Key takeaways
Roberto Satoshi De Souza beat Keita Nakamura by knockout at 1:33 of round one in the main event of RIZIN LANDMARK 9 in KOBE at the Kobe World Hall in Kobe. In the co-main event, Koji Takeda beat Kyohei Hagiwara by unanimous decision after three rounds at featherweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, one by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in 13 fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Roberto Satoshi De Souza, who stopped Keita Nakamura at 1:33 of round one, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Shun Matsuyama's knockout of Shin Sakurai, 11 minutes and 55 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled two hours and 7 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: two of its three results came early, against five of the ten above it. Yuto Uemura (knockout, round two) and Shun Matsuyama (knockout, round three) all closed before the judges were needed.
Six weight classes were used, flyweight most often with four bouts.