A featherweight showdown between Satoshi
Yamasu and Kyohei
Hagiwara will serve as the featured bout at Rizin Fighting
Federation 34 on March 20.
The Japanese promotion recently announced the pairing. Rizin 34
takes place at Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka, Japan, on March 6.
Three other MMA bouts were also confirmed for the event: Alan Hiro
Yamaniha vs. Motonobu
Tezuka at bantamweight; Kiichi
Kunimoto vs. Daichi Abe
at welterweight and Daichi
Kitakata vs. Yutaro
Muramoto at flyweight.
A former Deep featherweight king, Yamasu snapped a two-bout skid in
his last outing at Rizin 28, when he garnered a split decision
against Noah Bey this
past June. Prior to that, the 32-year-old “Dominator” suffered a
first-round KO loss to Mikuru
Asakura at Rizin 26.
Hagiwara carries a 5-2 mark under the Rizin banner into his matchup
with Yamasu. He won two of three appearances in 2021, falling to
Asakura by decision before scoring a second-round TKO win against
Shoji
Maruyama at Rizin “Trigger 1st” and outpointing Hiroaki
Suzuki at Rizin 33.