RIZIN returns to Fukuoka on May 6, 2018, and the first batch of fights has been announced for the card that will be dubbed; RIZIN 9.
Winner of the RIZIN 2017 Bantamweight Grand-Prix; Kyoji Horiguchi returns to take on fellow tournament participant, “Uncle Creepy” Ian McCall. Winner of the RIZIN 2017 Super Atomweight Grand-Prix; 20-year-old Kanna Asakura returns to face Melissa Karagianis, while Kai Asakura faces the 2017 bantamweight grand-prix semi-finalist Manel Kape.
It has also been announced that multi-division Kunlun Fight and Top FC Champion; Weili Zhang will make her RIZIN debut at RIZIN 9 against high-level wrestling prospect Kanaka Murata.