Bellator welterweight contender Brennan Ward will square off with Japanese prospect Ken Hasegawa at Rizin Fighting Federation’s New Year’s Eve event.
The fledgling promotion announced the contest, which will be contested at pound catch-weight, on Thursday. Additionally, Rizin revealed two more bouts for its Dec. 29 card, as Hinata Watanabe will face Kazuyuki Miyata in a lightweight affair, while Kirill Sidelnikov will lock horns with Carlos Toyota at heavyweight. Watanabe-Miyata will be a mixed-rules bout, with the fighters competing under both kickboxing rules and MMA rules for at least one round.