The main event saw lightweight champ Ilkhom Nozimov of Uzbekistan, fresh off a 13-second finish of Roberto Satoshi Souza, looking to defend his title against Brazil’s Luiz Gustavo. At 7-4 under the RIZIN banner Gustavo had notable wins over Yusuke Yachi and former UFC fighter Yoshinori Horie.

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RIZIN 53 takes place at the Gloin Arena Kobe in Kobe, Japan on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The card streams live via RIZIN.tv; full results can be found below. The action gets underway at 11:30PM ET, 8:30PM PT on Saturday for North American fans.

RIZIN 53 Results

Luiz Gustavo def Ilkhom Nozimov by KO, Round 1, 2:08 – for the RIZIN lightweight championship
Ren Hiramoto vs. Kouzi ends in a draw — Special Rules Standing Openweight Bout
Ryo Takagi def. Li Kaiwen by KO (punches), Round 1, 1:38
Shinobu Ota def. Kintaro by submission (arm-triangle choke), Round 2, 4:25
Kate Lotus def. Katie Perez by unanimous decision
Sho Patrick Usami def. Tatsuya “Yanbo” Saika by TKO (punch and soccer kick), Round 1, 1:38
Ryan Cafaro def. Koyomi Matsushima by submission (guillotine choke), Round 3, 2:23
Daiki Lightyear def. Genji Umeno by submission (arm-triangle choke), Round 1, 2:37
Jolly def. Kenshin Kodama by submission (arm-bar), Round 1, 1:11
Joe Hiramoto def. Seiya Ameyama by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 2, 0:27
Kouki Nakagawa def. Jake Wilkins by unanimous decision

Opening Ceremony

Soul Hamaguchi def. Haruto Sunada by KO (punches), Round 1, 2:33 — Special Rules MMA
Yushi def. Asatarou by unanimous decision — Kickboxing
Hinata Kitano def. Jina Koda by unanimous decision — Kickboxing
Shota def. Tomoya Sudo by unanimous decision — Kickboxing

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On Wednesday, promotion officials announced a number of bookings via press release, with several RIZIN regulars featured.

Among the newly announced match-ups, former featherweight champ Juntaro Ushiku will face Shinobu Ota in a bantamweight bout, with Ushiku making the drop to 135lbs for the first time. Ushiku (23-10-1) won the RIZIN featherweight crown in 2021 when he defeated then-champ Yutaka Saito in the challenger’s promotional debut. He would defend the belt in a rematch, before being submitted by Kleber Koike in October of 2022.

While not the most experienced of opponents, Ota (5-3) was a silver medal winner in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Pancrase champ Taichi Nakajima (17-12-1), meanwhile, faces off with South Korea’s Soo Chul Kim in another key fight for the bantamweight division.

Coming off a loss to Kyoji Horiguchi, Makoto Shinryu (16-2-1, 1NC) will look to get back in the win column opposite another South Korean talent, Jung Hyun Lee (4-1). Shinryu faced Horiguchi in back-to-back fights, with their first meeting, part of the Bellator X RIZIN 2 crossover show, ending in a No Contest due to an accidental eye poke.

Rounding out the RIZIN 46 fight announcements, Kazuma Kuramoto meets Ji Yong Yang at bantamweight, while Yoshiki Nakahara gets Viktor Kolesnik of Russia in a featherweight pairing. In another featherweight pairing, Sora Yamamoto faces Ilkhom Nozimov, and rounding out the match-ups, also at featherweight, Ryo Takagi fights Taisei Nishitani.

The RIZIN 46 fight card as announced on Wednesday (more bouts are expected to be added in the near future):

• Juntaro Ushiku vs. Shinobu Ota
• Taichi Nakajima vs. Soo Chul Kim
• Makoto Shinryu vs. Jung Hyun Lee
• Kazuma Kuramoto vs. Ji Yong Yang
• Yoshiki Nakahara vs. Viktor Kolesnik
• Sora Yamamoto vs. Ilkholm Nozimov
• Ryo Takagi vs. Taisei Nishitani

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On Tuesday, in conjunction with a press conference in Tokyo, RIZIN officials announced via press release that Rena Kubota would make a quick turnaround, facing DEEP atomweight Si Woo Park. Additionally, Olympic silver medallist wrestler Shinobu Ota will compete, taking on 46-fight veteran Kazuma Sone.

Making his MMA debut, under the RIZIN challenge rule set, will be Kota Miura, facing another debuting fighter, YUSHI. In kickboxing action, KOUZI (Koji Tanaka) faces off with Ya-Man, known for his time with RISE.

Kubota (12-3) has won four straight fights under the RIZIN banner. She last competed on November 20, 2021 when she finished Miyuu Yamamoto via TKO. Her opponent, Si Woo Park (5-4) last competed in October, dropping a unanimous decision to Seika Izawa.

Olympian Shinobu Ota (1-1) will be entering just his third pro fight after debuting for RIZIN FF last year.

RIZIN officials also announced that the New Year’s Card at the Saitama Super Arena had sold out — resulting in the promotion releasing 1,000 additional seats, at a discounted price.

“We are extremely excited to announce that we have sold out the Saitama Super Arena at full capacity, and will be adding about 1,000 outlet seats for sale next week,” RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara was quoted as saying. “Outlet seats are seats that we usually close out due to productional purposes but because of the high demand we will be selling those seats with a discount.”

RIZIN 33 will stream live via LIVE-NOW for English fight fans, with the broadcast kicking off at 11:30PM on December 30, 2021.

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