Rizin FF 26 took place on December 31 for the Kai Asakura vs. Kyoji Horiguchi fight card at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Kyoji Horiguchi avenges his August 2019 loss to Kai Asakura with a dominant first round win. Less than 3 mins. New RIZIN bantamweight champ. Good for him following a devastating knee injury. https://t.co/C6wbreJjsb
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) December 31, 2020
In the main event, Asakura got his revenge with a dominant win the round one to regain the Bantamweight championship against Horiguchi. Fightful has all the results below for the full event.
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Kai Asakura via TKO (strikes) - Round 1
Tenshin Nasukawa def. Kumandoi Phetjaroenvit via unanimous decision (kickboxing bout)
Mikuru Asakura def. Satoshi Yamasu via TKO (strikes) - Round 1
Takanori Gomi def. Koji Tanaka via majority decision
Ayaka Hamasaki def. Miyuu Yamamoto via submission (scissor choke) - Round 1
Naoki Inoue def. Yuki Motoyo via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1
Kleber Koike def. Kyle Aguon via submission (D’Arce choke) - Round 1
Kyohei Hagiwara def. Ren Hiramoto via TKO (corner stoppage) - Round 2
Hideo Tokoro def. Shinobu Ota via submission (armbar) - Round 2
Yoshinari Nadaka def. Petmalai Phetjaroenvit via TKO (strikes) - Round 1
Ulka Sasaki def. Kenta Takizawa via unanimous decision
Kanna Asakura def. Ai Shimizu via unanimous decision
Shibatar def. Hiroya via submission (armbar) - Round 2 (after video review, officials declared Shibatar the winner after declaringhe tapped to an armbar in Rpund 2)
Kazuma Kuramoto def. Taiyo Nakahara via KO (strikes) - Round 1
Tsuyoshi Sudario def. Ikuhisa Minowa via TKO (strikes) - Round 1
Sakura Mori def. Eru Takebayashi via submission (armbar) - Round 1 (declared No Contest after Mori missed weight)
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