RIZIN Fighting Federation is hosting its nineteenth event in Yokohama Arena in Japan, featuring a rematch for the light heavyweight title between 2015 World Grand Prix winner “King” Mo Lawal and Czech stand out Jiri Prochazka. The co-main will be under kickboxing rules between sensation Tenshin Nasukawa and Fritz Biagtan, the first fighter under the new RIZIN-Manny Pacquiao cooperation deal to find and develop talent from the Philippines.
World-ranked fly- and bantamweight Kyoji Horiguchi also appears at the top of the card against recently released UFC fighter Ben Nguyen. Additionally, two of Japan’s most dominant grapplers in MMA are set for a lightweight scramble: Satoru Kitaoka and Roberto Satoshi de Souza.