RIZIN

RIZIN 52

Completed Ariake Arena, Tokio, Japan 12 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Kyoma Akimoto beat Patchy Mix by knockout in the main event.
  • Luiz Gustavo beat Taisei Sakuraba by knockout in the co-main event at lightweight.
  • Ten of the twelve results came early: seven knockouts and three submissions.

Main card

KA ✓

Kyoma Akimoto vs Patchy Mix

Featherweight
Knockout R2 0:38
PM
LG ✓

Luiz Gustavo vs Taisei Sakuraba

Lightweight
Knockout R2 2:34
TS
RT ✓

Ryo Takagi vs Shuya Kimura

Featherweight
Knockout R1 5:00
SK
VK

Viktor Kolesnik vs Koji Takeda

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KT ✓
SO ✓

Saori Oshima vs Kate Oyama

Atom
Unanimous decision R3
KO
YI ✓

Yuki Ito vs Carlos Mota

Catchweight
Knockout R1 2:27
Carlos Mota
HT

Hideo Tokoro vs Jinnosuke Kashimura

Bantamweight
Submission R1 1:06
JK ✓
KK ✓

Kyung Pyo Kim vs Yusuke Yachi

Lightweight
Knockout R2
YY
SS ✓

Shoko Sato vs John Sweeney

Bantamweight
Submission R1 4:49
JS
TS

Takaki Soya vs Tony Laramie

Flyweight
Knockout R3
TL ✓
JA

Jo Arai vs Jung Hyun Lee

Flyweight
Knockout R3 3:45
JL ✓
NN ✓

Noeru Narita vs Bo Mi Lee

Atom
Submission R1 2:08
BL
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Results

Main and co-main events

Kyoma Akimoto beat Patchy Mix by knockout at 0:38 of round two in the main event of RIZIN 52 at the Ariake Arena in Tokio. In the co-main event, Luiz Gustavo beat Taisei Sakuraba by knockout at 2:34 of round two at lightweight.

How the card was decided

Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, seven ended by knockout, three by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — ten stoppages in twelve fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Jinnosuke Kashimura, who stopped Hideo Tokoro at 1:06 of round one, and five of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Jung Hyun Lee's knockout of Jo Arai, 13 minutes and 45 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled 57 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Six weight classes were used, featherweight most often with three bouts.