RIZIN FF 5 finalizes fight card and order

RIZIN Fighting Federation has announced the fight order for RIZIN 2017 in YOKOHAMA ~ SAKURA on April 16th 2017 at the Yokohama Arena with 11 bouts in total.

In order…

Fight #1 – 58.0kg – 10 min + 5 min
Kizaemon Saiga (3-2) vs Seiichiro Ito (11-1-2)

Fight #2 – 48.0kg – 5 min + 5 min + 5 min
Kannna Asakura (6-2) vs Aleksandra Toncheva (0-0 pro / 8-0 am)

Fight #3 – 48.0kg – 5 min + 5 min + 5 min
Saori Ishioka (14-10) vs Bestare Kicaj (2-0)

Fight #4 – 70.3kg – 10 min + 5 min
Daron Cruickshank (18-9) vs Yusuke Yachi (16-6)

Fight #5 – 90.0kg – 5 min + 5 min + 5 min
Reina KING Miura (2-0) vs Jazzy Gabert (1-0)

Fight #6 – 120.0kg Elbows Allowed – 10 min + 5 min
Satoshi Ishii (14-7) vs Heath Herring (28-15)

Fight #7 – 56.7kg – 3 min + 3 min + 3 min
Tenshin Nasukawa (2-0) vs Franchesco Ghigliotti (0-0)

Fight #8 – 49.0kg 5 min + 5 min + 5 min
RENA Kubota (3-0) vs Dora Perjes (7-1)

Fight #9 – 58.0kg 10 min + 5 min
Kyoji Horiguchi (18-2) vs Yuki Motoya (18-4)

Fight #10 – Open weight – 10 min + 5 min
Amir Aliakbari (5-1) vs Geronimo Dos Santos (39-17)

Fight #11 – 65.8kg Elbows Allowed + 10 min + 5 min
Tatsuya Kawajiri (35-11-2) vs Anthony Birchak (13-3)

The RIZIN 2017 in YOKOHAMA ~SAKURA event has settled with several high profile fighters including fighters who have walked away from the UFC. Formerly 3rd ranked Kyoji Horiguchi will be making his promotional debut against Yuki Motoya, who has been competing and proved himself as Japan’s top flyweight and is eager to show the world his ability by defeating the highly favorite Horiguchi.

Anthony Birchak is another fighter who has chosen to call the Japanese promotion his new home. Birchak will stepping up a weight class to face fellow UFC veteran, Tatsuya Kawajiri for his promotional debut. Birchak would like to prove his overall skills are superior to those of the legendary Japanese fighter who he describes as being at the end of his career.

Longtime PRIDE and UFC veteran Heath Herring will be making his second appearance since his 8-year hiatus, his first being the last minute replacement for the Grand-Prix last year, where he showed that he still has his endurance and capability of a true fighter. Herring is set to face Olympic Judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, who has faced tough losses in his past three fights.

Fan favorite Daron Cruickshank will be facing a Japanese up and coming striker, Yusuke Yachi in a guaranteed to be fun scrap. Yachi is coming off of a 19 second KO win in his last fight for his RIZIN debut, which earned him the spot back in the promotion.

RIZIN’s poster fighter RENA Kubota is looking to continue her undefeated record vs. HFC champion Dora Perjes. The kickboxing Phenom Tenshin Nasukawa will be fighting his third MMA fight against Italy’s kickboxing pitbull Francesco Ghigliotti, and two-time Greco world champion, RIZIN GP 2016 runner-up Amir Aliakbari is looking to get back on the winning track by derailing a long time journeyman, Brazil’s own Geronimo Dos Santos. Reina Miura will be facing Jazzy Gabert in a 90kg weight fight, with the winner will most likely getting a shot at Gabi Garcia.

Kizaemon Saiga and Seiichiro Ito look to kick off the night with some speedy and technical action, followed by teenage Kanna Asakura and amateur MMA world champion Aleksandra Toncheva. Swiss Karate fighter Bestare Kicaj will be taking on fighter Saori Ishioka in an early fights.

Doors open at 1:30 p.m. (12:30 a.m. ET) with the opening ceremony at 3:00 p.m. (2:00 a.m. ET) on Sunday, April 16, at the Yokohama Arena.

International tickets can be purchased at:
https://intl.stubhub.com/rizin-2017-in-yokohama-tickets/ev159372.

RIZIN 2017 in YOKOHAMA
April 16, 2017
Yokohama Arena
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