RIZIN 25 Osaka

Date
Sat 21st November 2020 (UTC)
Sat 21st November 2020 (Local)

Timestamp
2020-11-21T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
Rizin FF

Season
2020

Round
5

Status
Match Finished

Location
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Description

RIZIN 25: Osaka was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event held by RIZIN Fighting Federation on November 21, 2020 at the Osaka-jō Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Background:
RIZIN standout Mikuru Asakura will fight the former Shooto Lightweight champion Yutaka Saito for the inaugual featherweight title. Former Bantamweight title challenger Hiromasa Ougikubo is scheduled to fight Kenta Takizawa. Former starwweight King of Pancrase Daichi Kitakata is scheduled to face the ZST Flyweight champion Tatsuki Saomoto. Two additional MMA bouts were announced: Yojiro Uchimura vs. Kyohei Hagiwara in the featherweight division and Ryuichiro Sumimura vs. Gota Yamashita in the welterweight division. The remaining four fights are kickboxing bouts: Taiga Kawabe will fight Yuma Yamahata, Yuma Yamaguchi is scheduduled to fight Shohei Asahara, Hidenori Ebata will take on Isami Sano and Jin Mandokoro is set to go up against Syuto Sato. A fight between Kotetsu Boku and Rikuto Shirakawa was later added to the card.

Main Card:
MMA / 66kg / RIZIN Featherweight Championship / Mikuru Asakura vs. Yutaka Saito
MMA / 61kg / Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Kenta Takizawa
MMA / 77kg / Ryuichiro Sumimura vs. Let's Gota
MMA / 57kg / Tatsuki Saomoto vs. Daichi Kitakata
Grappling Demonstration / Roberto Satoshi Souza, Kleber Koike, Hari Sakamoto, Misaki Akita
MMA / 66kg / Yojiro Uchimura vs. Kyohei Hagiwara
Kickboxing / 60.5kg / Taiga vs. Yuma Yamahata
Kickboxing / 83kg / Hidenori Ebara vs. Isami Sano
MMA / 66kg / Kotetsu Boku vs. Rikuto Shirakawa
Kickboxing / 53kg / Jin Mandokoro vs. Syuto Sato
Kickboxing / 63kg / Shohei Asahara vs. Yuma Yamaguchi