Main and co-main events
Mikio Ueda beat Hideki Sekine by knockout after 25 seconds in the main event of RIZIN 43 at the Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena in Sapporo. In the co-main event, Kleber Koike beat Chihiro Suzuki by submission at 3:02 of round one at catchweight.
How the card was decided
Across the 17 bouts that produced a result, nine ended by knockout, five by submission and three on the judges' scorecards — 14 stoppages in 17 fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
Finishes and fight times
The quickest finish belonged to Mikio Ueda, who stopped Hideki Sekine after 25 seconds, and eleven of the 14 finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Joji Goto's submission of Trent Girdham, 7 minutes and 45 seconds in. End to end, the 17 fights filled one hour and 27 minutes of cage time.
Main card against the prelims
The main card finished at the higher rate: seven of seven, against seven of the ten below it. Saori Oshima (knockout, round one), Joji Goto (submission, round two) and Aoi Kuriyama (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Countries, weight classes and broadcast
Four weight classes were used, catchweight most often with ten bouts.
