RIZIN closed the year with a highly-anticipated rematch between bantamweight greats Kai Asakura and Kyoji Horiguchi at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, with the former RIZIN and Bellator champion aiming to reclaim one of his belts and avenge a non-title 2019 loss to Asakura.
He did it in impressive fashion.
Horiguchi aimed for Asakura’s left leg since the start, hurting his leg midway through round one. Asakura attempted a jumping knee and ate a right hand. Horiguchi immediately followed with a couple more short right hands that dropped Asakura, attacking with a ferocious ground and pound until the referee decided he had seen enough.