As 2024 comes to a close, Japan’s tradition of hosting big fights on New Year’s Eve continues, with RIZIN also celebrating their 10th year event with a stacked card. RIZIN 49: Decade starts TONIGHT (Dec. 30, 2024) and will go on well into Tuesday morning (December 31) with a deep card that features three championship bouts, and a whopping 22 fights overall.
RIZIN 49: Decade will stream LIVE on RIZIN.tv, starting at 11 p.m. ET, and will go on until the morning.
RIZIN champions Chihiro Suzuki, Kyoji Horiguchi and Roberto Satoshi Souza will top the card and each defend their titles against Kleber Koike, Nkazimulo Zulu and Vugar Karamov, respectively.
These new year’s events in Japan also typically add “freakshow” fights, but the biggest spectacle they had planned was scrapped as boxing star Ryan Garcia unfortunately had to pull out at the last minute. MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba’s son Taisei Sakuraba will make his MMA debut on the card though, and will immediately be thrown into the deep end against a long-term contender.
RIZIN will also target mainstream audiences in Japan, dedicating a portion of the card to the reality show Breaking Down, where Mikuru Asakura’s team takes on Ren Hiramoto’s Black Rose. Rukiya Anpo, who was supposed to face Garcia, will now represent Mikuru’s team against the much larger K-1 champ Sina Karimian in a David vs. Goliath styled boxing match.
Join us for some late night fights, and follow along below as we bring you live results and video highlights from RIZIN’s NYE show.
RIZIN 49: Decade Full Results and Highlights
RIZIN Decade Main card
Chihiro Suzuki vs. Kleber Koike [Featherweight title]
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Nkazimulo Zulu [Flyweight title]
Roberto Satoshi Souza vs. Vugar Karamov [Lightweight title]
Seika Izawa vs. Lucia Apdelgarim
Yuki Montoya vs. Kyoma Akimoto
Yuta Kubo vs. Razhabali Shaidulloev
Ya-Man vs. Karshyga Dautbek
Ryuya Fukuda vs. Ryusei Ashizawa
Mikio Ueda vs. Tae In Kim
Makoto Shinryu vs. Jose Torres
Yusuke Yachi vs. Taisei Sakuraba
Koji Takeda vs. Suguru Nii
Takakenshin vs. King Edokpolo
Taiga vs. Genji Umeno
Prelims / RIZIN Bangaichi: Team Mikuru Asakura vs. Team Black Rose
Sanou Yokouchi vs. Kenshin Saito [Koshien Final]
Rukiya Anpo vs. Sina Karimian [Boxing]
Issa Hosokawa vs. Sho Patrick Usami [Kickboxing]
Aoi Noda vs. Tatsuki Shinotsuka [Kickboxing]
Daichi Tomizawa vs. Kota Miura — Daichi Tomizawa def. Kota Miura by KO (knee), R1
Yura vs. Taio Asahisa [Kickboxing] — Taio Asahisa def. Yura by unanimous decision
Hyuma Yasui vs. Kurobarakun — Hyuma Yasui def. Kurobarakun by unanimous decision
Hiroto Gomyo vs. Koki Akada — Hiroto Gomyo def. Koki Akada by split decision
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