Hiramoto Edges Suzuki, Oshima Outpoints Yamamoto at Rizin 36

By Martial Arts Videos July 2, 2022
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Fans attending the latest Rizin Fighting Federation foray into
Okinawa, Japan, were treated to an action-packed card — even though
there was some last-minute shuffling at the top of the bill.

The Rizin
36 headliner changed a few hours before the event due to an
injury to former bantamweight titleholder Kai
Asakura. In the new main event, former One Championship muay
Thai bantamweight title challenger Hiroaki
Suzuki and Ren
Hiramoto battled in a 145-pound clash. The pair engaged in a
striker’s delight early on, with both fighters attempting to keep
the clash on the feet in the opening frame. As time went by, it
appeared that Hiramoto (1-2, 1-2 Rizin) was more precise with his
shots. Jabs, punches to the body and short hooks by Hiramoto forced
Suzuki (2-2, 2-2 Rizin) to shoot for takedowns to contain his
opponent’s initiative. In spite of some successful action on the
canvas, Suzuki didn’t finish his adversary, and the fight went the
distance. The judges were split on the outcome, but Hiramoto’s
precision tipped the scale in favor of the Roufusport
representative, who took home a narrow split decision.

In the co-headliner, Deep Jewels atomweight titleholder Saori
Oshima and former promotional super atomweight title contender
Miyuu
Yamamoto (6-7, 6-7 Rizin) battled for three rounds. Oshima
(9-3, 2-0 Rizin) relied on her varied arsenal to overcome her
opponent’s experience, employing some fine superman punches and
quick head kicks to score precious points. Three-time freestyle
wrestling world champion Yamamoto (6-7, 6-7 Rizin) kept the center
of the ring and showed off her grappling background on occasion.
Ultimately, Oshima’s creativity was enough to persuade two out of
three ringside judges to score the fight in her favor for a
split-decision victory.

Elsewhere, Nobuyoshi
Nakatsukasa (8-4, 1-1 Rizin) vanquished Mitsuhisa
Sunabe (29-11-4, 0-3 Rizin) with knees and punches 100 seconds
into their 119-pound catchweight bout; 145-pounder Sora
Yamamoto (12-4, 3-1 Rizin) outclassed Kyle Aguon
(14-11, 1-3 Rizin) en route to a unanimous decision victory; and at
featherweight, Ji Yong
Yang (5-0, 1-0 Rizin) submitted Shoji
Maruyama (17-17-1, 1-4 Rizin) with a rear-naked choke 1:46 into
the third frame.

On the preliminary card, 155-pounder Atsushi
Kishimoto (8-6-2, 1-0 Rizin) stopped Kohei
Tokeshi (6-9, 1-2 Rizin) with punches at the 2:05 mark of Round
1; former K-1 super seatherweight champion Taiga Kawabe upended
Soichiro Arata on all scorecards in a kickboxing clash; flyweight
Yamato
Fujita (9-4, 1-1 Rizin) outpointed Tatsuya So
(16-19-4, 0-2 Rizin) on all scorecards; Yutaro
Muramoto (9-6-2, 1-2 Rizin) pummeled One alum Shinichi
Kojima (14-7-5, 0-1 Rizin) 2:23 into the second stanza at
flyweight; 125-pounder Yuki Ito
(11-3, 4-0 Rizin) smashed Yuichi
Miyagi (17-12-1, 1-1 Rizin) with knees and punches at the 4:57
mark of the second period; in a super atomweight clash, Moeri Suda
(6-3, 1-0 Rizin) submitted Mizuki
Oshiro (4-6, 1-1 Rizin) via armbar 2:12 into the opening frame;
Hirokatsu
Miyagi outstruck Tomoki Yoshino en route to a unanimous
decision in a kickboxing clash at featherweight; and Tanner
Lourenco (2-0, 2-0 Rizin) crushed Oriya
Oshiro (1-1, 0-1 Rizin) with elbows at the 1:05 mark of Round 2
at lightweight.

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