RIZIN

RIZIN 42

Completed Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan 13 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Kai Asakura beat Yuki Motoya by knockout in the main event.
  • Juan Archuleta beat Naoki Inoue by unanimous decision in the co-main event at catchweight.
  • Six of the twelve results came early: four knockouts and two submissions.

Main card

Kai Asakura ✓

Kai Asakura vs Yuki Motoya

Bantamweight
Knockout R3 2:30
YM
Naoki Inoue

Naoki Inoue vs Juan Archuleta

Catchweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
JA ✓
RS ✓

Roberto Satoshi De Souza vs Spike Carlyle

Lightweight
Unanimous decision R1 5:02
Spike Carlyle
BB

Buakaw Banchamek vs Rukiya Anpo

Catchweight
RA
KM

Kota Miura vs Yaman

Catchweight
Knockout R1 3:30
YA ✓
John Dodson ✓

John Dodson vs Tatsuki Saomoto

Catchweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:06
TS
TA

Takahiro Ashida vs Kazumasa Majima

Featherweight
Submission R1 4:49
KM ✓
US ✓

Ulka Sasaki vs Boyd Allen

Catchweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:08
BA
AK

Atsushi Kishimoto vs Viktor Kolesnik

Catchweight
Knockout R2 3:05
VK ✓
YI

Yuki Ito vs Erson Yamamoto

Catchweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:09
EY ✓
TY

Takuya Yamamoto vs Takeji Yokoyama

Featherweight
Submission R1 1:40
TY ✓
Ramazan Temirov ✓

Ramazan Temirov vs Yuta Hamamoto

Flyweight
Knockout R1 4:10
YH
YK

Yasuhiro Kido vs Sota Kimurai

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 3:05
SK ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Kai Asakura beat Yuki Motoya by knockout at 2:30 of round three in the main event of RIZIN 42 at the Tokyo Ariake Arena in Tokyo. In the co-main event, Juan Archuleta beat Naoki Inoue by unanimous decision after three rounds at catchweight.

How the card was decided

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

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Takeji Yokoyama, who stopped Takuya Yamamoto at 1:40 of round one, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kai Asakura's knockout of Yuki Motoya, 12 minutes and 30 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 53 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Five weight classes were used, catchweight most often with seven bouts.