RIZIN

Rizin 46

Completed Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan 10 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Chihiro Suzuki beat Masanori Kanehara by knockout in the main event.
  • Shinobu Ota beat Juntarou Ushiku by unanimous decision in the co-main event at bantamweight.
  • Six of the ten results came early: five knockouts and one submission.

Main card

CS ✓

Chihiro Suzuki vs Masanori Kanehara

Featherweight
Knockout R1 4:23
MK
JU

Juntarou Ushiku vs Shinobu Ota

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
SO ✓
TN

Taichi Nakajima vs Soo Chul Kim

Bantamweight
Knockout R2 0:09
SK ✓
MS ✓

Makoto Shinryu vs Jung Hyun Lee

Flyweight
Submission R1 4:29
JL
KK ✓

Kazuma Kuramoto vs Ji Yong Yang

Bantamweight
Split decision R3 5:00
JY
NB ✓

Noah Bey vs Yusaku Inoue

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
YI
YN

Yoshiki Nakahara vs Viktor Kolesnik

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
VK ✓
SY

Sora Yamamoto vs Ilkhom Nazimov

Featherweight
Knockout R2 3:40
IN ✓
RT ✓

Ryo Takagi vs Taisei Nishitani

Featherweight
Knockout R1 4:16
TN

Preliminary card

TS ✓

Tatsuki Shinotsuka vs Justyn Martinez

Bantamweight
Knockout R1 1:20
JM
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Results

Main and co-main events

Chihiro Suzuki beat Masanori Kanehara by knockout at 4:23 of round one in the main event of Rizin 46 at the Tokyo Ariake Arena in Tokyo. In the co-main event, Shinobu Ota beat Juntarou Ushiku by unanimous decision after three rounds at bantamweight.

How the card was decided

Across the ten bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, one by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in ten fights. One of the four decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Tatsuki Shinotsuka, who stopped Justyn Martinez at 1:20 of round one, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ilkhom Nazimov's knockout of Sora Yamamoto, 8 minutes and 40 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 28 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: one of its one results came early, against five of the nine above it. Tatsuki Shinotsuka (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Three weight classes were used, featherweight most often with five bouts.