Rizin 17 - Saitama - July 28 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION) In Memory Of CDF47

Rizin 17
July 28, 2019
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan

Main Card:

Mikuru Asakura (10-1)        vs.        (20-8) Yusuke Yachi    
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Shintaro Ishiwatari (25-7)  vs.           (22-6) Ulka Sasaki    
Main Card | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (61 kg)

Hiromasa Ogikubo (18-4)   vs.          (23-6) Yuki Motoya    
Main Card | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (61 kg)

Hoon Kim (13-9)                vs.       (16-0) Ivan Shtyrkov    
Main Card | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

Tatsuya Kawajiri (36-13)     vs.    (7-0) Ali Abdulkhalikov    
Main Card | GP Qualifying Rounds | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Satoru Kitaoka (42-13)        vs.        (26-6) Johnny Case    
Main Card | GP Qualifying Rounds | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Mizuto Hirota (18-10)          vs. (20-8) Roberto de Souza    
Main Card | GP Qualifying Rounds | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Jake Heun (13-9)                vs.   (23-9) Vitaly Shemetov    
Main Card | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

Tomo Maesawa (12-9)         vs.       (21-8) Seo Hee Ham    
Main Card | Super Atomweight | 108 lbs (49 kg)

Daiki Watabe (22-23)          vs.          (45-14) Kevin Ross    
Main Card | Kickboxing | Catchweight | 148 lbs (67 kg)

RIZIN announced 3 fights for their RIZIN.17 event at the Saitama Super Arena during
their first event in the Kobe. Kai Asakura will be taking on Yusuke Yachi in a 70kg fight,
as a potential qualifying bout for the Light weight GP which is rumored to take place
later in the year.

RIZIN’s Bantamweight division just got a LOT more interesting by adding former
Pancrase Champion Shintaro Ishiwatari facing former Shooto and UFC grapping ace
Ulka Sasaki. Former DEEP Champion Yuki Motoya will be taking on former TUF 24
runner up and current Shooto Champion Hiromasa Ogikubo.

Surprisingly the top 4 fighters that Japan’s Bantamweight division can offer, have never
interacted with one another. They have all competed at the same era but in different
promotions. Ishiwatari fought for Shooto then Pancrase. Ulka fought for Shooto then
UFC, Motoya with DEEP, and Ogikubo at Shooto.

These fights will add diversity and new storylines to the RIZIN Bantamweight division,
and expect to see Kyoji Horiguchi, Manel Kape, Kai Asakura, Ben Nguyen, Justi
Scoggins in the mix.

1 maybe one of these guys Will be next in line for the belt

2 man there is way more information on the Japanese Rizin site (thank you Google translate)

3 Rizin definitely have the best rule set I certainly hope they don't get rid off it to appease the "this will kill someone crowd" .

westcott123 wrote:1 maybe one of these guys Will be next in line for the belt

2 man there is way more information on the Japanese Rizin site (thank you Google translate)

3  Rizin definitely have the best rule set I certainly hope they don't get rid off it to appease the "this will kill someone crowd" .

Kind of weird to get rid of them when they haven't killed anyone yet.

Rocksoldier84 wrote:

westcott123 wrote:1 maybe one of these guys Will be next in line for the belt

2 man there is way more information on the Japanese Rizin site (thank you Google translate)

3  Rizin definitely have the best rule set I certainly hope they don't get rid off it to appease the "this will kill someone crowd" .

Kind of weird to get rid of them when they haven't killed anyone yet.

I'm not saying they will but I certainly hope they don't Bow down to pressure like one championship did.

RIZIN announced 6 fights  for their RIZIN.17 event at the Saitama Super Arena. Japanese legend. Tatsuya Kawajiri will be making his comeback into the RIZIN ring along with several other UFC veterans such as Johnny Case, Seo Hee Ham and Mizuto Hirota.

The RIZIN.17 card has started off strong with 3 solid cards with Shintaro Ishiwatari (25-
7-4) vs Ulka Sasaki (22-6-2), Yuki Motoya (23-6-1NC) vs Hiromasa Ogikubo (18-4-2) and
Mikuru Asakura (9-1) vs Yusuke Yachi (20-8). And the card just got much more
interesting with 5 fights being announced throughout the weekend, and a newest
announcement made today, making the total amount of confirmed fights at 9 fights.

RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara has announced that the Lightweight GP will take
place starting October in an 8 man elimination tournament and Bellator MMA CEO
Scott Coker has announced that he will be sending Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (21-8) to
participate from the opening round.

