Rizin 26: Saitama will be a combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on December 31, 2020 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Kai Asakura (c) vs. Japan Kyoji Horiguchi Bantamweight Championship
Womens Super Atomweight 49 kg Japan Ayaka Hamasaki vs. Japan Miyuu Yamamoto Vacant Super Atomweight Championship
Catchweight 58.5 kg Japan Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Thailand Kumandoi Petcharoenvit Kickboxing
Catchweight Japan Takanori Gomi vs. Japan Koji Special Standing Bout Rules
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Hideo Tokoro vs. Japan Shinobu Ota
Heavyweight 120 kg Japan Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Japan Tsuyoshi Sudario
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Naoki Inoue vs. Japan Yuki Motoya
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Ulka Sasaki vs. Japan Kenta Takizawa
Catchweight 68 kg Japan Kyohei Hagiwara vs. Japan Ren Hiramoto
Womens Super Atomweight 49 kg Japan Kanna Asakura vs. Japan Ai Shimizu
Catchweight 63 kg Japan Taiyo Nakahara vs. Japan Kazuma Kuramoto
Catchweight 50 kg Japan Nadaka Yoshinari vs. Thailand Phetmalai Phetjaroenvit Kickboxing
Catchweight 67 kg Japan Kleber Koike Erbst vs. Guam Kyle Aguon
Catchweight 68 kg Japan Mikuru Asakura vs. Japan Satoshi Yamasu
Background
The card will be headlined by a title bout between the reigning bantamweight champion Kai Asakura, who will be making his first title defense, and the former champion Kyoji Horiguchi. The two met previously in a non-title bout, with Asakura winning by knockout.
Olympic silver medalist Shinobu Ota, has signed with Rizin Fighting Championship, he will make his MMA debut against the veteran Hideo Tokoro.
Former RIZIN Super Atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki is scheduled to fight Miyuu Yamamoto for the vacant Super Atomweight title.
Tenshin Nasukawa wass scheduled to fight Kumandoi Phetjaroenvit, while Takanori Gomi was scheduled to fight Koji under special standup rules.