Following two strong cards from the UFC and PFL, RIZIN Fighting Federation’s RIZIN Landmark 13 got underway, Sunday local time in Japan, or late Saturday for many western fight fans.
A stacked card saw the promotion’s featherweight and bantamweight titles on the line. Danny Sabatello was putting his 135lb title on the line in the night’s co-main event, against Japanese challenger Joji Goto. The former Bellator star earned a split decision in December to dethrone Naoki Inoue, and is 3-0-1 in his last four bouts.
In the main event, undefeated 17-0 featherweight champion Razhabali Shaidulloev looked to make his third title defense against Yuta Kubo.
Making his promotional debut at RIZIN Landmark 13 was Ireland’s James Gallagher, looking for his fourteenth professional win. Fellow Bellator alum and former lightweight champ in that promotion, Patricky Pitbull, also returned. At 40, he was looking to snap a four-fight skid.
Where to Watch RIZIN Landmark 13
Sunday, April 12 (Saturday in the west) sees RIZIN at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan for RIZIN Landmark 13. The action streams live on RIZIN.tv following select prelims on Youtube. Full Results can be found below.
RIZIN Landmark 13 Results
Razhabali Shaidulloev vs. Yuta Kubo – for the RIZIN featherweight championship
Danny Sabatello vs. Joji Goto – for the RIZIN bantamweight championship
Yoshinori Horie vs. Patricky Pitbull
Kyohei Hagiwara vs. Abijah Kaleo Meheula – Meheula missed weight, only Hagiwara eligible to win, otherwise fight will be No Contest
Ryuya Fukuda vs. Azizbek Temirov
Taio Asahisa vs. Simphayak Hamagym – Kickboxing
Makoto Shinryu vs. Nkazimulo Zulu
Ayaka Hamasaki vs. Natasha Kuziutina
Kazumasa Majima vs. James Gallagher
Nurkhan Zumagazy vs. Tenya
Ryosuke Honda vs. Hinotori
Seiya Inoue vs. Hinata Miyagawa
Opening Ceremony
Daiki Yahiro vs. Shun Okamoto – Special Rules MMA
Kodai Yamasaki vs. Tomoaki Arimatsu – Special Rules MMA
Ryota Oki vs. Ginji Arai – Special Rules MMA
Ryusei Imamura vs. Yu-Ki – Kickboxing
