Rizin Fighting Federation‘s third cagefighting event is set, as
all 14 mixed martial artists made weight for Rizin
Trigger 3rd.
The main event will see a lightweight contest between
Luiz Gustavo Felix dos Santos and Yusuke
Yachi. The 10-2 Brazilian is looking to rebound after a
disappointing TKO loss to Patricky
Freire, and is 2-2 inside the Japanese promotion. Meanwhile,
Yachi (23-12) most recently lost to Roberto de
Souza via triangle armbar, but the Japanese veteran had put
together back-to-back wins prior to the setback. Both fighters came
in under the 71-kilogram limit.
The previously booked match between “Kintaro”
Yuto Hokamura and Kazuma
Kuramoto was canceled before the weigh-ins. Hokamura fell ill,
and “was in a state where he could not move his body tightly,”
according to the organizer through a translation by Google.
The event will stream live on
Rizin’s website on Saturday, April 16, starting at 1 a.m. ET/10
p.m. PT. Live English commentary is available and it can be bundled
with Rizin
35.
Rizin Trigger 3rd Weigh-in Results:
Luiz
Gustavo Felix dos Santos (156) vs. Yusuke
Yachi (156.4)
Hideki
Sekine (253.6) vs. Satoshi
Kamiyama (294.2)
Masanori
Kanehara (145) vs. Kazumasa
Majima (145.2)
Takaki
Soya (125.6) vs. Nobuyoshi
Nakatsukasa (124.3)
Shuto
Watanabe (134.3) vs. Takuma Sudo
(134.2)
Tatsuya
Saika (156.3) vs. Kimihiro
Eto (156)
Grant
Bogdanove (158.6) vs. Takeshi
Izumi (158.7)