Rena Kubota Knee Halts Miyuu Yamamoto’s Plans for Revenge in Rizin 32 Headliner

By Martial Arts Videos November 20, 2021
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Some five years after their first bout took place, Rena Kubota
still has Miyuu
Yamamoto’s number.

In the Rizin
32 main event, Kubota (12-3, 11-2 Rizin)
defeated Miyuu
Yamamoto (6-6, 6-6 Rizin) via technical knockout in a
super atomweight bout at Okinawa Arena in Okinawa, Japan, on
Saturday. Kubota previously tapped Yamamoto with a first-round
guillotine choke at Rizin 2 on Sept. 25, 2016.

Early on, Kubota kept her opponent at bay with strikes from afar,
limiting Yamamoto’s wrestling as much as possible with jabs and
calf kicks. The Krazy Bee representative looked for some lukewarm
takedowns that served only to set up a heavy right hand that shook
her opponent. Near the end of the first frame, Yamamoto pushed hard
to drag her opponent to the canvas, where she scored with some
ground-and-pound action until Kubota reversed it into an armbar
attempt.

Yamamoto went for a takedown right out the gate in Round 2,
following up with body shots and punches that cut her opponent near
her left eye. After Kubota scrambled to her feet, Yamamoto
continued to remain dedicated to the takedown. That predictable
approach eventually allowed Kubota to time a knee to the face of
her opponent as she was advancing for another double leg. The
effect was immediate, as “Fighting Queen Bee” turtled up due to
damage from the shot, and Kubota capitalized with a stream of
follow-up punches on the canvas. Once it became apparent that
Yamamoto wasn’t defending herself intelligently, referee Masato
Fukuda stepped in to halt the bout at the 3:35 mark of Round 2.
Kubota will now ride a three-bout winning streak in her next
battle.

The co-headliner featured a bantamweight kickboxing affair between
former ISKA lightweight kingpin Koji Tanaka
and former Tenkaichi Fight champion Kazuma Sone.
“Kouzi” was desperately looking for his first victory under the
promotional banner following three previous failed attempts.
Initially, it appeared that Sone was going to outstrike his
opponent with an arsenal of leg kicks, swift punches and footwork
that frustrated Tanaka, who also landed an involuntary headbutt.
“Kouzi” retaliated with body shots and his strategy paid dividends
in the later stanzas. In Round 3, he knocked down Sone, who
survived through the count to hear that the judges unanimously
rewarded Tanaka with a much-coveted victory.

Elsewhere, Yoshiro
Maeda (39-19-3, 1-0 Rizin) imposed his will once again
over Mitsuhisa
Sunabe (29-10-4, 0-2 Rizin) thanks to a unanimous decision
in their 129-pound catchweight rematch; K-1 veteran Bobby
Ologun (3-2, 1-0 Rizin) forced Katsuya
Kitamura (0-1, 0-1 Rizin) to tap due to a rear-naked choke
2:34 into the second stanza at heavyweight; and Rise welterweight
titleholder Noah
Bey (1-1, 1-1 Rizin) knocked Daryl
Lokuku (9-5-1, 0-1 Rizin) senseless to the canvas with
punches 69 seconds into the third frame of their 159-pound
catchweight.

Before the intermission, Deep interim lightweight champion Juri
Ohara (29-17-2, 2-0 Rizin) stopped Kohei
Tokeshi (5-8, 0-1 Rizin) with soccer kicks and punches
from above 1:16 into Round 1 of a 159-pound catchweight bout;
Haruo
Ochi (21-9-2, 1 NC; 2-0, 1 NC Rizin) earned a unanimous
decision over Tatsuya
So (16-18-4, 0-1 Rizin) at flyweight; in another 125-pound
clash, Yuichi
Miyagi (17-10-1, 1-0 Rizin) crushed Tomohiro
Adaniya (21-15-3, 0-1 Rizin) with a vicious knee 47
seconds out of the gate; Mizuki
Oshiro (4-4, 1–0 Rizin) took home a narrow split decision
over Aira
Koga (2-1, 0-1 Rizin) at super atomweight; in a 163-pound
catchweight, Tanner
Lourenco (1-0, 1-0 Rizin) scored a successful mixed
martial arts debut after choking Shinya
Kumazawa (6-11, 0-1 Rizin) with his foe’s own gi at the
1:34 mark of Round 2; Hirokatsu
Miyagi smashed Lopez
Satsuma, who is 20 years his senior, with punches at the 2:39
mark in the opening frame of their 160-pound catchweight kickboxing
matchup; Sho
Sekihara (8-2, 1-0 Rizin) upended Takahiro
Kuniyoshi (2-4-1, 0-1 Rizin) via unanimous decision in a
128-pound catchweight; and in the 120-pound catchweight kickboxing
fight that opened the card, 17-year-old Ryoga
Terayama unanimously outpointed Hiroki
Kinjo.

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