RIZIN is up-and-running again in Japan, after a break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the promotion’s latest card featured several stoppage wins. One of those saw Kenji Kato record a walk off, knockout of Erson Yamamoto.
As you can see by watching the clip and or video below, Kato floored Yamamoto with a booming shot in the opening round.
With the win, Kato moved his record to 14-7. Yamamoto’s fell to 3-5.
Here are the MMA results from today’s RIZIN 22 event. (results via Bloody Elbow.com).
Roberto de Souza def Yusuke Yachi via TKO (punches, R1 (1:52).
Ayaka Hamasaki def. Tomo Maesawa via submission (kimura), R2 (1:14).
Kanna Asakura def. Mizuki Furuse via TKO (punches), R1 (1:35).
Naoki Inoue def. Shooto Watanabe via submission (rear naked choke). R1 (1:40).
Tetsuya Seki def. Kouya Kanda via KO (punches), R2 (3:47).
Kyohei Hagiwara def. Rikuto Shirakawa via TKO (punches), R3 (4:40).
Kenji Kato def. Erson Yamamoto via KO (punches), R1 (3:32).
Here is the line-up for RIZIN 23, which is taking place tomorrow.
Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Kai Asakura
Yuki Motoya vs. Mamoru Uoi
Yutaka Saito vs. Kazumasa Majima
Seiichiro Ito vs. Makoto Takahashi
S. Matsukura vs. Koji Mori
Kaito Ono vs. Daryl Lokoku
Yusaku Nakamura vs. Tatsuki Saomoto
Kotetsu Boku vs. Jin Aoi
Line-up via Tapology
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