RIZIN 30: Saitama will be a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on September 19, 2021 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Kai Asakura vs. Brazil Alan Yamaniha Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Naoki Inoue vs. Japan Yuto Hokamura Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Japan Takafumi Otsuka Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Yuki Motoya vs. Japan Kenta Takizawa Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals
Preliminary Card
Womens Super Atomweight 49 kg Japan Ayaka Hamasaki (c) vs. Japan Emi Fujino Non-Title bout
Lightweight 70 kg Japan Koji Takeda vs. Japan Yusuke Yachi
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Ulka Sasaki vs. Japan Yoshinori Horie
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Shinobu Ota vs. Japan Yuta Kubo
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Shoji Maruyama vs. Japan Chihiro Suzuki
Atomweight 47 kg Japan Panchan Rina vs. Japan Momoka Mandokoro Kickboxing
Background
The event would also feature the quarterfinal bouts of the bantamweight Grand Prix.
Ayaka Hamasaki was scheduled to face Emi Fujino in a non-title bout in the co-main event.
Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling silver medalist Shinobu Ota and former K-1 Welterweight champion Yuta Kubo were scheduled to fight in a featherweight bout.
KNOCK OUT 65 kg champion Chihiro Suzuki was scheduled to face the 18-year mixed martial arts veteran Shoji Maruyama in a featherweight bout.
Koji Takeda and Yusuke Yachi were scheduled to face each other in a featherweight bout.
Two UFC veterans, Yoshinori Horie and Ulka Sasaki were scheduled to face each other in a featherweight bout.
A women's atomweight kickboxing bout between Rina Okamoto and Momoka Mandokoro was scheduled for the event. It was the first women's kickboxing bout in Rizin history.
