Bellator and Rizin hosted a joint event on New Year’s Eve, pitting several of their best fighters against each other for the main event. Cross promotions are rare in MMA so fans flocked to watch the card (which will air delayed on New Year’s Eve in the United States). Bellator certainly sent a message to the RIZIN fans winning all five of their cross-promotion bouts.
Here are the full results (spoilers ahead)
Bellator X Rizin Official Results
- A.J. McKee defeated Roberto de Souza via unanimous decision
- Patricio Pitbull defeated Kleber Koike via unanimous decision
- Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Hiromasa Ougikubo via unanimous decision
- Juan Archuleta defeated Soo Chul Kim via a split decision
- Gadzhi Rabadanov defeats Koji Takeda via unanimous decision
- Seika Izawa defeated Si Woo Park via a split decision
- Naoki Inoue defeated Kenta Takizawa via submission (armbar), in Round 2 – 3:53
- Junior Tafa defeated Tsuyoshi Sudario via TKO, in Round 1 – 1:38
- John Dodson def. Hideo Tokoro via knockout in Round 1 – 1:43
- Boxing: Ren Hiramoto defeated Genji Umeno via knockout in Round 2 – 3:00
- Yuki Motoya defeated Rogerio Bontorin via knockout in Round 2 – 2:56
- Johnny Case defeated Nobumitsu Tyson via TKO in Round 1 – 0:36
- Chihiro Suzuki defeated Yoshiki Nakahara via knockout in Round 1 – 4:44
- Sho Patrick Usami defeated BeyNoah via knockout in Round 1 – 0:45
- Yushi Sakura defeated Tatsuya Nakazawa via unanimous decision
Bellator vs. Rizin Official Results
