Rizin 42: Asakura vs. Motoya will be a Combat sport event held by Rizin Fighting Federation on May 6, 2023, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Kai Asakura vs. Japan Yuki Motoya
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Naoki Inoue vs. United States Juan Archuleta
Lightweight 71 kg Brazil Roberto Satoshi Souza vs. United States Spike Carlyle
Catchweight 70 kg Kickboxing Thailand Buakaw Banchamek vs. Japan Rukiya Anpo
Preliminary Card
Featherweight 66 kg Special rules Japan Kota Miura vs. Japan YA-MAN
Flyweight 57 kg United States John Dodson vs. Japan Tatsuki Saomoto
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Takahiro Ashida vs. Japan Kazumasa Majima
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Ulka Sasaki vs. South Africa Boyd Allen
Lightweight 71 kg Japan Atsushi Kishimoto vs. Russia Viktor Kolesnik
Flyweight 57 kg Japan Yuki Ito vs. Japan Erson Yamamoto
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Takuya Yamamoto vs. Japan Takeji Yokoyama
Flyweight 57 kg Uzbekistan Ramazan Temirov vs. Japan Yuta Hamamoto
Catchweight 69 kg Kickboxing Japan Yasuhiro Kido vs. Japan Sota Kimura
Background
A bantamweight bout between Yuki Motoya and the former Rizin Bantamweight champion Kai Asakura was booked as the event headliner.
