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From
\ngrinder to showstopper: Danny Sabatello made a statement on
\nSaturday in Japan. | \ud83d\udcf7: Rizin FF<\/b><\/p>\n
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Seeking to shake off his reputation as a one-dimensional wrestler, Sabatello (19-4-1, 5-0 Rizin) did face some adversity early in the Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the second frame, Kashimura tried to set up another inverted Kashimura tried to lure Sabatello into a ground fight in Round 3, Karshyga With Rizin FF featherweight champion Rajabali The main card kicked off with an entertaining flyweight clash After missing weight for his last outing, Johnny Case<\/a> Avenging a loss from 14 months prior, Saori Former Rizin title challenger Si Woo Park<\/a> Winning for the first time in nearly five years, Shoji Rizin mainstay Hiroaki Grachan champion Youta Stepping in on mere days\u2019 notice, Kyohei Opening up the middle portion of the event, Kojiro Shiba won a In two-round bouts on the early preliminary card, Namiko From grinder to showstopper: Danny Sabatello made a statement on Saturday in Japan. | \ud83d\udcf7: Rizin FF Seeking to shake off his reputation as a one-dimensional wrestler, Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight champion Danny Sabatello put forth one of the most entertaining performances of his career in his main event victory Saturday at Rizin Fighting Federation: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39376","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\/39376","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=39376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nRizin Fighting Federation<\/a> bantamweight champion Danny
\nSabatello<\/a> put forth one of the most entertaining performances
\nof his career in his main event victory Saturday at Rizin
\nFighting Federation: Landmark Vol. 15<\/a> in Hiroshima, Japan.
\nSabatello outstruck and outgrappled challenger Jinnosuke
\nKashimura<\/a> before brutally knocking Kashimura out in the third
\nround.<\/p>\n
\nfirst round. Kashimura (12-6, 2-2 Rizin) struck first with a head
\nkick and a left hook, but his attempt to take Sabatello down led to
\nthe American reversing into top position. Kashimura quickly
\nscrambled and trapped Sabatello in an inverted triangle choke, but
\nthe champion was unfazed and he worked his way free. On the feet,
\nthe Bellator
\nMMA<\/a> and
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> veteran dropped Kashimura with a
\nright hook and hunted for a finish with soccer kicks and more
\npunches.<\/p>\n
\ntriangle choke when the fight hit the mat, but this time Sabatello
\nwas wise to it and got back to his feet. When Kashimura pulled
\nguard, Sabatello stayed on top and punched Kashimura\u2019s ribs and
\nface while preventing him from securing any submissions from the
\nbottom.<\/p>\nSabatello showcases improved striking against Jinnosuke
\nKashimura<\/h2>\n
\nand Sabatello was having none of it. Kashimura was forced to stand
\nup and Sabatello landed a massive right hand–surely the best punch
\nof his eight-year career–and an unconscious Kashimura crashed
\nbackward to the mat. The official time of the knockout came at the
\n40-second mark and an elated Sabatello leapt into the air.
\nKashimura was taken out of the cage on a stretcher. Post-fight, Sabatello expressed his goal to become the first
\nfighter to make four successful Rizin title defenses within one
\nyear. He plans to make a quick return to the cage to compete again
\nat \u201cSuper Rizin 5\u201d in September.<\/p>\n
\nDautbek<\/a> (19-3, 1 NC; 5-1, 1 NC Rizin) took a while to get going
\nin his featherweight co-main event bout against Kyohei
\nHagiwara<\/a> (9-12, 1 NC; 8-10, 1 NC Rizin), but all it took was
\none punch to change the course of the fight in an instant. Dautbek
\nand Hagiwara circled and traded cautious strikes for the first four
\nminutes, with neither man committing to any significant offense.
\nThen, just as the round entered its final minute, Dautbek sent
\nHagiwara flying to the mat with a left hook. Hagiwara covered up
\nagainst a corner post as Dautbek followed up with two more punches,
\nand the bout was stopped at the 4:08 mark of the opening round.
\nPost-fight, Dautbek expressed interest in challenging for Rizin\u2019s
\nfeatherweight title. He has not lost a fight for more than seven
\nyears.<\/p>\n
\nShaidullaev<\/a> in his corner, Yrysbek
\nTilenov<\/a> (8-1, 1-0 Rizin) made a successful promotional debut by
\nstopping standout wrestler Shinobu Ota<\/a>
\n(8-6, 7-6 Rizin) in the second round of their bantamweight contest.
