RIZIN

RIZIN 53

Completed GLION ARENA KOBE, Kobe, Japan 15 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Luiz Gustavo beat Ilkhom Nazimov by knockout in the main event.
  • Ren Hiramoto v Koji Tanaka in the co-main event at superheavy.
  • Nine of the 14 results came early: four knockouts and five submissions.

Main card

IN

Ilkhom Nazimov vs Luiz Gustavo

Lightweight
Knockout R1 2:07
LG ✓
RH

Ren Hiramoto vs Koji Tanaka

Superheavy
KT
RT ✓

Ryo Takagi vs Kaiwen Li

Featherweight
Knockout R1 1:39
KL
SO ✓

Shinobu Ota vs Yuto Hokamura

Bantamweight
Submission R2 4:25
YH
KO ✓

Keito Oyama vs Katie Perez

Strawweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KP
TS

Tatsuya Saika vs Sho Patrick Usami

Lightweight
Knockout R1 1:40
SU ✓
KM

Koyomi Matsushima vs Ryan Cafaro

Featherweight
Submission R3 2:22
RC ✓
DT ✓

Daiki Tsubota vs Genji Umeno

Bantamweight
Submission R1 2:37
GU
RS ✓

Ryoma Shishimoto vs Kenshin Kodama

Bantamweight
Submission R1 1:16
KK
SA

Seiya Ameyama vs Jo Hiramoto

Flyweight
Submission R2 0:27
JH ✓
KN ✓

Kouki Nakagawa vs Jake Wilkins

Featherweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
JW

Preliminary card

SH ✓

Soru Hamaguchi vs Haruto Sunada

Flyweight
Knockout R1 2:32
HS
JK

Juna Koda vs Hinata Kitano

Atom
Unanimous decision R3 3:00
HK ✓
YS

Yushi Sakura vs Asataro Asataro

Superlight
Unanimous decision R3 3:00
AA
SN

Shota Nagano vs Tomoya Sudo

Flyweight
Unanimous decision R3 3:00
TS
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Results

Main and co-main events

Luiz Gustavo beat Ilkhom Nazimov by knockout at 2:07 of round one in the main event of RIZIN 53 at the GLION ARENA KOBE in Kobe. In the co-main event, Ryo Takagi beat Kaiwen Li by knockout at 1:39 of round one at featherweight.

How the card was decided

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

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Ryoma Shishimoto, who stopped Kenshin Kodama at 1:16 of round one, and six of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Ryan Cafaro's submission of Koyomi Matsushima, 12 minutes and 22 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 22 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The main card finished at the higher rate: eight of ten, against one of the two below it. Soru Hamaguchi (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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