A bantamweight bout pitting Hideo Tokoro
against Alan
Yamaniha will headline the Rizin
Landmark Vol. 6 card on Oct. 1.
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The Japanese promotion recently announced the lineup for the event,
which takes place at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan.
The full card includes 11 MMA contests and one kickboxing
match.
A veteran of 68 professional fights with appearances in Bellator,
Dream and K-1 in addition to Rizin, Tokoro will be competing for
the first time in 2023. The 46-year-old Tokoro went 0-2 last year,
dropping a decision to Makoto
Takahashi at Rizin 37 before suffering a first-round KO defeat
against John Dodson
at Rizin 40.
Yamaniha, meanwhile, has won six of his last eight outings dating
back to 2019. Most recently, the Bonsai Jiu-Jitsu representative
earned a unanimous decision triumph against Yasuhiro
Kawamura at Rizin Landmark Vol. 4 on Nov. 6.