewels 51, however she bought again on the successful monitor this previous month by narrowly edging out Eru Takebayashi by way of Cut up Resolution in a extremely aggressive Deep Jewels 53 bout.
Kawabata (6-5-0) was by no means in a position to comply with up on her success after defeating Oshima in a non-title Deep Jewels struggle in March 2022. Transferring up in weight resulted in technical submission losses to Machi Fukuda and Rin Nakai, however Kawabata has fared higher extra lately since dropping again right down to the tremendous atomweight division. She received back-to-back fights for Deep Jewels after which engaged in a aggressive three-round bout with Suda in March, which ended with Suda taking a call win.
Hirata (4-3-0) started her professional profession as one of many breakout stars for the all-female Colours division of Shooto, the place she received three of her 5 bouts. Looking for a brand new problem, she debuted for Black Fight in South Korea in March 2025 and secured a TKO victory. The favored younger prospect returned to the promotion in August, however she was defeated by former Pancrase contender Yerin “Ghost” Hong and has since centered on honing her expertise whereas taking time away from professional MMA competitors.
The Rizin FF girls’s tremendous atomweight title that was lengthy held by champion Seika Izawa is now vacant, as Izawa has stepped away from competitors in preparation for the delivery of her first little one. Ladies’s atomweight and tremendous atomweight are largely dormant outdoors of Japan, however Rizin has gathered collectively a powerful group of contenders for this occasion and future playing cards this yr in hopes of creating a brand new champion.
Rizin Combating Federation: “Landmark Vol. 15” takes place on July 18th at Hiroshima Prefectural Sports activities Middle (Inexperienced Enviornment) in Hiroshima, Japan.
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