RIZIN 15 - Yokohama is a mixed martial arts event to take place April 21, 2019 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Czech Republic Jiří Procházka vs. United States Muhammed Lawal Inaugural Rizin Light Heavyweight Championship Title
Catchweight 59 kg Japan Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Philippines Fritz Aldin Biagtan Kickboxing
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Taiga vs. Brazil Thalisson Gomes Ferreira Kickboxing
Catchweight 60 kg Japan Kyoji Horiguchi vs. United States Ben Nguyen
Catchweight 68 kg Japan Mikuru Asakura vs. Brazil Luiz Gustavo
Lightweight 70 kg Japan Koji Takeda vs. Australia Damien Brown
Catchweight 71 kg Japan Satoru Kitaoka vs. Brazil Roberto Souza
Flyweight 58 kg Japan Seiichiro Ito vs. Angola Manel Kape
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Sweden Karl Albrektsson vs. Brazil Christiano Frohlich
Flyweight 57 kg Japan Kana Watanabe vs. Poland Justyna Haba
Flyweight 57 kg United States Shinju Nozawa-Auclair vs. Mexico Saray Orozco
Catchweight 51 kg Japan Rena Kubota vs. France Samantha Jean-Francois
Background
A light heavyweight bout between RIZIN top contender Jiří Procházka and former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight champion Muhammed Lawal will serve as the Rizin 15 - Yokohama main event. The bout will crown the inaugural RIZIN Light Heavyweight champion.
Ulka Sasaki has been forced to withdraw from his schedule fight against Kai Asakura due to a visceral infection and Justin Scoggins has stepped in as a replacement. Unfortunately, Scoggins has suffered a knee injury during training and has been unable to compete, that forced his fight against kai asakura to be cancelled.