{"id":38700,"date":"2026-06-06T13:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Makoto-Shinryu-Takahashi-wins-flyweight-title-at-Rizin-FF-Landmark-Vol-14-201450"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:38:07","slug":"makoto-shinryu-takahashi-wins-flyweight-title-at-rizin-ff-landmark-vol-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/makoto-shinryu-takahashi-wins-flyweight-title-at-rizin-ff-landmark-vol-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Makoto \u2018Shinryu\u2019 Takahashi wins flyweight title at Rizin FF: Landmark Vol. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/makoto-shinryu-takahashi-wins-flyweight-title-at-rizin-ff-landmark-vol-14.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n<!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In a rematch nearly two years in the making, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Makoto-Takahashi-220083\">Makoto<br \/>\nTakahashi<\/a> avenged a past loss and defeated mentor-turned-rival<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Hiromasa-Ougikubo-18883\">Hiromasa<br \/>\nOugikubo<\/a> Saturday at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Rizin-Fighting-Federation-10333\"><br \/>\nRizin Fighting Federation<\/a>: \u201c<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Rizin-FF-Landmark-Vol-14-111986\">Landmark<br \/>\nVol. 14<\/a>.\u201d Competing in front of his hometown fans in Sendai,<br \/>\nJapan, Takahashi took a well-deserved unanimous decision victory<br \/>\nover Ougikubo in the main event to become the new Rizin flyweight<br \/>\nchampion.<\/p>\n<p>Takahashi (23-5-1, 1 NC; 9-4 Rizin) ducked under a wild left hand<br \/>\nand took Ougikubo (30-9-2, 12-6 Rizin) down into back control<br \/>\nduring the opening minute of the fight. He kneeled against the cage<br \/>\nand punched the side of Ougikubo\u2019s head while also elbowing his<br \/>\nribs. Ougikubo scrambled up to his feet as the round entered its<br \/>\nfinal minute and he knocked \u2018Shinryu\u2019 off-balance with a calf kick.<br \/>\nOugikubo got past Takahashi\u2019s jab and landed a nice combination in<br \/>\nthe second frame, but he soon found himself on the ground again<br \/>\nafter a Takahashi trip takedown. Ougikubo stood up and he landed a<br \/>\nseries of left hooks to Takahashi\u2019s face and liver. Takahashi kneed<br \/>\nOugikubo\u2019s midsection, but Ougikubo did not slow down at all and he<br \/>\ncontinued to pressure the challenger with punches and clinches<br \/>\nagainst the fence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Takahashi landed knees to Ougikubo\u2019s body in the final stanza and<br \/>\nOugikubo responded with flurries to the body and head. A slashing<br \/>\nelbow from Takahashi opened a deep gash on the top of Ougikubo\u2019s<br \/>\nhead and time was called to stop the bleeding. The bout resumed and<br \/>\nTakahashi countered Ougikubo\u2019s forward pressure by taking his back<br \/>\nand pulling him down to the mat. When Ougikubo rolled over to take<br \/>\ntop position, Takahashi held him in a guillotine choke. Ougikubo<br \/>\nescaped to his feet and the title fight came to an end. The judges<br \/>\nwere united and all three scored the fight for Takahashi, who at<br \/>\nlast realized his dream of becoming a Rizin champion.<\/p>\n<p>Post-fight, Takahashi and Ougikubo spoke to each other in the cage<br \/>\nand buried the hatchet after engaging in a heated rivalry that<br \/>\ndated back to before their first fight in July 2024, which Ougikubo<br \/>\nwon. The defeat snapped a five-fight winning streak for the<br \/>\n39-year-old, while Takahashi has now won five of his past six<br \/>\ncontests and stands tall atop the highly competitive Rizin<br \/>\nflyweight division.<\/p>\n<p> <center readability=\"1.1780487804878\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.7121951219512\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u308c\u307e\u3067\u306e\u601d\u3044\u3092\u5168\u3066\u3076\u3064\u3051\u305f\u795e\u9f8d\u8aa0\u00d7\u6247\u4e45\u4fdd\u535a\u6b63 \u30d5\u30eb\u30e9\u30a6\u30f3\u30c9\u306e\u6226\u3044\uff01<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sugqg7BasF\">pic.twitter.com\/Sugqg7BasF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u30d5\u30a1\u30a4\u30c8\u30e1\u30e2\u30ea\u30fc | Fight Memory (@FightsMemory) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FightsMemory\/status\/2063209843494993937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJune 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In the 130-pound co-main event, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tony-Laramie-220267\">Tony<br \/>\nLaramie<\/a> (13-3, 4-1 Rizin) made his case for a future flyweight<br \/>\ntitle shot by posting a unanimous decision victory over former<br \/>\ntwo-division Rizin title challenger <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Yuki-Motoya-66241\">Yuki Motoya<\/a><br \/>\n(39-14, 1 NC; 14-10, 1 NC Rizin). Both men landed jabs and leg<br \/>\nkicks until Laramie knocked Motoya down with a lead left hook. He<br \/>\nrushed in with more punches and then trapped Motoya in a shoulder<br \/>\nchoke on the ground, but the veteran quickly escaped. Soon after,<br \/>\nLaramie reversed a Motoya takedown into mount and he dropped<br \/>\npunches to Motoya\u2019s face. Motoya was unable to get the fight to the<br \/>\nground in the second round and Laramie landed jabs and quick<br \/>\ncombinations to Motoya\u2019s head and body. Motoya had moments of<br \/>\nsuccess with his boxing, but Laramie countered effectively with<br \/>\nmore left hooks and body kicks. In the final period, Laramie<br \/>\nattacked Motoya\u2019s liver with two left hooks. Both men finished<br \/>\ntheir punching combinations with leg kicks and Laramie tripped<br \/>\nMotoya momentarily. Laramie rolled his ankle in the final minute,<br \/>\nbut it did not slow down his offense until the final bell when he<br \/>\nwas clearly in pain. All three judges scored the bout for Laramie,<br \/>\nwho issued a challenge to the main event winner.<\/p>\n<p>The main card opened with a bout between <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Satoshi-Kamiyama-402617\">Satoshi<br \/>\nKamiyama<\/a> (4-4, 4-4 Rizin) and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ryo-Sakai-88759\">Ryo Sakai<\/a><br \/>\n(15-15, 0-2 Rizin) that was changed to a 267-pound catchweight due<br \/>\nto Kamiyama\u2019s failure to make weight. Sakai backed Kamiyama up<br \/>\nagainst the cage with punches in the opening minute, but a<br \/>\nwell-timed counter left hook from \u201cTakakenshin\u201d dropped Sakai to a<br \/>\nknee. The former <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/DEEP-24\">Deep<\/a> champion<br \/>\nrose to his feet and continued to throw punches, but Kamiyama<br \/>\ndropped him with a right hand as Sakai charged forward. Kamiyama<br \/>\nimmediately landed more punches on the ground that shut Sakai\u2019s<br \/>\nlights off and ended the fight in just 76 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to shed his past reputation for being involved in boring<br \/>\nfights, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Noah-Bey-386871\">Noah Bey<\/a> (6-4,<br \/>\n4-4 Rizin) scored a highlight-reel knockout victory tonight against<br \/>\nGrachan champ <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Bilal-Kai-Haga-403673\">Bilal Kai<br \/>\nHaga<\/a> (7-6, 0-2 Rizin) in a bout that was changed to a 157-pound<br \/>\ncatchweight when Haga weighed in over the lightweight limit. Bey<br \/>\nalmost finished Haga in the opening seconds with a head kick and<br \/>\npunches that had Haga clinging to consciousness. He recovered<br \/>\nimpressively and walked forward with jabs and right hands. Haga<br \/>\neventually dropped Bey to a knee with a lead left hook and Bey<br \/>\nfired back with body kicks during the final minute of the excellent<br \/>\nround. Shortly after the second frame began, Bey landed a vicious<br \/>\nhead kick that sent an unconscious Haga crashing to the mat. The<br \/>\nofficial time of the knockout came at the 10-second mark of Round<br \/>\n2.<\/p>\n<p>One-time Rizin title challenger <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Yusuke-Yachi-44738\">Yusuke<br \/>\nYachi<\/a> (29-16, 13-9 Rizin) spoiled the Rizin debut of former<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Pancrase-19\">Pancrase<\/a><br \/>\nchampion <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Isao-Kobayashi-36680\">Isao<br \/>\nKobayashi<\/a> (27-9-2, 0-1 Rizin) in a clash between lightweight<br \/>\nveterans. Yachi battled back to his feet after he was taken down,<br \/>\nand time was called when Kobayashi was kneed in the groin. After<br \/>\nthe restart, Kobayashi took Yachi down again and he landed punches<br \/>\nand elbows from Yachi\u2019s guard. Both men landed leg kicks in the<br \/>\nsecond round and Kobayashi briefly got the fight to the ground.<br \/>\nAfter a lengthy clinch, Yachi reversed a takedown into Kobayashi\u2019s<br \/>\nguard, where he postured up with punches in an effort to solidify<br \/>\nthe round on the scorecards. The fighters battled back and forth in<br \/>\nclinches during the final round and Kobayashi tripped Yachi twice,<br \/>\nbut Yachi took Kobayashi\u2019s back at one point and he stayed active<br \/>\nwith knee strikes. All three judges scored the close fight in favor<br \/>\nof Yachi for a unanimous decision win.