The year2023 was the ninth year in the history of theRizin Fighting Federation, amixed martial arts promotion based inJapan.

Rizin Fighting Federation
#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
1	Rizin 41 – Osaka	April 1, 2023	Maruzen Intec Arena	Osaka,Japan	9,987[1]
2	Rizin Landmark 5	April 29, 2023	Yoyogi National Gymnasium	Tokyo,Japan	13,837[2]
3	Rizin 42	May 6, 2023	Ariake Arena	Tokyo,Japan	14,930[3]
4	Rizin 43 – Sapporo	June 24, 2023	Makomanai Ice Arena	Sapporo,Japan	8,510
5	Super Rizin 2: Rizin X Bellator	July 30, 2023	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama,Japan	24,264[4]
6	Rizin 44	September 24, 2023	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama,Japan	11,681
7	Rizin Landmark 6	October 1, 2023	Dolphins Arena	Nagoya,Japan	7,017
8	Rizin Landmark 7	November 4, 2023	National Gymnastics Arena	Baku,Azerbaijan
9	Rizin 45	December 31, 2023	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama,Japan	23,013

Rizin 41 – Osaka
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	April 1, 2023
Venue	Maruzen Intec Arena
City	Osaka,Japan
Attendance	9,987

Rizin 41 – Osaka was aCombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on April 1, 2023, at theMaruzen Intec Arena inOsaka,Japan.

A bantamweight kickboxing bout betweenRyusei Ashizawa and the one-timeK-1 super featherweight title challengerKouzi was scheduled as the event headliner.^[5]

Rizin 41
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Bantamweight 61 kg	Ryusei Ashizawa	def.	Kouzi	Decision (Split)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules
Featherweight 66 kg	Vugar Karamov	def.	Yoshinori Horie	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:21
Welterweight 77 kg	Keita Nakamura	def.	Kiichi Kunimoto	KO (Punches and Soccer Kick)	2	0:49
Flyweight 57 kg	Makoto Takahashi	def.	Daichi Kitakata	Technical Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	1:17
Intermission
Featherweight 66 kg	Kyohei Hagiwara	def.	Kyle Aguon	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Koichi Ishizuka	def.	Yuto Hokamura	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Kim Kyung-pyo	def.	Sho Patrick Usami	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:33
Flyweight 57 kg	Mehman Mamedov	def.	Yusaku Nakamura	KO (Punches)	1	0:23
Bantamweight 61 kg	Shun Onishi	def.	Motoki	KO (Punch)	1	1:37	Kickboxing rules
Catchweight 66,5 kg	Sota Kimura	def.	Shingeki no Yuuki	TKO (Body Punch)	3	1:32	Kickboxing rules
Opening Bouts
Catchweight 57,5 kg	Asataro	def.	Shin Sakurai	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules
Catchweight 57,5 kg	Daichi Akahira	def.	Yuto Miwa	KO (Right straight)	1	2:47	Kickboxing rules

^[6]

Rizin Landmark 5
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	April 29, 2023
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
City	Tokyo,Japan
Attendance	13,837

Rizin Landmark 5 was aCombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on April 29, 2023, at theYoyogi National Gymnasium inTokyo,Japan.

A featherweight bout between the formerRizin featherweight champion Juntaro Ushiku andMikuru Asakura served as the event headliner,^[7] while a featherweight bout between another formerRizin featherweight champion Yutaka Saito andRen Hiramoto was booked as the co-main event.^[8]

Rizin Landmark 5
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Mikuru Asakura	def.	Juntaro Ushiku	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Yutaka Saito	def.	Ren Hiramoto	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Shinobu Ota	def.	Kazuma Kuramoto	KO (Punch)	1	0:27
Intermission
Lightweight 71 kg	Luiz Gustavo	def.	Koji Takeda	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg	Kanna Asakura	def.	Mei Yamaguchi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
W.Catchweight 51 kg	Claire Lopez	def.	Rena Kubota	Submission (Kneebar)	3	4:21
Heavyweight 120 kg	Tsuyoshi Sudario	def.	Roque Martinez	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Masanori Kanehara	def.	Sora Yamamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Ali Abdulkhalikov	def.	Tatsuya Saika	KO (Punch)	1	3:30

Rizin 42
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	May 6, 2023
Venue	Ariake Arena
City	Tokyo,Japan
Attendance	14,930

Rizin 42 was aCombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on May 6, 2023, at theAriake Arena inTokyo,Japan.

