Just as the weekend is not crowded, RIZIN laid the groundwork for the year-end battle festival with the opening of a light tournament. RIZIN 19 includes fun girl matches, kickboxing and some freakshow shenanigans.
Above the card is Kai Asakura (13-1), fresh from his amazing victory over unstoppable Kyoji Horiguchi at that time. He is facing a former UFC flyweight Ulka Sasaki (22-7, 2 draws) peculiar to fly paper grappler. Asakura's fierce attack and splendid movements on Sasaki's violent wrestling and submission methods are nowadays much closer to the Grappler vs Striker archetype. This should be a great way to stop the night.
At a co-hosted event we took a teenage boy action featuring Jiri Procházka (24-3), perhaps the lightest heavyweight outside of the United States. Prochazka leaves traces of victims of hell or high water in an intense blow method. He confronts & # 39; Iron Hill Billy & # 39; Fabio Maldonado (25-13), the last win of the 2018 Fighter Pro debut. Check what you do.
Yamay Miyuu Yamamoto (5-3) was late late this year in the all-female Quintent Fight Night edition (team like Sara McMann). She won a very tough contest in June with a decision on Kanna Asakura and met South Korean sensation Ham Seo Hee Ham (21-8). Brutal ground knee finishes for Invicta Champions Jinh Frey and Tomo Maesawa.
GP BOUTS
Drawings for the lightweight tournament have been completed, and in the first round there is a former UFC fighter Johnny Case (26-6-1) against BJJ superstar Roberto Satoshi (9-0). Fellow UFC fighter Damien Brown (19-12) took a very aggressive approach after his release and is facing Azerbaijan's hitter Tofiq Musaev (15-3).
One of the more enjoyable additions to the tournament is the Bellator O.G. Meet Patricky Pitbull (21-8), the well traveled and beloved Tatsuya “Crusher” Kawajiri (37-13, 1 draw). The road to UFC participants and DEEP veteran Hiroto Uesako (16-7) meets Wanderlei Silva's protée Luiz Gustavo (9-1) to complete the field.
Rena Kubota (aka RENA, 8-3) will bounce from Bellator's loss earlier this year. She is making a terrific attempt at confronting Spain's Alexandra Alvare Carlos (0-3 … yes) to draw the best talent that stands out to a new victory. That's what's happening.
Keita Nakamura (24-10, 2 draws) meets Roberto Satoshi's brother Marcos de Souza (8-1). Completing the Big Chungus circuit is Shoma Shibisai (4-2) vs. Raleigh Poly Korean Chang Hee Kim (1-4). It makes things interesting.
The full card looks like this:
Kai Asakura and Ulka Sasaki-BW
Geography Prochazuka vs Fabio Maldonado-HW
Yamamoto Mi Yu vs Suhee Ham-108 lbs
Keita Nakamura vs Marcos de Souza-WW
Damian Brown vs Tofiq Musaef-LW Tournament Match
Roberto Satoshi vs Johnny Case-LW Tournament Match
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Patty P. Pitbull-LW Tournament
Hiroto Uesako vs Ruiz Gustavo-LW Tournament Match
Seiki Ueyama vs Taisei Umei-Kickboxing Match, 123lbs
Lena Kubota vs Alexandra Alvarez Carlos-112 lb
Shoma Shibisai and Kim Chang Hee-HW
Taiga Kawabe and Taizu Shiratori-Kickboxing Match, 137lbs
Takuma Konishi and Hiroya Kawabe-Kickboxing Match, 170lbs
RIZIN 19 starts Friday night and starts at EST (1:00 AM). The offer can be purchased for $ 19.99 at FITE.tv.