RIZIN

Rizin 50

Completed Anabuki Arena Kagawa, Kagawa, Japan 17 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Naoki Inoue beat Yuki Motoya by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Karshyga Dautbek beat Chihiro Suzuki by unanimous decision in the co-main event at featherweight.
  • Nine of the 17 results came early: six knockouts and three submissions.

Main card

Naoki Inoue ✓

Naoki Inoue vs Yuki Motoya

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
YM
CS

Chihiro Suzuki vs Karshyga Dautbek

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KD ✓
LG

Luiz Gustavo vs Shunta Nomura

Lightweight
Unanimous decision R3 2:33
SN ✓
RS

Ryo Sakai vs Ed Polo King

Heavyweight
Knockout R2 2:28
EK ✓
Spike Carlyle

Spike Carlyle vs Takeshi Izumi

Lightweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
TI ✓
YI ✓

Yuki Ito vs Tony Laramie

Flyweight
Split decision R3 5:00
TL
YM ✓

Yoshiro Maeda vs Sanoh Yokouchi

Flyweight
Submission R3 2:56
SY
TY

Takeji Yokoyama vs Shuya Kimura

Featherweight
Knockout R1 0:53
SK ✓
HO ✓

Haruo Ochi vs Nobuyoshi Nakatsukasa

Strawweight
Submission R3 1:25
NN
MU ✓

Mamoru Uoi vs Koki Akada

Bantamweight
Split decision R3 5:00
KA
KH ✓

Kyohei Hagiwara vs Toby Misech

Knockout R1 0:32
TM
MF ✓

Machi Fukuda vs Seo Young Park

Strawweight
Knockout R2 4:06
SP

Preliminary card

RI ✓

Ryoya Inai vs Rinto Kako

Featherweight
Knockout R1 2:54
RK
RK

Ryuki Kirishima vs Toki Kagawa

Flyweight
Unanimous decision R3 3:01
TK ✓
HT ✓

Hiroki Takaoka vs Seiya Ameyama

Flyweight
Submission R2 3:02
SA
RY ✓

Ryuki Yoshioka vs Daiki Kirizume

Bantamweight
Split decision R3 3:00
DK
SO ✓

Shoji Otani vs Yamato Ashikaga

Bantamweight
Knockout R1 2:59
YA
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Results

Main and co-main events

Naoki Inoue beat Yuki Motoya by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of Rizin 50 at the Anabuki Arena Kagawa in Kagawa. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Karshyga Dautbek beat Chihiro Suzuki after three rounds at featherweight.

How the card was decided

Across the 17 bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, three by submission and eight on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 17 fights. Three of the eight decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Kyohei Hagiwara, who stopped Toby Misech after 32 seconds, and four of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Yoshiro Maeda's submission of Sanoh Yokouchi, 12 minutes and 56 seconds in. End to end, the 17 fights filled two hours and 50 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its five results came early, against six of the twelve above it. Ryoya Inai (knockout, round one), Hiroki Takaoka (submission, round two) and Shoji Otani (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Six weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with four bouts.