RIZIN

RIZIN 49: Decade

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 22 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Kleber Koike beat Chihiro Suzuki by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Roberto Satoshi De Souza beat Vugar Karamov by submission in the co-main event at lightweight.
  • Eleven of the 22 results came early: eight knockouts and three submissions.

Main card

CS

Chihiro Suzuki vs Kleber Koike

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KK ✓
RS ✓

Roberto Satoshi De Souza vs Vugar Karamov

Lightweight
Submission R1 4:46
VK
YK

Yuta Kubo vs Razhabali Shaydullaev

Featherweight
Knockout R2 2:33
RS ✓
MU ✓

Mikio Ueda vs Tae In Kim

Heavyweight
Knockout R2 2:31
TK
RS

Ren Sugiyama vs Karshyga Dautbek

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KD ✓
YY

Yusuke Yachi vs Taisei Sakuraba

Lightweight
Knockout R1 0:27
TS ✓
Kyoji Horiguchi ✓

5Kyoji Horiguchi vs Nkazimulo Zulu

Flyweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
NZ
YM ✓

Yuki Motoya vs Kyoma Akimoto

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KA
SI ✓

Seika Izawa vs Lucia Apdelgarim

Atom
Submission R1 2:22
LA
KT ✓

Koji Takeda vs Suguru Nii

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 4:07
SN
TK

Taiga Kawabe vs Genji Umeno

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
GU ✓
SK

Satoshi Kamiyama vs Ed Polo King

Heavyweight
Knockout R1 3:22
EK ✓
MS

Makoto Shinryu vs Jose Torres

Catchweight
Split decision R3 5:00
JT ✓
RF ✓

Ryuya Fukuda vs Ryusei Ashizawa

Bantamweight
Knockout R1 0:53
RA
HG ✓

Hiroto Gomyo vs Koki Akada

Featherweight
Split decision R3 5:00
KA
HY ✓

Hyuma Yasui vs Hiroaki Suzuki

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
HS
DT ✓

Daichi Tomizawa vs Kota Miura

Catchweight
Knockout R1 1:51
KM
YN

Yura Naito vs Taio Asahisa

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 3:00
TA ✓
NA

Noda Aoi vs Tatsuki Shinotsuka

Flyweight
Knockout R1 2:05
TS ✓
IH

Issa Hosokawa vs Sho Patrick Usami

Welterweight
Knockout R2 3:00
SU ✓
RA ✓

Rukiya Anpo vs Sina Karimian

Catchweight
Unanimous decision R6 2:01
SK
SY ✓

Sanou Yokouchi vs Kenshin Saito

Bantamweight
Submission R1 3:03
KS
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Results

Main and co-main events

Kleber Koike beat Chihiro Suzuki by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of RIZIN 49 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Roberto Satoshi De Souza beat Vugar Karamov by submission at 4:46 of round one at lightweight.

How the card was decided

Across the 22 bouts that produced a result, eight ended by knockout, three by submission and eleven on the judges' scorecards — eleven stoppages in 22 fights. Two of the eleven decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Taisei Sakuraba, who stopped Yusuke Yachi after 27 seconds, and eight of the eleven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Sho Patrick Usami's knockout of Issa Hosokawa, 8 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the 22 fights filled three hours and 36 minutes of cage time.

Ranked fighters on the card

One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Kyoji Horiguchi, No. 5 at flyweight.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Eight weight classes were used, featherweight most often with seven bouts.