Two title fights adorned the card at the Saitama Super Arena, with RIZIN’s vacant bantamweight and featherweight titles up for grabs.

In the main event, homegrown star Mikuru Asakura faced off with Vugar Karamov to crown a new featherweight champ in the Japanese promotion. Asakura might be best known to casual fans for boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr. a year ago, but he had also won his last three fights in MMA. Karamov, for his part, had won three straight fights under the RIZIN banner, including a win over UFC vet Yoshinori Horie.

In the co-main event, former Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta looked to claim a second title in a major promotion, as he went after the 135lb crown in RIZIN. Originally booked against Kai Asakura, Mikuru’s brother, the injured Kai was instead replaced by Ultimate Fighter vet Hiromasa Ougikubo.

Super RIZIN 2 takes place Sunday, July 30, 2023 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The card streams live via Fite.tv. Full results can be found below.

Super RIZIN 2: Asakura vs. Karamov Results

Featherweight: Vugar Karamov def. Mikuru Asakura by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 2:41 — for the vacant RIZIN featherweight championship
Bantamweight: Juan Archuleta def. Hiromasa Ougikubo by unanimous decision — for the vacant RIZIN bantamweight championship
Seika Izakawa def. Claire Lopez by submission (ninja choke), Round 1, 1:04 — for the RIZIN women’s atomweight championship
Lightweight: Chihiro Suzuki def. Patricio Pitbull by KO, Round 1, 2:32
Lightweight: Tofiq Musayev def. Akira Okada by KO, Round 2, 1:11
Bantamweight: Shinobu Ota def. Kenta Takizawa by TKO, Round 1, 4:54
Middleweight: Igor Tanabe def. Daichi Abe by submission (heel hook), Round 1, 4:34
Flyweight: Yuki Ito def. Hiroya Kondo by split decision

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Additionally, the RIZIN portion of the card, which takes place on Sunday, July 30, 2023 in Saitama, Japan is also official. Super RIZIN 2 features a pair of title fights, with former Bellator MMA 135lb champion Juan Archuleta taking on TUF vet Hiromasa Ougikubo for the vacant RIZIN bantamweight championship — while in the main event, Mikuru Asakura throws down with Vugar Karamov for featherweight gold.

Ougikubo is stepping up to replace Kai Asakura, Archuleta’s originally scheduled opponent.

The Bellator side of things did not arrive intact either, as A.J. McKee was forced out of the lightweight grand prix due to a nasty staph infection. As a result, RIZIN’s Roberto “Satoshi” Souza is stepping in against ex-champ Patricky Pitbull. Kyoji Horiguchi, meanwhile, is set to take on Makoto Shinryu for the inaugural Bellator MMA flyweight championship.

Super RIZIN 2 airs via Fite.tv starting at 3AM ET on July 30, while the Bellator portion of the card goes down on Showtime, starting at 11PM ET on Saturday, July 29, 2023. Full weigh-in results can be found below.

Bellator x RIZIN: Pitbull vs. De Souza Weigh-In Results

Lightweight: Patricky Pitbull (160) vs. Roberto De Souza (160.6) — Lightweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinal
Flyweight: Kyoji Horiguchi (124.2) vs. Makoto “Shinryu” (125) — for the Inaugural Flyweight World Championship:
Flyweight: Kana Watanabe (125.5) vs. #7-Veta Arteaga (126)
Bantamweight: Magomed Magomedov (136) vs. Danny Sabatello (135.8)
Welterweight: Andrey Koreshkov (170.8) vs. Lorenz Larkin (170.6)

Super RIZIN 2 Weigh-In Results

Featherweight: Mikuru Asakura (66.00kg）vs. Vugar Karamov (65.80kg）— for the vacant RIZIN featherweight championship
Bantamweight: Juan Archuleta (60.40kg）vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo （60.85kg）— for the vacant RIZIN bantamweight championship
Seika Izakawa（48.60kg）vs. Claire Lopez (48.90kg）— for the RIZIN women’s atomweight championship
Lightweight: Patricio Pitbull (68.55kg) vs. Chihiro Suzuki (70.00kg）
Lightweight: Tofiq Musayev (70.55kg) vs. Akira Okada (70.80kg)
Bantamweight: Kenta Takizawa (60.90kg）vs. Shinobu Ota (61.00kg）
Middleweight: Daiche Abe (83.80kg）vs. Igor Tanabe (83.65kg）
Flyweight: Yuki Ito (57.85kg) vs. Hiroya Kondo (57.70kg)

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