2024 in Rizin Fighting Federation

The year 2024 was the tenth year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan.

2024 in Rizin Fighting Federation
Information
First date	February 24, 2024
Last date	December 31, 2024
Events
Total events	6
Fights
Total fights	107
Title fights	8
Chronology
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List of events

Rizin Fighting Federation
#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
1	Rizin Landmark 8	February 24, 2024	Saga Arena	Saga, Japan	7,758
2	Rizin Landmark 9	March 23, 2024	World Memorial Hall	Kobe, Japan
3	Rizin 46	April 29, 2024	Ariake Arena	Tokyo, Japan
4	Rizin 47	June 9, 2024	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
5	Super Rizin 3	July 28, 2024	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan
6	Rizin 48	September 29, 2024
7	Rizin Landmark 10	November 17, 2024	Nagoya International Exhibition Hall	Nagoya, Japan
8	Rizin 49	December 31, 2024	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan

Title fights

Title fights in 2024
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Featherweight	Chihiro Suzuki (c)	def.	Masanori Kanehara	TKO (punches)	1	4:28	Rizin 46	[a]
Bantamweight	Naoki Inoue	def.	Kim Soo-chul	TKO (punches)	1	3:55	Rizin 48	[b]
Lightweight	Roberto de Souza (c)	def.	Luiz Gustavo	TKO (punches)	1	0:21	Rizin 48	[c]
Lightweight	Roberto de Souza (c)	def.	Vugar Karamov	Submission (triangle choke)	1	4:45	Rizin 49	[d]
Flyweight	Kyoji Horiguchi (c)	def.	Nkazimulo Zulu	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Rizin 49	[e]
Featherweight	Kleber Koike Erbst	def.	Chihiro Suzuki (c)	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Rizin 49	[f]

1. For the Rizin Featherweight Championship.
2. For the vacant Rizin Bantamweight Championship.
3. For the Rizin Lightweight Championship.
4. For the Rizin Lightweight Championship.
5. For the Rizin Flyweight Championship.
6. For the Rizin Featherweight Championship.

Rizin Landmark 8

Rizin Landmark 8 in Saga
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	February 24, 2024
Venue	Saga Arena
City	Saga, Japan
Attendance	7,758

Rizin Landmark 8 was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on February 24, 2024, at the Saga Arena in Saga, Japan.

Background

The event marked the organization's first visit to Saga Prefecture.

A lightweight bout between Luiz Gustavo and Yoshinori Horie headlined the event.^[1]

A featherweight bout between former champion Vugar Karamov and former Rebel FC Featherweight champion Kazumasa Majima was expected to take place at the event.^[2] However, Karamov withdrew from the bout due to his inability to travel to Japan and was replaced by Masakazu Imanari.^[3]

A lightweight bout between former Shooto Pacific Rim Lightweight champion Yusuke Yachi and former HEAT Lightweight champion Kim Kyung-pyo was expected to take place at the event. However Kim withdrew from the bout due to knee injury and was replaced by Rikuto Shirakawa.^[4]

A super atomweight bout between former two-time champion Ayaka Hamasaki and former title challenger Claire Lopez was expected to take place at the event. However Hamasaki withdrew from the bout due to forearm fracture and was replaced by current DEEP Microweight champion Saori Oshima.^[5]

