RIZIN

Super RIZIN 3

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 11 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Ren Hiramoto beat Mikuru Asakura by knockout in the main event.
  • Hiromasa Ougikubo beat Makoto Shinryu by unanimous decision in the co-main event at flyweight.
  • Seven of the ten results came early: six knockouts and one submission.

Main card

MA

Mikuru Asakura vs Ren Hiramoto

Featherweight
Knockout R1 2:15
RH ✓
HO ✓

Hiromasa Ougikubo vs Makoto Shinryu

Flyweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MS
RA ✓

Ryusei Ashizawa vs Koji Tanaka

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KT
John Dodson ✓

John Dodson vs Takaki Soya

Flyweight
Unanimous decision R5 2:01
TS
HT ✓

Hideo Tokoro vs Hiroya Kondo

Catchweight
Knockout R1 3:20
HK
RK ✓

Rena Kubota vs Kate Oyama

Atom
Knockout R2 3:33
KO
YS

Yutaka Saito vs Yuta Kubo

Featherweight
Knockout R2 4:20
YK ✓
TE ✓

Tai Emery vs Charisa Sigala

Flyweight
Knockout R1 0:38
CS
MP

Manny Pacquiao vs Rukiya Anpo

Catchweight
RA
SN

Suguru Nii vs Kazumasa Majima

Featherweight
Submission R2 3:12
KM ✓
HS

Hiroaki Suzuki vs Ren Sugiyama

Featherweight
Knockout R1 0:02
RS ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Ren Hiramoto beat Mikuru Asakura by knockout at 2:15 of round one in the main event of Super RIZIN 3 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Hiromasa Ougikubo beat Makoto Shinryu by unanimous decision after three rounds at flyweight.

How the card was decided

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

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Ren Sugiyama, who stopped Hiroaki Suzuki after 2 seconds, and four of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Yuta Kubo's knockout of Yutaka Saito, 9 minutes and 20 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 24 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Five weight classes were used, featherweight most often with four bouts.