RIZIN

RIZIN 44

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 9 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Masanori Kanehara beat Kleber Koike by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Juntarou Ushiku beat Kyohei Hagiwara by unanimous decision in the co-main event at featherweight.
  • Three of the nine results came early: two knockouts and one submission.

Main card

KK

Kleber Koike vs Masanori Kanehara

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MK ✓
JU ✓

Juntarou Ushiku vs Kyohei Hagiwara

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KH
Spike Carlyle

Spike Carlyle vs Yoshinori Horie

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
YH ✓
YN ✓

Yoshiki Nakahara vs Rikuto Shirakawa

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
RS
KM ✓

Kazumasa Majima vs Takeji Yokoyama

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
TY
RF ✓

Ryuya Fukuda vs Erson Yamamoto

Catchweight
Knockout R3 1:40
EY
TN ✓

Taichi Nakajima vs Akira Okada

Catchweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
AO
SS ✓

Shoma Shibisai vs Janos Csukas

Flyweight
Submission R1 2:32
JC
TS

Takaki Soya vs Ramazan Temirov

Flyweight
Knockout R1 3:21
Ramazan Temirov ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Masanori Kanehara beat Kleber Koike by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of RIZIN 44 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Juntarou Ushiku beat Kyohei Hagiwara after three rounds at featherweight.

How the card was decided

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

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Shoma Shibisai, who stopped Janos Csukas at 2:32 of round one, and two of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ryuya Fukuda's knockout of Erson Yamamoto, 11 minutes and 40 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 48 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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