\nOta took Tilenov down into mount in the first minute, but Tilenov
\nscrambled up and tried to suplex Ota, who turned into the clinch.
\nOta then pulled guard with a guillotine choke and Tilenov escaped
\nto his feet again. There was a lengthy delay in the second round
\nafter Ota was kneed in the groin, but the fight continued and
\nTilenov landed a spinning back kick and two right hands. He backed
\nOta up with punches and a knee, which caused Ota to stumble and
\nlose his balance. Tilenov threw one more knee to the side of Ota\u2019s
\nhead that caused Ota to fall to his back, and the bout was waved
\noff at the 3:04 mark of Round 2.<\/p>\n
\nbetween Erson
\nYamamoto<\/a> (7-8, 6-8 Rizin) and Hiroya
\nKondo<\/a> (10-16-1, 3-6 Rizin). Kondo jumped into a flying
\nguillotine choke and pulled Yamamoto down to the ground, but
\nYamamoto freed his neck and struck with elbows before taking
\nKondo\u2019s back. Kondo pushed Yamamoto away and Yamamoto secured two
\nmore clinches. He cracked Kondo with a right hook just before the
\nbell. The southpaw Yamamoto landed left hooks in between scoring
\ntwo trip takedowns in the second round. Kondo quickly stood up and
\nboth men battled for position against the cage. Kondo hopped on to
\nYamamoto\u2019s back in the final round, but that was short-lived and
\nboth men landed flurries of punches. Kondo reversed a takedown from
\nYamamoto and the fighters then traded punches and leg kicks for the
\nfinal minute. All three judges scored the fight for Yamamoto, who
\ntook home the unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n
\n(29-10-1, 1 NC; 5-4, 1 NC Rizin) redeemed himself with an
\nimpressive first-round stoppage victory against Tenya
\nYoshimura<\/a> (5-4, 0-2 Rizin) at lightweight. Case countered
\nYoshimura\u2019s leg kicks with lead left hands in the first minute of
\nthe fight. He landed quick one-twos and then floored Yoshimura with
\na right uppercut, left hook combo. Case pounced on Yoshimura and
\nlanded a barrage of punches and hammerfists that caused blood to
\npour from Yoshimura\u2019s nose and ended the fight at the 3:14 mark of
\nRound 1.<\/p>\n
\nOshima<\/a> (17-7, 6-1 Rizin) wasted no time at all in winning her
\nsuper atomweight rematch against Ye Ji Lee<\/a>
\n(7-9, 0-1 Rizin), who upset Oshima in the pair\u2019s first meeting.
\nOshima, the reigning Deep and Deep Jewels microweight champion,
\nlatched on to Lee\u2019s arm and threw her to the mat 90 seconds into
\nthe fight. Lee immediately sprung back up to her feet and took
\nOshima\u2019s back, then suplexed her down to the ground. Oshima rolled
\ninto a kneebar on Lee\u2019s right leg and Lee hastily tapped out while
\nin great pain. The entire finishing sequence took just five
\nseconds, and the official time of Oshima\u2019s tapout win came at the
\n1:40 mark of Round 1.<\/p>\n
\n(14-6, 4-1 Rizin) made a successful return to the promotion and won
\nher super atomweight duel against Moeri Suda<\/a>
\n(15-8, 2-1 Rizin) after three hard-fought rounds. Suda picked Park
\nup and dumped her to the mat 90 seconds into the fight, but Park
\nquickly stood back up and she kicked at Suda\u2019s lead leg before
\ndropping her with a left hook just before the bell. Park fought off
\nSuda\u2019s takedown attempts in the second round and Suda chased after
\nher with lunging punches. Park was given a yellow card for
\noutstretching her fingers, as she had already been verbally warned
\nmultiple times. As the close fight entered its final round, Suda
\ncontinued to pursue takedowns and Park stayed on her feet. She
\nbloodied Suda\u2019s nose, but Suda remained the aggressor and walked
\nforward throwing punches. Despite the point deduction in the second
\nround, Park was awarded a unanimous decision victory by the
\njudges.<\/p>\n
\nMaruyama<\/a> (18-18-1, 2-5 Rizin) earned a unanimous decision
\nvictory over Genji Umeno<\/a>
\n(2-2, 2-2 Rizin) at a catchweight of 141 pounds. Maruyama took
\nUmeno down against the cage in the opening round and used punches
\nto set up a far-side keylock attempt from side control. Umeno
\ndefended well, but Maruyama closed out the round with punches from
\nthe top. Maruyama put Umeno on the mat again in round two, and this
\ntime he trapped him in a leg scissor choke. Umeno scrambled out and
\nhe also escaped from a belly-down armbar late in the round.
