Rizin 17: Saitama is a mixed martial arts event scheduled to take place on July 28, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card (FITE)
Lightweight 70 kg Japan Yusuke Yachi vs. Japan Mikuru Asakura
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Japan Ulka Sasaki
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Hiromasa Ogikubo vs. Japan Yuki Motoya
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Russia Ivan Shtyrkov vs. South Korea Hoon Kim
Catchweight 62 kg Japan Hikaru Machida vs. Japan Taiga Kickboxing
Intermission
Lightweight 71 kg Japan Satoru Kitaoka vs. United States Johnny Case Lightweight GP Qualifying Round
Lightweight 71 kg Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Russia Ali Abdulkhalikov Lightweight GP Qualifying Round
Lightweight 71 kg Japan Mizuto Hirota vs. Brazil Roberto de Souza Lightweight GP Qualifying Round
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Russia Vitaly Shemetov vs. United States Jake Heun
Super Atomweight 49 kg Japan Tomo Maesawa vs. South Korea Seo Hee Ham
Catchweight 63 kg Japan Reina Miura vs. Switzerland Stephanie Egger
Catchweight 67 kg Japan Daiki Watabe vs. Bolivia Hideki Kickboxing
Background
Daiki Watabe was due to fight Kevin Ross in a kickboxing bout, but the american fighter withdrew due to an hand injury. Watabe instead faced the bolivian fighter Hideki, who stepped in on 3 weeks notice for this encounter.