Results

Rizin Landmark 8
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Lightweight 71 kg	Luiz Gustavo	def.	Yoshinori Horie	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Masakazu Imanari	def.	Kazumasa Majima	Submission (armbar)	2	1:37
Lightweight 71 kg	Yusuke Yachi	def.	Rikuto Shirakawa	Technical Submission (face crank)	2	5:00
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg	Saori Oshima	def.	Claire Lopez	Submission (armbar)	2	3:18
Intermission
Featherweight 66 kg	Hiroaki Suzuki	def.	Takahiro Ashida	TKO (soccer kicks and punches)	1	4:29
Welterweight 77 kg	Daichi Abe	def.	Kota Ossman	KO (punch)	1	1:35
Bantamweight 61 kg	Shohei Nose	def	Kenta Takizawa	TKO (elbows)	2	2:48
Flyweight 57 kg	Yuki Ito	def.	Masatoshi Ueda	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 58 kg	Takumi Terada	def.	Takekiyo Tominaga	TKO (three knockdowns)	1	1:54	Kickboxing rules.
Opening Ceremony
Catchweight 60 kg	Ryuhei Sakai	def.	Ryoga Fukuchi	Decision (split)	2	5:00	RIZIN MMA Special rules.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Daiki Yahiro	def.	Yuto Araki	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:36	RIZIN MMA Special rules.
Catchweight 62.5 kg	Reito Bravely	def.	Kyohei Furumura	KO (punch)	1	1:49	Kickboxing rules.
Catchweight 62.5 kg	Rikito	def.	Hannya Hashimoto	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules.
Catchweight 53 kg	Satoshi Katashima	def.	Keito Ishigo	Decision (split)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules.

Rizin Landmark 9

Rizin Landmark 9 in Kobe
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	March 23, 2024
Venue	World Memorial Hall
City	Kobe, Japan

Rizin Landmark 9 was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on March 23, 2024, at the World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan.

Background

The event was originally referred to as Rizin 46. At the press conference on January 31, it was announced that the March event will now be referred to as Rizin Landmark 9 while RIZIN 46 will take place in April.^[6]

A lightweight non-title bout between current champion Roberto Satoshi Souza and UFC veteran Keita Nakamura headlined the event.^[7]

Results

Rizin Landmark 9
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Lightweight 71 kg	Roberto Satoshi Souza (c)	def.	Keita Nakamura	TKO (corner stoppage)	1	1:43	Non-title bout.
Featherweight 66 kg	Koji Takeda	def.	Kyohei Hagiwara	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Naoki Inoue	def.	Shoko Sato	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg	Rena Kubota	def.	Shim Yu-ri	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Intermission
Flyweight 57 kg	Yuya Shibata	def.	Erson Yamamoto	Submission (kneebar)	1	1:45
Bantamweight 61 kg	Yuto Hokamura	def.	Daiki Tsubota	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Takakenshin	def.	Cody Jerabek	TKO (punches)	1	2:58
Featherweight 66 kg	Yuta Kubo	def.	Ryogo Takahashi	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Catchweight 74 kg	Buakaw Banchamek	ded.	Minoru Kimura	KO (punch)	2	1:10	Kickboxing rules.
Catchweight 70 kg	Yuya	def.	Masaya Jaki	TKO (referee stoppage)	2	2:25	Kickboxing rules.
Flyweight 57 kg	Yusaku Nakamura	def.	Arman Ashimov	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Ashimov missed weight.
Opening Ceremony
Catchweight 53 kg	Yuto Uemura	def.	Aoi Noda	TKO (referee stoppage)	2	1:35	Kickboxing rules.
Catchweight 57.5 kg	Shun Matsuyama	def.	Shin Sakurai	KO (punch)	3	1:55	Kickboxing rules.
Catchweight 56.5 kg	Daichi Akahira	def.	Yuki Yoshioka	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules.

Rizin 46

Rizin 46
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	April 29, 2024
Venue	Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

Rizin 46 was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on April 29, 2024, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

A Rizin Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Chihiro Suzuki and Masanori Kanehara headlined the event.^[8]

A bantamweight bout between former Rizin Featherweight Champion Juntaro Ushiku and 2016 Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling Shinobu Ota served as the co-main event.^[9]

