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🇯🇵 Mikuru Asakura vs Vugar Keramov 🇦🇿 #BellatorvsRIZIN2 #SuperRIZIN2
[🇺🇸 7/29 | 11pm ET/8pm PT ]
[🇯🇵 7/30 | 12pm JST ]
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Rizin Fighting Federation is putting on its second Super Rizin event following its co-promotion with Bellator MMA.
Three title fights for Super Rizin 2 are now official following the weigh-ins. Headlining the event is a fight for the vacant featherweight championship between Mikuru Asakura and Vugar Karamov. The stacked event also features a vacant bantamweight title fight between Juan Archuleta and Hiromasa Ougikubo and a women's atomweight title defense as champion Seika Izawa takes on challenger Claire Lopez.
Asakura (17-3) is currently on a roll since being submitted by Kleber Koike Erbst in 2021. Three straight unanimous decision victories have followed. The fan-favorite weighed 145.5 pounds for the vacant title fight. Meanwhile, Karamov (18-4) is also on a three-fight win streak and has proven himself a submission threat. "Vugi" stepped on the scale at 145 pounds.
Super Rizin will air live on Fite TV on Sunday starting at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT.
Super Rizin 2 Weigh-in Results:
Mikuru Asakura (145.5) vs. Vugar Karamov (145)Juan Archuleta (133.1) vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo (134.1)
Seika Izawa (107.1) vs. Claire Lopez (107.8)
Patricio Freire (151) vs. Chihiro Suzuki (154.3)
Tofiq Musayev (155.5) vs. Akira Okada (156)
Kenta Takizawa (134.2) vs. Shinobu Ota (134.4)
Daichi Abe (184.7) vs. Igor Tanabe (184.4)
Yuki Ito (127.5) vs. Hiroya Kondo (127.2)