<\/p>\n<p>In flyweight action, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Daichi-Tomizawa-468530\">Daichi<br \/>\nTomizawa<\/a> (3-2, 3-2 Rizin) weathered an early storm of takedowns<br \/>\nfrom <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rui-Kato-373535\">Rui<br \/>\nKato<\/a> (5-8, 0-1 Rizin) and finished the Rizin newcomer with<br \/>\nfirst-round knees and elbows. Kato pursued takedowns in the opening<br \/>\nperiod and he got Tomizawa down into back control twice. Tomizawa<br \/>\nshook him off and he controlled the striking exchanges with jabs<br \/>\nand front kicks. Kato took Tomizawa down once more and Tomizawa<br \/>\nbadly hurt him with an upkick. As Kato tried to regain his senses,<br \/>\nTomizawa pounced on him with knees to his head and elbow strikes<br \/>\nuntil the fight was stopped at the 4:37 mark of Round 1.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Naoki-Tanaka-474540\">Naoki<br \/>\nTanaka<\/a> (3-2, 1-1 Rizin) overcame a rough start to his<br \/>\nfeatherweight bout against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kaisei-Kuroi-403128\">Kaisei<br \/>\nKuroi<\/a> (8-5, 0-1 Rizin) and scored a sensational comeback TKO.<br \/>\nKuroi controlled the first half of the opening round from top<br \/>\nposition in Tanaka\u2019s half-guard, where Kuroi landed punches and<br \/>\ntransitioned to an armbar. Tanaka stood up and freed his arm, then<br \/>\nwobbled Kuroi with punches and knees. He landed two more knees that<br \/>\ndropped Kuroi and then finished him off with punches at the 3:37<br \/>\nmark of the opening frame.<\/p>\n<p>After two clinch-heavy rounds of limited action, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Seiya-Inoue-495309\">Seiya Inoue<\/a><br \/>\n(1-1, 1-1 Rizin) brutally knocked out <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Koki-Akada-461153\">Koki Akada<\/a><br \/>\n(0-4, 0-4 Rizin) just 28 seconds into the third stanza of their<br \/>\nbantamweight clash. The pace finally picked up a bit late in the<br \/>\nsecond round when both men landed powerful punches before the bell.<br \/>\nInoue stuffed a takedown to begin the final round and he landed two<br \/>\nstrong knees. Soon after, Inoue unleashed a five-punch combination<br \/>\nthat ended with a left hook, which sent \u201cPlayboi\u201d crashing to the<br \/>\nmat.<\/p>\n<p>On the preliminary card, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Hayato-Kikuchi-475543\">Hayato<br \/>\nKikuchi<\/a> (1-1, 1-0 Rizin) narrowly edged out <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Taylan-Yuasa-230051\">Taylan<br \/>\nYuasa<\/a> (2-5, 0-1 Rizin) via split decision in a two-round<br \/>\nflyweight MMA bout; Koya Saito demolished Kazuki Yamagishi with<br \/>\nthree knockdowns in just 85 seconds in a 149-pound kickboxing<br \/>\nmatch; Sho Uchida won his flyweight kickboxing bout against Daichi<br \/>\nAkahira via unanimous decision; and Yusuke Iwaki opened up the card<br \/>\nby knocking out Sho Nakaizumi with a flying knee at the 45-second<br \/>\nmark of Round 3 in 137-pound kickboxing action.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"3.4048192771084\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.0795180722892\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN_LANDMARK14?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\n#RIZIN_LANDMARK14<\/a> in SENDAI\ud83c\udf19<br \/>\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\u8a66\u5408\u7d50\u679c\u4e00\u89a7\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>\u2705\u795e\u9f8d\u8aa0\u3001\u60b2\u9858\u306e\u738b\u5ea7\u6234\u51a0\ud83d\udc51<br \/>\u2705\u30e9\u30e9\u30df\u30fc\u304c\u5143\u8c37\u306b\u5b8c\u52dd\ud83d\udca5<br \/>\u2705\u30d9\u30a4\u30ce\u30a2\u304c\u30d3\u30e9\u30eb\u3092\u30cf\u30a4\u30ad\u30c3\u30af\u3067KO\ud83e\uddb6<br \/>\u2705\u51a8\u6fa4\u3001\u5fa9\u6d3b\u306eTKO\ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdd\u7d50\u679c\u4e00\u89a7\u2193<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9xKKxUQ5W3\">https:\/\/t.co\/9xKKxUQ5W3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u23f06\/11(\u6728)\u307e\u3067PPV\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u914d\u4fe1\u4e2d\uff01<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/60CLF7sq9X\">https:\/\/t.co\/60CLF7sq9X<\/a> <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXN59uUfHE\">pic.twitter.com\/VXN59uUfHE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RIZIN FF OFFICIAL (@rizin_PR) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rizin_PR\/status\/2063279184433250746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJune 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a rematch nearly two years in the making, Makoto Takahashi avenged a past loss and defeated mentor-turned-rival Hiromasa Ougikubo Saturday at Rizin Fighting Federation: \u201cLandmark Vol. 14.\u201d Competing in front of his hometown fans in Sendai, Japan, Takahashi took a well-deserved unanimous decision victory over Ougikubo in the main event to become the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}