RIZIN Super Powerhouse Festival Archives - Cageside Press Cageside Press - Everything MMA! Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:36:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://cagesidepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-cagesidepress512-3-32x32.png RIZIN Super Powerhouse Festival Archives - Cageside Press 32 32 RIZIN 10th Anniversary Super Powerhouse Festival Full Results https://cagesidepress.com/2025/12/30/rizin-10th-anniversary-super-powerhouse-festival-full-results/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:19:10 +0000 https://cagesidepress.com/?p=218920 It was to have been headlined by Ryan Bader making his promotional debut and looking to claim heavyweight gold. In the wake of Bader withdrawing due to injury, however, RIZIN’s annual New Year’s Eve show, the promotion’s 10th Anniversary, still featured a full five title fights. Among those, a headlining bout featuring Mikuru Asakura (brother […]

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]]> It was to have been headlined by Ryan Bader making his promotional debut and looking to claim heavyweight gold. In the wake of Bader withdrawing due to injury, however, RIZIN’s annual New Year’s Eve show, the promotion’s 10th Anniversary, still featured a full five title fights.

Among those, a headlining bout featuring Mikuru Asakura (brother of UFC’s Kai Asakura), oooking to claim featherweight gold opposite champ Razhabali Shaydullaev. In the co-headliner, long-serving lightweight champ Roberto “Satoshi” de Souza put his belt on the line against Ilkhom Nozimov. RIZIN’s flyweight grand prix wrapped with the vacant title on the line between TUF vet Hiromasa Ougikubo and Yuki Motoya, while Bellator motormouth Danny Sabatello looked to claim bantamweight gold against champion Naoki Inoue.

Rounding out the five-pack of title fights, undefeated super atomweight champ Seika Izawa faced off against Rena Kubota.

Where to Watch RIZIN Super Powerhouse Festival

December 31, 2025 was the landing spot for RIZIN’s 10th Anniversary show, taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event is available to stream via RIZIN.tv; full results can be found below. The broadcast goes live at 11PM ET, 8PM PT.

RIZIN 10th Anniversary Super Powerhouse Festival Results

Razhabali Shaydullaev (c) def. Mikuru Asakura by TKO (punches), Round 1, 2:54 – For the RIZIN Featherweight Championship
Ilkhom Nozimov def. Roberto de Souza (c) by KO (knee and punch), Round 1, 0:13 – For the RIZIN Lightweight championship
Intermission 
Hiromasa Ougikubo def. Yuki Motoya by unanimous decision – 2025 RIZIN Flyweight Grand Prix Final / For the vacant RIZIN Flyweight championship
Danny Sabatello def. Naoki Inoue (c) by unanimous decision – For the Rizin Bantamweight championship
Seika Izawa (c) def. Rena Kubota by submission (guillotine), Round 2, 1:58 – For the RIZIN Super Atomweight championship
Kleber Koike Erbst def. Vugar Karamov by unanimous decision
Intermission 
Ryuya Fukuda def. Tatsuya Ando by KO (head stomp and punches), Round 2, 3:02
Kyoma Akimoto def. Suguru Nii by KO (knee to body), Round 1, 3:44
Karshyga Dautbek vs. Yuta Kubo ends in a No Contest (accidental eye poke), Round 1, 3:15
Makoto Shinryu def. Hiroya Kondo by unanimous decision
Joji Goto def. Jose Torres by split decision
Tatsuki Shinotsuka def. Daichi Tomizawa by KO (punches), Round 2, 3:22
Tatsuya Saika def. BeyNoah by KO (head kick), Round 1, 0:32
Ryoma Shishimoto def. Ryusei Ashizawa by submisssion (arm-bar), Round 1, 0:25
Opening Ceremony
Enzo Massami Iamazato def. Yuri Suda by submission (arm-bar), Round 1, 3:15

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]]> Six Title Fights, RIZIN Super Powerhouse Festival Announced for New Year’s Eve https://cagesidepress.com/2025/11/10/six-title-fights-rizin-super-powerhouse-festival-announced-for-new-years-eve/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:24:38 +0000 https://cagesidepress.com/?p=217348 RIZIN Fighting Federation’s annual New Year’s Eve show has been officially announced, with the RIZIN Super Powerhouse Festival set for the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2025. Included will be a full six title fights, including the debut of Ryan Bader (31-8), who will face Aleksandr Soldatkin (18-4) for the promotion’s […]

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]]> RIZIN Fighting Federation’s annual New Year’s Eve show has been officially announced, with the RIZIN Super Powerhouse Festival set for the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2025.

Included will be a full six title fights, including the debut of Ryan Bader (31-8), who will face Aleksandr Soldatkin (18-4) for the promotion’s heavyweight title. Bader, a former Bellator double champ at light heavyweight and heavyweight, will be facing one of the toughest heavyweights outside the UFC, with Soldatkin’s lone loss since 2019 being a DQ for an illegal knee on the Contender Series. Soldatkin is 3-0 under the RIZIN banner to date, and won the promotion’s heavyweight grand prix in September.

Razhabali Shaidulloev (16-0), the promotion’s undefeated featherweight champ, will face Mikuru Asakura (19-5), brother of UFC flyweight title challenger and ex-RIZIN champ Kai Asakura, in the night’s main event. Roberto “Satoshi” de Souza (20-3), meanwhile, will be looking to make the sixth defense of his lightweight title when he takes on Shunta Nomura (10-2).

Women’s super atomweight gold will be on the line when Seika Izawa (17-0), who defended her title earlier this month at RIZIN Landmark 12, faces off against the popular Rena Kubota (15-5). UFC alum Naoki Inoue (20-4) will put his bantamweight belt on the line against former Bellator MMA motormouth Danny Sabatello (16-4-1), while a flyweight title fight sees former Ultimate Fighter hopeful Hiromasa Ougikubo (29-8-2) take on Yuki Motoya (39-14) for the vacant RIZIN 125lb strap.

In a final fight announced on Sunday via press release, Yutaka Saito (21-9-2) faces kickboxer Ren Sugiyama (2-2) in featherweight action.

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