Juntaro Ushiku Stops Yutaka Saito, Claims Featherweight Crown in Rizin 31 Main Event

By Martial Arts Videos October 24, 2021
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Deep champion Juntaro
Ushiku now has another piece of championship hardware to add to
his trophy case.

Ushiku defeated Yutaka
Saito via technical knockout in the Rizin Fighting Federation
31 headliner to capture the promotion’s featherweight crown on
Sunday in Yokohama, Japan. A flying knee from Ushiku opened a gash
on Saito’s head and forced doctors to call the contest at the 4:26
mark of Round 2.

Ushiku has won eight of his last nine professional appearances
dating back to November 2018, while Saito sees a four-bout winning
streak snapped in defeat.

In the co-main event, Saori
Oshima captured a split-decision triumph against former
atomweight grand prix winner Kanna
Asakura. It was a successful promotional debut for Oshima, who
was coming off a grand prix victory of her own with the Deep Jewels
organization this past June. Asakura has dropped two straight
fights in Rizin.

Elsewhere, Tsuyoshi
Sudario knocked out Lawdlain
Saint-Ilme 1:51 into the opening stanza of their featured
heavyweight clash. A left hook from the sumo wrestler sent
Saint-Ilme crashing face first into the canvas, effectively ending
the contest there. Sudario has finished all four of his
professional victories inside of a round.

Meanwhile, Japanese veteran Masanori
Kanehara dropped Takahiro
Ashida with a short right hand and finished his adversary off
with punches and elbows at the 1:18 mark of Round 2.

In other action: Akira Okada
submitted Daichi Abe
with a north-south choke 4:34 into Round 2 at lightweight; Daisuke
Nakamura used a flying armbar to tap Suguru Nii
2:16 into the opening stanza of their featherweight bout; Rikuto
Shirakawa utilized a soccer kick to KO Takuya
Yamamoto at featherweight; Yuki Ito
stopped Yusaku
Nakamura via TKO at the 4:52 mark of Round 1 at flyweight and
Seiichiro
Ito submitted Kunta
Hashimoto with a rear-naked choke 4:07 into the second round of
a flyweight tilt.

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