Results

Rizin 46
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Chihiro Suzuki (c)	def.	Masanori Kanehara	TKO (punches)	1	4:28	For the Rizin Featherweight Championship.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Shinobu Ota	def.	Juntaro Ushiku	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Kim Soo-chul	def.	Taichi Nakajima	KO (punches)	2	0:06
Flyweight 57 kg	Makoto Takahashi	def.	Lee Jung-hyun	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	4:29
Bantamweight 61 kg	Kazuma Kuramoto	def.	Yang Ji-yong	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Intermission
Lightweight 71 kg	BeyNoah	def.	Yusaku Inoue	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	def.	Yoshiki Nakahara	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 58.9 kg	Tatsuki Shinotsuka	def.	Justyn Martinez	KO (punch)	1	1:33	Bare Knuckle rules. Martinez is Mystery Fighter.
Featherweight 66 kg	Ilkhom Nazimov	def.	Sora Yamamoto	TKO (elbows and punches)	2	3:39
Featherweight 66 kg	Ryo Takagi	def.	Taisei Nishitani	KO (punch)	1	4:04

Rizin 47

Rizin 47
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	June 9, 2024
Venue	Yoyogi National Stadium
City	Tokyo, Japan

Rizin 47 was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on June 9, 2024, at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Background

The event was headlined by a bantamweight rematch between the Rizin Flyweight Champion (also former two-time Rizin and Bellator Bantamweight Champion) Kyoji Horiguchi and former Bellator Bantamweight Champion Sergio Pettis.^[10] The pair previously met at Bellator 272 in December 2021, where Pettis defended his title by fourth round knockout.^[11]

A featherweight bout between former Rizin Featherweight Champion (also former KSW Featherweight Champion) Kleber Koike Erbst and former Rizin and Bellator Bantamweight Champion Juan Archuleta served as the co-main event.^[12]

Results

Rizin 47
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Bantamweight 61 kg	Kyoji Horiguchi	def.	Sergio Pettis	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Kleber Koike Erbst	def.	Juan Archuleta	Submission (inverted heel hook)	1	2:25
Heavyweight 120 kg	Przemysław Kowalczyk	def.	Mikio Ueda	Submission (armbar)	1	2:08
Featherweight 66 kg	Razhabali Shaydullaev	def.	Koji Takeda	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:42
Intermission
Lightweight 71 kg	Spike Carlyle	def.	Kim Kyung-pyo	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	1:11
Featherweight 66 kg	Karshyga Dautbek	def.	Tetsuya Seki	KO (punch to the body)	1	3:11
Lightweight 71 kg	BeyNoah	def.	Johnny Case	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Case missed weight (71.9 kg).
Catchweight 61 kg	Genji Umeno	def.	Uoi Fullswing	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules (Elbows allowed).
Lightweight 71 kg	Sho Patrick Usami	def.	Kazuki Tokudome	KO (punches)	1	2:29

Super Rizin 3

Super Rizin 3
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	July 28, 2024
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan

Super Rizin 3 was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on July 28, 2024, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Background

The event was headlined by a featherweight grudge match between Mikuru Asakura and Ren Hiramoto. As an added bet, the loser of the bout was to retired from mixed martial arts.^[13]

Internationally, Super Rizin 3 was the first event in four years to feature English commentary in-person, and marked the promotional debut of Michael Schiavello (who previously did commentary for Rizin predecessor Dream).^[14][15]

Results

Super Rizin 3
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Ren Hiramoto	def.	Mikuru Asakura	KO (punches)	1	2:18
Catchweight 68 kg	Manny Pacquiao	vs.	Rukiya Anpo	Draw (time limit)	3	3:00	Rizin Special standing bout rules.
Featherweight 66 kg	Yuta Kubo	def.	Yutaka Saito	TKO (front kick to the body)	2	4:19
Flyweight 57 kg	Hiromasa Ougikubo	def.	Makoto Takahashi	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Intermission
Catchweight 59 kg	Hideo Tokoro	def.	Hiroya Kondo	TKO (punch and elbows)	1	3:20
Bantamweight 61 kg	Ryusei Ashizawa	def.	Kouzi	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 57.2 kg	John Dodson	def.	Takaki Soya	Decision (unanimous)	5	2:00	Bare Knuckle rules.
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg	Rena Kubota	def.	Kate Oyama	TKO (punches)	2	4:18
Featherweight 66 kg	YA-MAN	def.	Hiroaki Suzuki	KO (punches)	1	3:28
W.Catchweight 57.2 kg	Tai Emery	def.	Charisa Sigala	TKO (punch)	1	0:37	Bare Knuckle rules.
Featherweight 66 kg	Kazumasa Majima	def.	Suguru Nii	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:11

