The lineup for Rizin Fighting Federation 30 continues to grow with
the addition of five new bouts, including a featherweight tilt
between UFC veteran Yuta Sasaki
and Yoshinori
Horie.
The four other confirmed matchups are as follows: Yusuke
Yachi vs. Koji
Takeda; Shinobu Ohta vs. Yuta Kubo; Shoji
Maruyama vs. Chihiro
Suzuki and Panchan Rina vs. Momoka under kickboxing rules.
Rizin
30 takes place on Sept. 19 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,
Japan and features the quarterfinals of the bantamweight grand prix
and a non-title clash between atomweight champion Ayaka
Hamasaki and Emi
Fujino.
A nine-time UFC veteran, Sasaki is coming off a unanimous decision
triumph over Kenta
Takizawa at Rizin 26 on New Year’s Eve. Prior to that, “Ulka”
suffered a broken jaw against Kai Asakura
at Rizin 19 in October 2019.
Horie, meanwhile, is coming off a third-round knockout of Tetsuya
Seki at Rizin 27 on March 21. The longtime Pancrase veteran has
one Octagon appearance under his belt, as he fell to Hakeem
Dawodu via third-round TKO at UFC 240.