3 Lightweight bouts have been announced over the past few days as the qualifying
rounds for the Lightweight GP. SHOOTO, PRIDE, DREAM and UFC veteran Tatsuya
Kawajiri (36-13-2) will be making his return to the RIZIN ring to participate in the
Lightweight GP qualifying round. He will be facing the undefeated Russian prospect Ali
Abdulkhalikov (7-0). Johnny Case (25-6-1) will be making his second promotional
appearance and will take on Journeyman Satoru Kitaoka (42-19-9) looking for the spot
for October.

DEEP, SENGOKU Champion and UFC veteran Mizuto Hirota (18-10-2) will
be making his first appearance in front of the Japanese fans after 4 years while he meets
Jiu Jitsu sensation Roberto de Souza (8-0).

Additional qualifying bouts will be booked for RIZIN.18 to determine the remaining slots
for opening round of the 8 man tournament held at RIZIN.19 on October 12th at the
Osaka Gymnasium.

ROAD FC Atomweight Champion and currently ranked 2nd Atomweight of the world Seo
Hee Ham (20-8) will be making her promotional debut by taking on DEEP JEWELS
Atomweight Champion Tomo Maesawa (12-9). The couple additions will make RIZIN’s
Super Atomweight division much deeper and more interesting. With the world’s top
participants lined up, RIZIN will have access to more intriguing and diverse matches in
the near future.

Vitaly Shemetov (14-7-1NC) has become a social media sensation over the past year and
has developed a cult-like following from the MMA fans throughout the process. The
Russian striker has been extremely vocal about his participation in the promotion and
guerilla visited the RIZIN office to negotiate a deal while documenting and sharing every
step of the way on his social media account. RIZIN has finally had enough of the
Shemetov brothers’ actions and have decided to give him shot. “The dancing Russian”
will have to prove his skills against a very tough Jake Heun (13-9) from the US, who is
coming off of an extremely impressive win over Roque Martinez (13-5-2) in his most
recent fight in RIZIN.16.

The co-promotion between Bellator and RIZIN continues as American kickboxing
pioneer and current Bellator Kickboxing fighter Kevin Ross (45-14) will be fighting in
the RIZIN ring as he takes on Tenshin Nasukawa’s teammate Daiki Watabe (22-23-2) in
a kickboxing affair.

With Bellator sending over patricky Pitbull to enter the light weight GP I wonder if Rizin could send a fighter even as an alternate to compete in the Bellator feather weight GP?

westcott123 wrote:With Bellator sending over patricky Pitbull to enter the light weight GP I wonder if Rizin could send a fighter even as an alternate to compete in the Bellator feather weight GP?

They could send Mikuru Asakura, he is on a 5 fights win streak with big wins over Luis Gustavo, Takeshi Inoue and Hatsu Hioki

Kingfedor wrote:

westcott123 wrote:With Bellator sending over patricky Pitbull to enter the light weight GP I wonder if Rizin could send a fighter even as an alternate to compete in the Bellator feather weight GP?

They could send Mikuru Asakura, he is on a 5 fights win streak with big wins over Luis Gustavo, Takeshi Inoue and Hatsu Hioki

That is a pretty good idea.

https://www.thefightnation.com/undefeated-russian-prospect-ivan-shtyrkov-resurface-for-rizin-17/

That Ivan shtyrkov is making his debut in Rizin ff he parted ways From the ufc due to USDA violation.

https://asiamma.com/promotions/rizin/kyoji-horiguchi-lined-up-to-face-kai-asakura-at-rizin-18/

Well we know the guch next opponent is kai Asakura hopefully it is a title defence Match.

Big Event tomorrow  In memory Of our friend CDF47

Kingfedor wrote:Big Event tomorrow  In memory Of our friend CDF47

Did he pass away did he ? Shit I thought he just took time off the forum in that case my condolences to the people who knew him.

Edit i saw the post from his nephew.

Starting Now!!!!

First 2 fight were boring. Hamderlei is next.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mmafighting.com/platform/amp/2019/7/28/8933683/rizin-17-results-and-highlights-mikuru-asakura-dominates-yusuke-yachi-in-grudge-match


It says that Asakura wants to fight on the upcoming Bellator card I Will be down for It.

I would not be surprised that Ivan shtyrkov Will get a title shot soon .

https://www.facebook.com/1177004999027292/posts/2465329506861495/

It says Rizin had about 16k in the audience.