RIZIN 18 Results

Rizin 18 took place August 18th from Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, Japan. In women's action Ayaka Hamasaki overcame early adversity having her back taken to recover and secure a first round armbar submission of Suwanan Boonsorn. Earlier Kanna Asakura took a close decision from Alesha Zappitella. Both fighters landed some hard shots that had their opponent backing up as their wrestling seemed to almost cancel each other out and in the end two of the three judges sided with Asakura. Also Ai Shimizu took a decision from Tabatha Watkins. Watkins threatened with submissions early but was unable to finish them. Round three saw Shimizu tee off on the ground landed hard punches and knees to the head to take the decision. For those unfamiliar, RIZIN MMA bouts are scored as a whole instead of round by round so there are no score cards. Here are all your results and our Of The Night Awards.

1. 125LB Kickboxing: Ryuji Horio (20-9-2) defeated Uchu Sakurai (4-2-1) via Unanimous Decision. We scored it 29-27 Horio.

2. 116LB Kickboxing: Kazuki Osaki (25-5-2, 1NC) defeated Shota Takiya (32-14) via Unanimous Decision. We scored it 30-25 Osaki.

3. Atomweight: Ai Shimizu (4-0) defeated Tabatha Watkins (3-3) via Unanimous Decision. We scored it for Shimizu.

4. 130LB Catch Weight: Takaki Soya (11-4-1) defeated Yutaro Muramoto (6-5-2) via TKO at 2:28 of Round 2.

5. Bantamweight: Justin Scoggins (12-6) defeated Kazuma Sone (23-19-1) via Unanimous Decision. We scored it for Scoggins.

6. Lightweight: Hiroto Uesako (18-7) defeated Yves Landu (15-8) via TKO at 3:34 of Round 2.

7. 117LB Catch Weight: Haruo Ochi (19-7-2, 1NC) vs Jarred Brooks (14-2, 1NC) was ruled a No Contest (Ochi suffered a cut due to accidental clash of heads) at :11 of Round 1.

8. Atomweight: Kanna Asakura (15-4) defeated Alesha Zappitella (5-2, 1NC) via Split Decision. We scored it for Asakura.

9. 164LB Kickboxing: Danilo Zanolini (42-12) defeated John Wayne Parr (99-34-1) via Split Decision. We scored it 30-27 Zanolini.

10. Bantamweight: Manel Kape (14-4) defeated Takeya Mizugaki (23-13-2) via KO at 1:36 of Round 2.

11. Bantamweight: Victor Henry (19-4) defeated Trent Girdham (11-3) via Tapout (Inverted Triangle Choke) at 2:16 of Round 3.

12. Atomweight: Ayaka Hamasaki (19-2) defeated Suwanan Boonsorn (3-2) via Tapout (Armbar) at 3:19 of Round 1.

13. Bantamweight: Kai Asakura (13-1) defeated Kyoji Horiguchi (28-3) via KO at 1:07 of Round 1.

Submission of the Night: Victor Henry

Knockout of the Night: Manel Cape

Fight of the Night: Ai Shimizu vs Tabatha Watkins