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| Promotion | Bellator MMA Rizin Fighting Federation | ||
| Date | December 31, 2022 (2022-December-31) | ||
| City | Saitama, Japan | ||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | ||
| Attendance | 23,661 | ||
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Bellator MMA vs. Rizin FF and Rizin 40 (also known as Bellator MMA x Rizin 1) was a mixed martial arts event being co-promoted by Bellator MMA and the Rizin Fighting Federation that took place on December 31, 2022, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Background
The main card saw fighters from each promotion fight each other, with the Bellator representatives including a current champion and three former champions: Patrício Pitbull, A. J. McKee, Juan Archuleta and Kyoji Horiguchi. Matches were contested under Rizin's ruleset, which differs from Bellator's usual Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
The main card aired tape delayed in the U.S. on Showtime, Bellator's regular broadcast partner.
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | A. J. McKee | def. | Roberto de Souza | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Patrício Pitbull | def. | Kleber Koike Erbst | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Kyoji Horiguchi | def. | Hiromasa Ougikubo | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Juan Archuleta | def. | Soo Chul Kim | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Gadzhi Rabadanov | def. | Koji Takeda | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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| Super Atomweight | Seika Izawa | def. | Si Woo Park | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Naoki Inoue | def. | Kenta Takizawa | Submission (kimura) | 2 | 3:53 | |
| Heavyweight | Junior Tafa | def. | Tsuyoshi Sudario | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:38 | |
| Flyweight | John Dodson | def. | Hideo Tokoro | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:43 | |
| Intermission | |||||||
| Catchweight | Ren Hiramoto | def. | Genji Umeno | KO (punch) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Yuki Motoya | def. | Rogério Bontorin | KO (knee) | 2 | 2:56 | |
| Lightweight | Johnny Case | def. | Nobumitsu Osawa | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:36 | |
| Featherweight | Chihiro Suzuki | def. | Yoshiki Nakahara | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:44 | |
| Lightweight | Patrick Sho Usami | def. | BeyNoah | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:45 | |
| Bantamweight | Yushi | def. | Tatsuya Nakazawa | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
- Rizin Women's Super Atomweight Grand Prix Finals
- Special Standing bout rules, exhibition boxing match. Umeno was the mystery fighter.
- Special Rules bout
See also
References
- "A look back at Rizin 40". sogo-kaku.com. 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- Staff (2022-10-24). "Bellator vs. Rizin set for New Year's Eve in Japan, including Patricio Freire, A.J. McKee". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ Staff (2022-10-24). "Bellator / Rizin event confirmed for December 31st". Asian MMA. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- "BELLATOR MMA | BELLATOR MMA AND RIZIN TEAM UP FOR HISTORIC NEW YEAR'S EVE EVENT". www.bellator.com. 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- Harvey Leonard (2022-10-24). "Bellator vs. Rizin Cross-Promotion Event Announced For NYE". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- "【RIZIN-Bellator】「RIZIN vs. Bellator 5対5 全面対抗戦」をRIZIN、Bellatorの両団体が全世界向けに発表！ Bellator陣営はパトリシオ・ピットブル、AJ・マッキー、フアン・アーチュレッタ、そして堀口恭司も！". gonkaku.jp. 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-10-24. (in Japanese)
- Yanofsky, Daniel (2022-12-29). "RIZIN rules, explained: Comparing MMA organization to Bellator, UFC". Sporting News. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- "Bellator MMA | Bellator MMA vs. Rizin". www.bellator.com. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
External links
- Bellator MMA vs. Rizin - Bellator Sport Worldwide
- Rizin 40 - Rizin Fighting Federation
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