Japan’s iconic Saitama Super Arena plays host to its second major MMA event in the space of three days as top Japanese promotion Rizin FF stages its annual New Year’s Eve spectacular.
Rizin FF 20 features a trio of title fights, with Japanese contender — and the man who stunned Kyoji Horiguchi inside a round at Rizin FF 18 — [autotag]Kai Asakura[/autotag], takes on the explosive [autotag]Manel Kape[/autotag] for the vacant bantamweight title in the event’s headline bout.
Reigning Rizin champions [autotag]Ayaka Hamasaki[/autotag] and [autotag]Jiri Prochazka[/autotag] are also set for action as they put their super atomweight and light heavyweight titles on the line against [autotag]Seo Hee Ham[/autotag] and [autotag]C.B. Dollaway[/autotag] respectively.
The event also features the semifinals and final of the lightweight grand prix tournament, with Bellator star [autotag]Patricky Freire[/autotag] and former UFC lightweight [autotag]Johnny Case[/autotag] on opposite sides of the draw heading into the final four.
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Rizin FF 20 live results include:
MAIN CARD
- Kai Asakura vs. Manel Kape – for vacant bantamweight title
- Champion Ayaka Hamasaki vs. Seo Hee Ham – for women’s super atomweight title
- Mikuru Asakura vs. John Teixeira
- Rena Kubota vs. Lindsey VanZandt
PRELIMINARY CARD
- TBA vs. TBA – lightweight grand prix final
- Champion Jiri Prochazka vs. C.B. Dollaway – for light heavyweight title
- Simon Biyong vs. Vitaly Shemetov
- Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Hiromasa Ogikubo
- Jake Heun vs. Satoshi Ishii
- Patrick Mix vs. Yuki Motoya
- Suwanan Boonsorn vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
- Patricky Freire vs. Luiz Gustavo – lightweight grand prix semifinal
- Johnny Case vs. Tofiq Musaev – lightweight grand prix semifinal
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