\nMaruyama fatigued in round three, which allowed Umeno to score with
\npunches and standing elbows. Maruyama got Umeno down twice in the
\nsecond half of the round, and he locked on a tight arm-triangle
\nchoke, but Umeno was saved by the bell. All three judges scored the
\nfight in favor of the veteran Maruyama.<\/p>\n
\nSuzuki<\/a> (7-6, 7-6 Rizin) survived two knockdowns and rallied to
\nstop Hyuga
\nMiyagawa<\/a> (7-8, 2-1 Rizin) in the second round of their
\nfeatherweight matchup. Suzuki was dropped early in the opening
\nround when the fighters\u2019 heads clashed as Miyagawa landed a right
\nhook, and Miyagawa quickly followed up with punches on the ground,
\nbut Suzuki recovered and a clinch battle ensued for most of the
\nround. Miyagawa knocked Suzuki down in the second stanza with a
\nstraight right cross. Once more, Suzuki got back to his feet and he
\ntied Miyagawa up in a clinch. He dropped Miyagawa with four elbows
\nand then kneed him in the face on the ground for a sensational
\ncomeback TKO victory at the 3:29 mark of Round 2.<\/p>\n
\nHayashi<\/a> (13-9-1, 1-0 Rizin) spoiled the MMA return of Shinji
\nSasaki<\/a> (20-15-3, 0-3 Rizin) in a welterweight bout. Following
\ntwo lackluster rounds, Hayashi dropped Sasaki in the final round
\nand avoided a buggy choke attempt from the veteran. Hayashi pushed
\na seated Sasaki up against the base of the cage and blasted him
\nwith two vicious knees that badly broke Sasaki\u2019s nose and knocked
\nhim out cold. The time of the stoppage came at the 2:17 mark of
\nRound 3.<\/p>\n
\nTakagi<\/a> (6-1, 2-0 Rizin) extended his winning streak to four by
\nstopping Jae Hun Lee<\/a>
\n(3-2, 0-1 Rizin) at flyweight. Takagi weathered an early storm of
\npunches from Lee, including two particularly strong right crosses,
\nand punched the sides of Lee\u2019s head after taking him down. Lee was
\nunable to get back to his feet and Takagi continued to score with
\neffective ground strikes. The second round began with a takedown
\nfor Lee, but Takagi eventually took Lee\u2019s back and he almost
\nsecured a finish with punches and hammerfists. In the final round,
\nLee rocked Takagi with a lunging left hook and then trapped him in
\na triangle choke. Takagi escaped into back control and he landed
\nunanswered punches until the bout was waved off at the 4:25 mark of
\nRound 3.<\/p>\n
\nlopsided unanimous decision against an overweight Haruto Matsushima
\nin what was intended to be a 120-pound kickboxing bout.<\/p>\n
\nKawabata<\/a> (7-5, 1-0 Rizin) soundly outstruck Ayane
\nHirata<\/a> (4-4, 0-1 Rizin) en route to a unanimous decision
\nvictory at 108 pounds; Shota
\nNagano<\/a> (12-6, 1-0 Rizin) made a successful Rizin debut by
\ndefeating Shuichi
\nKanda<\/a> (18-16-1, 0-1 Rizin) via unanimous decision at
\nbantamweight; Takuya
\nShibamura<\/a> (6-1, 1-0 Rizin) outpointed Taisei
\nMizusugi<\/a> (6-8, 0-1 Rizin) via split decision in a lightweight
\ncontest that was not as close as one judge\u2019s scorecard suggested;
\nand Jin Tanaka<\/a>
\neasily defeated Kentaro
\nTomita<\/a> via unanimous decision in an amateur flyweight bout. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"