Rizin Fighting Federation will make its debut in South Korea
this weekend with eight mixed martial arts fights.
Headlining the
World Series in Korea event is a fight between Rizin
lightweight champion Roberto
Satoshi de SouzaRoberto de Souza vs. Road to UFC veteran
Won Bin
Ki. All fighters except for one successfully made weight for
the card as Johnny Case
came in .7 pounds over the limit for his lightweight fight against
Juri
Ohara. As a result, he is not eligible to win the fight, and it
will be ruled a no contest if Ohara is not victorious.
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De Souza enters the main event with a professional record of 18-3.
The Japanese-Brazilian fighter is on a three-fight winning streak
since losing to Patricky
Freire, which includes title defenses over Luiz
Gustavo and Vugar
Karamov. Meanwhile, South Korea’s „The Danger“ has won two of
his last three fight, including a TKO victory over Tatsuya
Saika. Ki (18-9) will look to score the biggest win of his
career.
Rizin World Series in Korea will air live on Rizin.TV pay-per-view
starting at 1 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT.
Rizin FF World Series in Korea Weigh-in Results:
Won Bin
Ki (155.8) vs. Roberto
Satoshi de Souza (156.4)
Soo
Chul Kim (134.2) vs. Shoko Sato
(134.1)
Juri
Ohara (156.3) vs. Johnny Case
(157.2)*
Yu Ri
Shim (108) vs. Keito Oyama
(107.9)
Si Won
Kim (155.6) vs. Sho
Patrick Usami (156.2)
Ji
Yong Yang (134.1) vs. Yuto
Hokamura (134.3)
Young Jae
Song (144.6) vs. Yoshiki
Nakahara (145.3)
Yong Cheol
Kwon (135.9) vs. Kota Miura
(137.8)
* Case missed weight by .7 pounds and the fight will be ruled a
no contest if he wins.