Rizin 48

Rizin 48
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	September 29, 2024
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan

Rizin 48 was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on September 29, 2024, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Background

A Rizin Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Roberto de Souza and Luiz Gustavo headlined the event. While a Rizin Bantamweight Championship bout for the vacant title between Naoki Inoue and former ONE Bantamweight Champion Kim Soo-chul took place at co-main event.^[16]

Results

Rizin 48
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Lightweight 70 kg	Roberto de Souza (c)	def.	Luiz Gustavo	TKO (punches)	1	0:21	For the Rizin Lightweight Championship.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Naoki Inoue	def.	Kim Soo-chul	TKO (punches)	1	3:55	For the vacant Rizin Bantamweight Championship.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Yuki Motoya	def.	Shinobu Ota	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	4:09
Featherweight 66 kg	Razhabali Shaydullaev	def.	Juan Archuleta	Submission (armbar)	1	3:12
Intermission
Super Atomweight 49 kg	Seika Izawa	def.	Kanna Asakura	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Non-title bout.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Shoko Sato	def.	Juntaro Ushiku	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Yusuke Yachi	def.	Sho Patrick Usami	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Ryo Takagi	def.	Kyohei Hagiwara	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:39
Bantamweight 61 kg	Kyouma Akimoto	def.	Yuto Hokamura	TKO (punches and knees)	1	3:16
Flyweight 57 kg	Nkazimulo Zulu	def.	Jo Arai	TKO (spinning wheel kick and punches)	1	4:12
Featherweight 66 kg	Karshyga Dautbek	def.	Takeaki Kinoshita	KO (punch)	1	1:48

Rizin Landmark 10

Rizin Landmark 10
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	November 17, 2024
Venue	Nagoya International Exhibition Hall
City	Nagoya, Japan

Rizin Landmark 10 was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on November 17, 2024, at Nagoya International Exhibition Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

Background

A featherweight bout between former Rizin Featherweight Champion Vugar Karamov and Kazumasa Majima headlined the event.^[17]

Results

Rizin Landmark 10
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Vugar Karamov	def.	Kazumasa Majima	TKO (punches and elbows)	1	0:28
Super Atomweight 49 kg	Ayaka Hamasaki	def.	Shim Yu-ri	Submission (kimura)	2	1:15
Bantamweight 61 kg	Ryusei Ashizawa	def.	Shoji Maruyama	KO (knee to the body)	2	1:05
Heavyweight 120 kg	Tsuyoshi Sudario	def.	Hisaki Kato	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	1:11
Featherweight 66 kg	Kyoma Akimoto	def.	Hiroaki Suzuki	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Intermission
Lightweight 70 kg	Kim Kyung-pyo	def.	Daigo Kuramoto	TKO (elbows and punches)	1	3:59
Flyweight 57 kg	Yuki Ito	def.	Lee Jung-hyun	TKO (elbows)	3	2:59
Flyweight 57 kg	Hiroya Kondo	def.	Yuya Shibata	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Flyweight 57 kg	Tony Laramie	def.	Yutaro Muramoto	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Magerram Gasanzade	def.	Rikuto Shirakawa	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Alan Yamaniha	def.	Seigo Yamamoto	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:07
Flyweight 57 kg	Alibek Gadzhammatov	def.	Daichi Kitakata	TKO (knees and punches)	1	3:20
Rizin MMA Special Rules (5min / 2R)
Bantamweight 61 kg	Taito Kubota	def.	Junya Hibino	TKO (punches)	2	0:36
Heavyweight 120 kg	Masashi Inada	vs.	Katsuyoshi Sasaki	Submission (straight armbar)	1	1:38
Featherweight 66 kg	Sho Hiramatsu	def.	Daisuke Tatsumi	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	2:55
Kickboxing bout
Catchweight 55 kg	JIN	def.	Toshizou	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00

