Bellator x Rizin 2 Highlights: Patricky Pitbull sweeps the leg, advances in tourney

TOKYO, July 30, 2023 – BELLATOR x RIZIN: Patricky vs. De Souza drew a sold-out crowd to the world-famous Saitama Super Arena, as former BELLATOR Lightweight World Champion Patricky Pitbull scored an emphatic third-round TKO victory over RIZIN Lightweight Champion Roberto “Satoshi” de Souza in the main event of the BELLATOR portion of the fight card. With the victory, Patricky advances to face Alexander Shabliy in the semifinals of the BELLATOR Lightweight World Grand Prix.

Lightweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinals:#2-Patricky Pitbull (25-11) def. Roberto De Souza (15-3) TKO (leg kick) at 0:49 of round three

Inaugural Flyweight World Championship:
Kyoji Horiguchi (31-5, 1 NC) vs. Makoto “Shinryu” (16-1-1, 1 NC) ends in a No Contest (eye poke)

Flyweight Bout:#3-Kana Watanabe (12-2-1) def. #7-Veta Arteaga (7-6) via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bantamweight Bout:
#4-Magomed Magomedov (20-3) def. #5-Danny Sabatello (14-3) via Submission (guillotine) at 3:55 of round one

Welterweight Bout:
#5-Andrey Koreshkov (27-4) def. #9-Lorenz Larkin (25-8, 2 NC) via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29 )

Bellator x Rizin 2 fight highlights: Patricky Pitbull sweeps the leg