The lineup for Rizin Fighting Federation’s New Year’s Eve card
continues to grow.
The Japanese promotion announced the following three additions to
the Rizin
33 lineup: Rena Kubota
vs. Si
Woo Park at atomweight; Shinobu Ota
vs. Kazuma Sone
at featherweight and Kota Miura
vs. Yushi
Sakura at featherweight under Rizin challenge rules, which
consists of three, three-minute rounds with no face stomps or knees
to a ground opponent allowed.
At a press conference, promotion CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced
that the card for Rizin 33 has not yet been finalized.
“Fuji television will be broadcasting this event and they have
committed to a five hour, 45 minute window on New Year’s Eve this
year,” Sakakibara said. “We will be announcing three fights today,
but we are not finalized yet. We would like to continue to
negotiate to put on the best card that we can.”
Rizin 33 takes place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan and
features a lightweight championship bout between Roberto Souza and
Yusuke
Yachi. The card will also included the semifinals and finals of
the organization’s bantamweight grand prix.