Rizin 20: Saitama is an upcoming mixed martial arts and kickboxing event to take place on December 31, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Fight Card
Main Card (FITE )
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Kai Asakura vs. Angola Manel Kape Vacant Bantamweight Championship
Catchweight 56 kg Japan Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Japan Rui Ebata Kickboxing
Super Atomweight 49 kg Japan Ayaka Hamasaki (c) vs. South Korea Seo Hee Ham Super Atomweight Championship
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Mikuru Asakura vs. Brazil John Teixeira
Catchweight 50.8 kg Japan Rena Kubota vs. United States Lindsey VanZandt
Intermission
Lightweight 71 kg Winner Semi-Final 1 vs. Winner Semi-Final 2 Lightweight Grand Prix Final
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Czech Republic Jiří Procházka (c) vs. United States C. B. Dollaway Light Heavyweight Championship
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Cameroon Simon Biyong vs. Russia Vitaly Shemetov
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Japan Hiromasa Ogikubo
Catchweight 105 kg Japan Satoshi Ishii vs. United States Jake Heun
Bantamweight 61 kg Japan Yuki Motoya vs. United States Patrick Mix
Catchweight 62 kg Japan Taiju Shiratori vs. Japan Taiga Kickboxing
Super Atomweight 49 kg Japan Miyuu Yamamoto vs. Thailand Suwanan Boonsorn
Lightweight 71 kg Brazil Patricky Freire vs. Brazil Luiz Gustavo Lightweight Grand Prix Semi-Finals
Lightweight 71 kg Azerbaijan Tofiq Musayev vs. United States Johnny Case Lightweight Grand Prix Semi-Finals
Background
Kyoji Horiguchi was scheduled to defend his RIZIN Bantamweight Championship against Kai Asakura on this card. However, Horoguchi pulled out of the fight in mid-November citing a knee injury that is expected to keep him out of action for approximately 10 - 12 months. In turn, his bantamweight title has been vacated.