Completed MMA & Kickboxing Event

RIZIN 43

• Friday 06.23.2023 at 11:30 PM ET
• U.S. Broadcast: FITE | Prelims: YouTube
• Promotion: RIZIN Fighting Federation
• Tapology Accounts: RIZINFF
• Ownership: Nobuyuki Sakakibara
• Venue: Makomanai Sekisui Heim Arena
• Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
• Enclosure: Ring
• MMA Bouts: 12
• Kickboxing Bouts: 5
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Fight Card

• Ends in a No Contest, Armbar
  2:59 Round 1 of 3

  17

  

  Kleber Koike Erbst

  

  Stayed at 31-6-1

  Main Event 146 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Chihiro Suzuki

  

  Stayed at 10-3-0

  
• Submission, Rear Naked Choke
  2:50 Round 1 of 3

  16

  

  Yusuke Yachi

  

  Climbed to 25-13

  Co-Main Event 157 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Zach Zane

  

  Fell to 15-15

  
• KO/TKO, Referee Stoppage
  0:22 Round 1 of 3

  15

  

  Mikio Ueda

  

  Climbed to 2-1

  Main Card 265 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Hideki Sekine

  

  Fell to 12-7

  
• KO/TKO, Ground and Pound
  0:56 Round 1 of 3

  14

  

  Hiroaki Suzuki

  

  Climbed to 3-3

  Main Card 146 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Taisei Nishitani

  

  Fell to 6-6

  
• KO/TKO, Knee
  2:34 Round 2 of 3, 5:34 Total

  13

  

  Hiroki Suzuki

  

  Main Card 138 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Genji Umeno

  

  
• Ends in a No Contest
  1:08 Round 1 of 3

  12

  

  Minoru Kimura

  

  Main Card 161 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Daryl Lokoku

  

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  11

  

  Yuta Kubo

  

  Climbed to 2-1

  Main Card 146 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Takeaki Kinoshita

  

  Fell to 6-7-1

  
• Submission, V Cross Arm Lock
  1:16 Round 1 of 3

  10

  

  Saori Oshima

  

  Climbed to 12-3

  Main Card 116 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Haruka Hasegawa

  

  Fell to 3-3

  
• KO/TKO
  2:32 Round 1 of 3

  9

  

  Suguru Nii

  

  Climbed to 15-12

  Main Card 146 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Tateo Iida

  

  Fell to 12-7-2

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  8

  

  Tetsuya Seki

  

  Climbed to 16-9-1

  Main Card 146 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Raiki Endo

  

  Fell to 15-12-5

  
• Submission, Twister
  2:34 Round 2 of 3, 7:34 Total

  7

  

  Joji Goto

  

  Climbed to 15-6-1

  Main Card 134 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Trent Girdham

  

  Fell to 13-5

  
• KO/TKO
  2:48 Round 1 of 3

  6

  

  Aoi Kuriyama

  

  Climbed to 5-5-1

  Main Card 134 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Marina Kumagai

  

  Fell to 3-5

  
• KO/TKO, 3 Knock Down
  1:22 Round 2 of 3, 4:22 Total

  5

  

  Kensei Yamakawa

  

  Main Card 127 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Ryoga Hirano

  

  
• Submission, Knee Bar
  1:07 Round 1 of 2

  4

  

  Toshiki Watanabe

  

  Climbed to 21-7-4

  Prelim 157 2 x 5  |  Pro

  Kento Azumi

  

  Fell to 2-2

  
• Submission, Arm Triangle Choke
  3:33 Round 1 of 2

  3

  

  Suguru Hayasaka

  

  Climbed to 20-15-5

  Prelim 121 2 x 5  |  Pro

  Daiki Maruyama

  

  Fell to 0-3

  
• KO/TKO, Left Hook
  0:55 Round 1 of 3

  2

  

  Aito Tanimura

  

  Prelim 136 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Ryuya Koide

  

  
• Ends in a No Contest, Hoshikubo Missed Weight
  3 Rounds, 9:00 Total

  1

  

  Shoki Hoshikubo

  

  Prelim 128 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Kazuyuki Furukawa

  

  

Event Discussion

RIZIN 43

"The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!" (4 months, 4 weeks)

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hyp3mma

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06.24.2023 | 5:31 AM ET

Noooo Suzuki :((

MMA IS STUPID

2 0

06.24.2023 | 6:25 AM ET

Really annoyed that

Really annoyed that Kleber's win didn't count because he missed weight by 0.8 pounds or something. Why not just fine him? The main event felt pointless. The fights, overall, were very meh but there were so many insane finishes that I can't call it a bad card. Very happy with my Kuriyama & Goto picks. I watched Kuriyama's fights and she was so much more technical than Kumagai and Kumagai lost 4 in a row before her 3 fight win streak. HUGE KO for Kuriyama. 

Sick twister from Goto and what a f**cking KO from Minoru Kimura!

I don't think any of my incorrect picks were bad. Ueda got KO'd by a senior citizen in his last fight and Sekine has recent wins at the pro level but Ueda did look good so I'm now interested in his next fight.

Tateo IIda is an absolute clown and I'm not even mad I got that pick wrong. He fought like a prick, disrespecting the fight game in there with his hands down and Suguru slept his ass. Good win for Suguru and please get IIda out of RIZIN ASAP. 

Ni****ani was looking alright. A nice counter shot from Suzuki puts him away. Not too upset about that one.

Hope you all enjoyed the card :)

Amettxpc

1 0

06.24.2023 | 9:17 AM ET

MMA IS STUPID

It is due to the Japanese MMA ruleset: If a fighter misses the weight, if he wins the result of the fight ends up being a No Contest. For a moment I thought that beyond stripping him of the title, perhaps Rizin would make an exception with the NC, but they did follow the rules of the athletic commission completely. They did not cancel the fight because Suzuki had the right to have a shot at the title since he did make weight, but with this result Rizin Featherweight division is left without a champion. Although there is always the possibility of an immediate rematch.

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