REN HIRAMOTO IS THE LAST MAN STANDING!!!
HE STOPS MIKURU ASAKURA IN THE VERY FIRST ROUND!
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— RIZIN.tv (@RIZINTV_) July 28, 2024 Competing in front of 48,111 fans inside a packed Saitama Super Arena, Ren Hiramoto scored the biggest victory of his young MMA career in devastating fashion Saturday at Rizin Fighting Federation: Super Rizin 3 in Saitama, Japan. Hiramoto knocked out heated rival Mikuru Asakura in the featherweight main event to win the Rizin FF ‘Last Man Standing’ title. Leading in to tonight’s headliner, both Hiramoto (4-3, 4-3 Rizin) and Asakura (17-5, 1 NC; 11-4 Rizin) had pledged to retire if they were not victorious. Hiramoto was viewed by many as an underdog due to his comparable lack of experience, but he looked like a seasoned veteran tonight and needed just 2:18 to dispatch of Asakura.Early on, Asakura lande…