Rizin 49

Rizin 49: Decade
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	December 31, 2024
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama, Japan

Rizin 49: Decade was a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on December 31, 2024, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Background

A Rizin Featherweight Championship rematch between current champion Chihiro Suzuki and former champion (also former KSW Featherweight Champion) Kleber Koike Erbst headlined the event.^[18] The pairing previously met at Rizin 43 in June 2023, Koike Erbst was stripped of the title when he missed weight for his attempted title defense.^[19] Although Koike Erbst won by armbar in round one, but result was immediately overturned into a no contest due to the weight miss.^[20]

A Rizin Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Kyoji Horiguchi (also former Bellator and two-time Rizin Bantamweight Champion) and Nkazimulo Zulu took place at the co-main event. While, a Rizin Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Roberto de Souza and former featherweight champion Vugar Karamov completed the triad of title fights.^[21]

Results

Rizin 49
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Kleber Koike Erbst	def.	Chihiro Suzuki (c)	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	For the Rizin Featherweight Championship.
Flyweight 57 kg	Kyoji Horiguchi (c)	def.	Nkazimulo Zulu	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	For the Rizin Flyweight Championship.
Lightweight 70 kg	Roberto de Souza (c)	def.	Vugar Karamov	Submission (triangle choke)	1	4:45	For the Rizin Lightweight Championship.
Super Atomweight 49 kg	Seika Izawa	def.	Lucia Apdelgarim	Submission (triangle armbar)	1	2:21	Non-title bout.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Yuki Motoya	def.	Kyoma Akimoto	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Intermission
Featherweight 66 kg	Razhabali Shaidulloev	def.	Yuta Kubo	TKO (punches)	2	2:30
Featherweight 66 kg	Karshyga Dautbek	def.	YA-MAN	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Ryuya Fukuda	def.	Ryusei Ashizawa	KO (punches)	1	0:54
Heavyweight 120 kg	Mikio Ueda	def.	Kim Tae-in	KO (knee)	2	2:31
Catchweight 59 kg	Jose Torres	def.	Makoto Takahashi	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Taisei Sakuraba	def.	Yusuke Yachi	TKO (punches)	1	0:26
Featherweight 66 kg	Koji Takeda	def.	Suguru Nii	Technical Decision (unanimous)	3	4:09	Accidental illegal knees rendered Takeda unable to continue.
Heavyweight 120 kg	King Edokpolo	def.	Takakenshin	KO (knee and punches)	1	3:22
Bantamweight 61 kg	Genji Umeno	def.	Taiga Kawabe	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Opening Ceremony: Rizin Koshien Final
Bantamweight 61 kg	Sanou Yokouchi	def.	Kenshin Saito	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:03
Rizin Bangaichi
Catchweight 100 kg	Rukiya Anpo	def.	Sina Karimian	Decision (unanimous)	6	2:00	Rizin Special Standing bout.
Welterweight 77 kg	Sho Patrick Usami	def.	Issa Hosokawa	KO (punches to the body)	2	2:59	Kickboxing Open-Finger Gloves.
Catchweight 58 kg	Tatsuki Shinotsuka	def.	Aoi Noda	TKO (punch)	1	2:04	Kickboxing Open-Finger Gloves.
Catchweight 63 kg	Daichi Tomizawa	def.	Kota Miura	KO (knee)	1	1:53	Rizin MMA Special Rules (5min / 2R).
Featherweight 66 kg	Taio Asahisa	def.	Yura	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing bout.
Featherweight 66 kg	Hyuma Yasui	def.	Hiroaki Suzuki	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Hiroto Gomyo	def.	Koki Akada	Decision (split)	3	5:00

See also

• List of current Rizin FF fighters
• 2024 in UFC
• 2024 in Bellator MMA
• 2024 in ONE Championship
• 2024 in Professional Fighters League
• 2024 in Absolute Championship Akhmat
• 2024 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
• 2024 in Oktagon MMA
• 2024 in Legacy Fighting Alliance
• 2024 in Brave Combat Federation
• 2024 in Road FC