Ren Hiramoto Outclasses Satoshi Yamasu, Chihiro Suzuki Nullifies Masakazu Imanari at Rizin Landmark Vol. 4

By Martial Arts Videos November 7, 2022
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The youngsters are taking over Rizin Fighting Federation.

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The Rizin Landmark Vol. 4 headliner featured an intriguing striker
vs. grappler matchup as Ren
Hiramoto and Satoshi
Yamasu collided at featherweight. Even though Hiramoto (2-2,
2-2 Rizin) was the underdog going into the clash, he proved to be a
world-class striker against Yamasu (12-7, 2-2 Rizin) en route to a
unanimous decision. 24-year-old Hiramoto adopted a karate-style
guard out of the gate, waiting to counterstrike every time his
opponent closed the distance. The game plan was simple yet
effective. Throughout the 15 minutes of the clash, Hiramoto
effortlessly nullified Yamasu’s offensive, dropping his opponent on
the canvas a plethora of times. While it appeared that some of
those knockdowns were almost welcomed by “Dominator,” who wanted to
move the action on the canvas, they indicated that the man standing
tall at the center of the cage was ahead on the scorecards. Yamasu
dove for a desperate last-minute takedown, but it was too late to
change the fight’s course. At the end of the regulation time, the
announcer declared Hiramoto the winner by unanimous decision.

In the co-main event, 23-year-old Chihiro
Suzuki stepped up on short notice to face respected veteran
Masakazu
Imanari in a featherweight contest. Imanari (39-22-2, 1-2
Rizin) showcased his traditional game plan, waiting for the right
moment to attack with his notorious namesake rolling leglock attack
and submit his foe, but found an unpleasant obstacle in Suzuki
(9-3, 4-1 Rizin). In spite of his young age, Suzuki fought a smart
battle and didn’t rise to Imanari’s bait, avoiding following his
opponent on the mat and attacking with soccer and axe kicks on
occasion. In the second frame, Suzuki overcommitted with an axe
kick, allowing Imanari to go near to secure a kneebar submission.
Ultimately, Suzuki survived his foe’s submission attempts and
controlled the fight’s pace as it dragged to the judges’
scorecards. When the dust settled, Suzuki took home a well-deserved
unanimous decision victory.

Elsewhere, Yuki Motoya
(32-9, 1NC; 9-5, 1NC Rizin) scored his fourth consecutive victory
after defeating Kazuma
Kuramoto (9-3, 3-2 Rizin) thanks to a unanimous decision in a
135-pound clash; and heavyweight Kiyoshi
Kuwabara (16-13, 1-1 Rizin) battered Ikuhisa
Minowa (63-45-8, 0-2 Rizin) until the referee stopped the
contest at 2:24 of Round 1.

Before the intermission,
Callyugibrainn Marinho Borges (6-2, 1-1 Rizin) smashed Satoshi
Kamiyama (0-2, 0-2 Rizin) with punches at heavyweight; Satomi
Takano (17-13, 1-1 Rizin) outpointed Maria
Laura Alves Fontoura (7-2, 0-2 Rizin) on all scorecards via at
super atomweight; 125-pounder Yusaku
Nakamura (17-9-1, 5-4 Rizin) edged Takaki Soya
(12-5-1, 3-1 Rizin) thanks to a narrow split decision; Jin Aoi
(10-5-1, 1-1 Rizin) upended former Shoot boxing champion Hiroaki
Suzuki (2-3, 2-3 Rizin) on all scorecards at featherweight;
Alan
Yamaniha (19-10-4, 2-2 Rizin) overcame Yasuhiro
Kawamura (12-8-1, 0-1 Rizin) thanks to a unanimous decision in
a 135-pound affair; highly-touted South Korean bantamweight
prospect Ji Yong
Yang (4-0, 2-0 Rizin) clobbered Mamoru Uoi
(24-13-4, 2-4 Rizin) in the second period; Glory kickboxing and K-1
alum Yuta
Kubo (1-1, 1-1 Rizin) scored his first MMA victory after
smashing Keisuke
Okuda (0-5, 0-3 Rizin) with elbows and punches on the mat at
4:43 of Round 1; 135-pounder Junya
Hibino (5-2, 1-0 Rizin) stopped Riku
Yoshida (5-1, 0-1 Rizin) with punches in the second frame;
Kenta
Kubo (7-2, 1-0 Rizin) crushed Hideyoshi
Okamoto (3-3, 0-1 Rizin) with punches an a soccer kick to force
the end of the their flyweight affair at 2:52 of Round 2; Shuto Sato
wrecked Kazunori in the opening round of their 117-pound kickboxing
clash.

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