RIZIN Super Atomweight Champion Ayaka
Hamasaki (@kk331ayaka)
is on championship weight for
#RIZIN27!She defends her belt against Kanna Asakura (@a_kanna_)
this Sunday!Purchase the @livenowglobal
PPV here https://t.co/Mi4AiMpNGQ#RIZIN
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#RIZIN27
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— RIZIN FF English (@rizin_English)
March 20, 2021
The Rizin
Fighting Federation 27 headliner is now official, as both
Ayaka
Hamasaki and Kanna
Asakura made weight ahead of their atomweight championship
clash.
Hamasaki, the reigning champion, tipped the scales at 107.5 pounds,
while Asakura checked in at 107.2. Rizin 27 takes place at Nippon
Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan on Sunday and features 10 MMA
bouts.
Hamasaki and Asakura initially squared off for the vacant
atomweight belt at Rizin 14, with Hamasaki winning via armbar in
the second round. Hamasaki has won four of her five bouts under the
Rizin banner since then, falling only to Seo Hee Ham
in December 2019. The 38-year-old regained the vacant title with a
spectacular leg scissor choke tapout of Miyuu
Yamamoto at Rizin 26 this past New Year’s Eve.
Asakura, 23, enters the rematch on a four-bout winning streak. The
Paraestra Matsudo representative last appeared at Rizin 26, where
she outpointed Ai Shimizu.
The former Rizin atomweight grand prix winner has been victorious
in 18 of 22 professional outings.
Rizin 27 Weigh-in Results:
Ayaka
Hamasaki (107.5) vs. Kanna
Asakura (107.2)
Roberto de
Souza (155.9) vs. Kazuki
Tokudome (156.4)
Koji
Takeda (156) vs. Takasuke
Kume (156.5)
Kleber
Koike Erbst (145.1) vs. Kazumasa
Majima (145.5)
Tsuyoshi
Sudario (254.4) vs. Kazushi
Miyamoto (247.6)
Tetsuya
Seki (145.3) vs. Yoshinori
Horie (145.5)
Kazuma
Sone (134.3) vs. Hiroki
Yamashita (134.1)
Shuto
Watanabe (133.4) vs. Takumi
Tamaru (134.4)
Yutaro
Muramoto (125.5) vs. Seigo
Yamamoto (125.2)
Kohei
Sugiyama (125.3) vs. Yuki Ito
(124.5)
Kanna Asakura (@a_kanna_)
makes weight for
#RIZIN27 !She seeks RIZIN gold this weekend when she faces RIZIN Super
Atomweight Champion Ayaka Hamasaki (@kk331ayaka)!Purchase the @livenowglobal
PPV here https://t.co/LykNA1s1BD#RIZIN
#MMA
#RIZIN27
#kickboxing
#格闘技 pic.twitter.com/VPRs7wRC7R— RIZIN FF English (@rizin_English)
March 20, 2021