The bantamweight headliner for Rizin
47 is now official, as both Kyoji
Horiguchi and Sergio
Pettis hit their contracted marks at weigh-ins.
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Horiguchi tipped the scales at 133.9 pounds, while Sergio
Pettis checked in at 134 pounds. It wasn’t smooth sailing for
everyone on the card, however. UFC veteran Johnny Case
weighed 158.7 pounds for his clash with Noah Bey
(156.4). Since he missed weight by 2.2 pounds, he is not eligible
for victory, per Rizin rules. As a result, if Bey loses or the bout
is a draw, the fight will be recorded as a no contest.
Additionally, Case will began the bout with a one-point
deduction.
Rizin 47 takes place at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on
Sunday and will also see Kleber
Koike Erbst (145.5) square off against Juan
Archuleta (145.5) in the featherweight co-main event.
Horiguchi and Pettis initially met as part of the bantamweight
grand prix at Bellator 272, with Pettis earning a fourth-round
knockout victory via spinning backfist in December 2021. Horiguchi
is currently unbeaten in his last four outings and is coming off a
second-round submission of Makoto
Takahashi at Rizin 45. Pettis, meanwhile, had a six-bout
winning streak snapped in his last outing at Bellator 301, when he
relinquished his 135-pound belt in a submission loss to Patrick Mix
this past November.
Rizin 47 Weigh-in Results:
Kyoji
Horiguchi (133.9) vs. Sergio
Pettis (134)
Kleber
Koike Erbst (145.5) vs. Juan
Archuleta (145.5)
Mikio
Ueda (245.3) vs. Przemyslaw
Kowalczyk (252.7)
Koji
Takeda (145.1) vs. Rajabali
Shaidullaev (145.3)
Spike
Carlyle (156.4) vs. Kyung Pyo
Kim (155.9)
Karshyga
Dautbek (145.3) vs. Tetsuya
Seki (145.2)
Johnny
Case (158.7)* vs. Noah Bey
(156.4)
Kazuki
Tokudome (156.4) vs. Sho
Patrick Usami (156.3)
*Case missed weight by 2.2 points and is not eligible for an
official victory. He will also be deducted one point at the start
of the fight.