The Rizin
50 main event is official, as both Naoki Inoue
and Yuki
Motoya hit their contracted marks ahead of their bantamweight
championship bout on Sunday.
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Inoue tipped the scales at 134.3 pounds, while Motoya checked in at
134.2 for the headlining clash. Rizin 50 takes place at Anabuki
Arena Kagawa in Kagawa, Japan and is available for free via
Rizin.TV.
Elsewhere, Spike
Carlyle (160.9) missed weight for his lightweight bout against
Takeshi
Izumi (156.5). As a result, if Carlyle wins or the bout ends in
a draw, the official result will be recorded as a no contest.
Additionally, the fight will begin with a point deduction for
Carlyle and he will forfeit 50% of his purse.
Inoue initially bested Motoya via first-round submission at Rizin
26 in December 2020. The 27-year-old Kill Cliff FC representative
is coming off a 2-0 campaign in 2024 that saw him claim the vacant
135-pound throne with a first-round stoppage of Soo Chul
Kim at Rizin 48.
The 35-year-old Motoya went 3-0 in 2024, adding submission triumphs
over Shinobu Ota
and Sho
Hiramatsu to a victory against Kyoma
Akimoto that earned him a title shot. The American Top Team
product has competed under the Rizin banner periodically since
2015, often alternating those appearances with fights for the Deep
organization.
Rizin 50 Weigh-in Results:
Naoki
Inoue (134.3) vs. Yuki Motoya
(134.2)
Chihiro
Suzuki (145.5) vs. Karshyga
Dautbek (145.5)
Luiz
Gustavo (156.1) vs. Shunta
Nomura (156.4)
Ryo
Sakai (248.2) vs. King
Edokpolo (264.5)
Kyohei
Hagiwara (144.9) vs. Toby Misech
(145.3)
Takeji
Yokoyama (145) vs. Shuya
Kimura (145.5)
Yuki
Ito (130) vs. Tony
Laramie (129.6)
Yoshiro
Maeda (129.3) vs. Sanou
Yokouchi (130)
Spike
Carlyle (160.9)* vs. Takeshi
Izumi (156.5)
Machi
Fukuda (114.3) vs. Seo Young Park
(113.8)
Haruo
Ochi (116.7) vs. Nobuyoshi
Nakatsukasa (116.5)
Mamoru
Uoi (134.3) vs. Koki Akada
(134.3)
Hiroki
Takaoka (125.4) vs. Seiya
Ameyama (125.3)
*Carlyle missed weight and has been fined 50% of his percent. If
he wins or the bout is declared a draw, the result will be
officially recorded as a no contest.