A bantamweight bout between Yuki Motoya and the formerRizin Bantamweight championKai Asakura was booked as the event headliner.^[9]

Rizin 42
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Bantamweight 61 kg	Kai Asakura	def.	Yuki Motoya	KO (Knee to the Body)	3	2:25
Bantamweight 61 kg	Juan Archuleta	def.	Naoki Inoue	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Roberto Satoshi Souza (c)	def.	Spike Carlyle	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Non-title bout.
Catchweight 70 kg	Buakaw Banchamek	draw.	Rukiya Anpo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules
Intermission
Featherweight 66 kg	YA-MAN	def.	Kota Miura	KO (Knee and Punches)	1	3:13	Special rules
Flyweight 57 kg	John Dodson	def.	Tatsuki Saomoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Kazumasa Majima	def.	Takahiro Ashida	Technical Submission (Shoulder Choke)	1	4:43
Featherweight 66 kg	Ulka Sasaki	def.	Boyd Allen	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	def.	Atsushi Kishimoto	TKO (Leg Kick)	2	2:57
Flyweight 57 kg	Erson Yamamoto	def.	Yuki Ito	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Takeji Yokoyama	def.	Takuya Yamamoto	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:24
Flyweight 57 kg	Ramazonbek Temirov	def.	Yuta Hamamoto	TKO (Punches)	1	4:06
Catchweight 69 kg	Sota Kimura	def.	Yasuhiro Kido	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules

Rizin 43 – Sapporo
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	June 24, 2023
Venue	Makomanai Ice Arena
City	Sapporo,Japan
Attendance	8,510

Rizin 43 – Sapporo was aCombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on June 24, 2023, at theMakomanai Ice Arena inSapporo,Japan.

ARizin Featherweight Championship bout betweenKleber Koike Erbst andChihiro Suzuki headlined the event.^[10] At the weigh-ins, Koike weighed in at 145.88 pounds, 0.88 pounds over the title limit. As a result, upon commencement of the fight, Koike was stripped of the title and only Suzuki is eligible to win it.^[11]

Super Rizin.2: Rizin X Bellator
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation Bellator MMA
Date	July 30, 2023
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama,Japan
Attendance	24,264[4]

Super Rizin 2: Rizin X Bellator was aCombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation andBellator MMA on July 30, 2023 at theSaitama Super Arena inJapan.^{[12][13][14][15]}

As with the previousSuper Rizin & Rizin 38 andRizin 40 & Rizin vs Bellator events in 2022, Super Rizin 2 was split between two cards. Matches on the Bellator card were fought inside a cage, while Super Rizin 2 took place in the traditional ring.^[12][14]

Outside of Japan, the Bellator card aired live onShowtime in the United States, while Super Rizin 2 was distributed via PPV onFITE.^[16][17]

The event was originally supposed to be headlined by aRizin Bantamweight Championship bout between former championKai Asakura and formerBellator MMA Bantamweight championJuan Archuleta.^[18] On July 18, 2023 it was announced that Asakura withdrew from the event and would be replaced byHiromasa Ougikubo.^[19]

