Rizin 26 Results – Kai Asakura vs. Kyoji Horiguchi
MMA Fighting has Rizin 26 results for the Kai Asakura vs. Kyoji Horiguchi fight card on New Year’s Eve at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
In the main event, Kai Asakura defends his bantamweight title against Kyoji Horiguchi in a rematch of a non-title bout that Asakura won by knockout.
Check out the Rizin 26 results below.
Kai Asakura vs. Kyoji Horiguchi
Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Kumandoi Phetjaroenvit — kickboxing
Mikuru Asakura vs. Satoshi Yamasu
Takanori Gomi vs. Koji Tanaka — “special standing bout rules”
Ayaka Hamasaki vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
Yuki Motoyo vs. Naoki Inoue
Kleber Koike def. Kyle Aguon via submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 1
Kyohei Hagiwara def. Ren Hiramoto via TKO (corner stoppage) – Round 2
Hideo Tokoro def. Shinobu Ota via submission (armbar) – Round 2
Yoshinari Nadaka def. Petmalai Phetjaroenvit via TKO (strikes) – Round 1
Ulka Sasaki def. Kenta Takizawa via unanimous decision
Kanna Asakura def. Ai Shimizu via unanimous decision
Shibatar def. Hiroya via submission (armbar) – Round 2 **
Kazuma Kuramoto def. Taiyo Nakahara via KO (strikes) – Round 1
Tsuyoshi Sudario def. Ikuhisa Minowa via TKO (strikes) – Round 1
Sakura Mori def. Eru Takebayashi via submission (armbar) – Round 1 *
- fight declared no-contest due to weight miss
** originally declared a draw, but upon video review, officials declared Shibatar the winner after ruling he tapped to an armbar in the second round.
