Bellator vs. Rizin 2 Quick Results
The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Japan hosts the second installment of Bellator vs. Rizin. The five-fight card features the crowning of the inaugural Flyweight champion & the final Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal.This week the card underwent a major change as AJ McKee was not medically cleared to compete. The main event now has former Bellator champion Patricky “Pitbull” Freire against on short notice reigning Rizin Lightweight champion Roberto de Souza.
In the co-main event former Bellator & Rizin Bantamweight champion Kyjoi Horiguchi faces Rizin’s Makoto Shinryu who’s on a 10 fight win streak.
Bellator X Rizin 2
• Lightweight Grand Prix: Patricky Pitbull (25-11) def. Roberto de Souza (15-3) by TKO (Leg Kicks) 0:49 R1
• Vacant Flyweight title: Kyoji Horiguchi (31-5) vs. Makoto Shinryu (16-1-1) is a No Contest (Eye Poke) 0:25 R1
• Women’s Flyweight: Kana Watanabe (11-2-1) def. Veta Arteaga (7-6) by (29-28 x3) Unanimous Decision
• Bantamweight: Magomed Magomedov (20-3) def. Danny Sabatello (14-3) by Submission (Guillotine Choke) 3:55 R1
• Welterweight: Andrey Koreshkov (27-4) def. Lorenz Larkin (25-8) by (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Split Decision