Kou Takasaka VS Hio Ueda
Luis Gustavo vs Yusuke Yachi
Roberto Sosa vs Johnny Case
Ushiku Ryotaro VS Yutaka Shibuto
Hamasaki Juka vs Izawa Hoshihana
Samurai News Recently, the official press conference of the RIZIN tournament announced several matches, the RIZIN Thor 35 tournament to be held in Chofu City, Japan on April 17 and the RIZIN "Trigger" (Trigger) Phase 3 tournament to be held on April 16.
One of the most watched heavyweight showdowns was 52-year-old veteran Takasaka, who was 180cm tall against 26-year-old newcomer Kaneo Ueda and 180cm tall. He began his professional MMA career in 1995 and won the Pancrase Super Heavyweight Championship in 2004. His career has played against a number of talented players, including the 2000 match against "Fighting Czar" Fedor Emelianenko, who won the first TKO game due to Fido's injury. However, in 2005, he fought Against Fido ii, and after the first leg, Kosaka was injured by the doctor to terminate the match, and Fido TKO won the victory and successfully avenged. Goraka has recently lost three consecutive career games, losing in points to Baruto Kaito in 2016 and 2017 at RIZIN and Mirko Cro Cop in the second TKO, respectively, and just after losing the first TKO at THE HAT in January 2020. Kaneo Ueda (0-0) began practicing Extreme Vacuum Handball at the age of 5, won the All Japan Karate Championship several times, and also practiced judo and sumo, and began to leave The Kingen Kaikan last year to switch to MMA mixed martial arts.
The headline main game for RIZIN Trigger 3 was a lightweight showdown, with Brazil's Luiz Gustavo playing local Yusuke Yachi in a two-game tie-in. Gustavo (10-2, 5 K, 5 S) is 25 years old, started his professional MMA career in 2014, joined RIZIN in 2018 with a (21-0) score, the first RIZIN match in the second leg KO Yaji Yusuke, then lost points to Mikuru Asakura, in the first set in October 2019 TKO Hiroto Uesako, just in December 2019 by Patricky Freire ( Patricky Freire) lost the first leg with a 28-second TKO. Yusuke Yachi (23-12, 6 K, 2 S) is 31 years old, started his professional MMA career in 2009, won the Shooto championship, competed in THE RIZIN in 2016, has achieved (8-6) results at RIZIN so far, won two consecutive victories in June and September 2021, and just challenged RIZIN lightweight champion Roberto Satoshi Souza in December last year to be defeated in the second set.
This RIZIN Thor 35 has three championship gold belt title battles, and all of them are revenge battles twice. Current RIZIN lightweight champion Roberto Satoshi Souza (13-1, 4 K, 9 S) against challenger Johnny Case (27-7-1, 19 K, 4 S). Current RIZIN featherweight champion Juntaro Ushiku (19-6, 6 K, 0 S) against challenger former champion Yutaka Saito (20-6-2, 5 K, 2 S). Current RIZIN women's superatomic champion Ayaka Hamasaki (23-4, 3 K, 10 S) against challenger unbeaten rising star Seika Izawa (5-0, 1 K, 1 S).
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