Part 2: Super Rizin 2
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Vugar Karamov	def.	Mikuru Asakura	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:41	For the vacantRizin Featherweight Championship.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Juan Archuleta	def.	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	For the vacantRizin Bantamweight Championship.
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg	Seika Izawa (c)	def.	Claire Lopez	Submission (ninja choke)	1	1:04	For theRizin Women's Super Atomweight Championship.
Intermission
Catchweight 70 kg	Chihiro Suzuki	def.	Patrício Pitbull	KO (punch)	1	2:32
Lightweight 71 kg	Tofiq Musayev	def.	Akira Okada	KO (punches)	2	1:11
Bantamweight 61 kg	Shinobu Ota	def.	Kenta Takizawa	TKO (punches)	1	4:54
Middleweight 84 kg	Igor Tanabe	def.	Daichi Abe	Submission (heel hook)	1	4:34
Catchweight 58 kg	Yuki Ito	def.	Hiroya Kondo	Decision (split)	3	5:00
Part 1:Bellator MMA x Rizin 2
Lightweight	Patricky Pitbull	def.	Roberto Satoshi Souza	TKO (leg kick)	3	0:49	Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout.
Flyweight	Kyoji Horiguchi	vs.	Makoto Takahashi	No Contest (accidental eye poke)	1	0:25	For the inauguralBellator Flyweight World Championship.
Women's Flyweight	Kana Watanabe	def.	Veta Arteaga	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Magomed Magomedov	def.	Danny Sabatello	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:55
Welterweight	Andrey Koreshkov	def.	Lorenz Larkin	Decision (split)	3	5:00

Rizin 44
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	September 24, 2023
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama,Japan
Attendance	11,681

Rizin 44 was acombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on September 24, 2023 at theSaitama Super Arena inTokyo,Japan.

A featherweight bout between former championKleber Koike Erbst (also formerKSW Featherweight champion) and formerSengoku Featherweight championMasanori Kanehara was scheduled to headline the event.^[20]

A heavyweight bout between former sumo wrestlerTsuyoshi Sudario and UFC veteranTodd Duffee was expected to take place at the event. However, Duffee withdrew from the fight due to a problem with his passport.^[21]

Rizin 44
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Masanori Kanehara	def.	Kleber Koike Erbst	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Juntaro Ushiku	def.	Kyohei Hagiwara	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Yoshinori Horie	def.	Spike Carlyle	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Intermission
Catchweight 70 kg	Rukiya Anpo	def.	Sho Patrick Usami	Decision (Unanimous) (29–27, 29–26, 29–26)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules.
Featherweight 66 kg	Yoshiki Nakahara	def.	Rikuto Shirakawa	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 66,2 kg	Kazumasa Majima	def.	Takeji Yokoyama	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Originally 66kg, Majima missed weight.
Flyweight 57 kg	Ryuya Fukuda	def.	Erson Yamamoto	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	1:37
Bantamweight 61 kg	Taichi Nakajima	def.	Ryo Okada	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Shoma Shibisai	def.	Janos Csukas	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	2:27
Flyweight 57 kg	Ramazonbek Temirov	def.	Takaki Soya	KO (Punches)	1	3:15

Rizin Landmark 6
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	October 1, 2023
Venue	Dolphins Arena
City	Nagoya,Japan
Attendance	7,017

Rizin Landmark 6 was aCombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on October 1, 2023 at theDolphins Arena inNagoya,Japan.

A bantamweight bout betweenDream Japanese Bantamweight Grand Prix 2011 winnerHideo Tokoro and Alan "Hiro" Yamaniha was scheduled to headline the event.^[22]

Rizin Landmark 6
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Bantamweight 61 kg	Alan Yamaniha	def.	Hideo Tokoro	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 63 kg	Shoko Sato	def.	Shinobu Ota	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Tsuyoshi Sudario	def.	Lim Dong-hwan	TKO (Punches)	3	2:10
Flyweight 57 kg	Yuki Ito	def.	Topnoi Kiwram	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Catchweight 61,5 kg	Genji Umeno	def.	Yuto Saito	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules.
Intermission
Catchweight 58 kg	Yusaku Nakamura	def.	Hiroya Kondo	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Igor Tanabe	def.	Animal☆Koji	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	3:40
Women's Strawweight 52,5 kg	Machi Fukuda	def.	Ayaka Watanabe	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Hidetaka Arato	def.	Takakenshin	TKO (Punches)	2	4:49
Flyweight 57 kg	Rogério Bontorin	def.	Yutaro Muramoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Viktor Kolesnik	def.	Ryo Takagi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Yusaku Inoue	def.	Kohei Tokeshi	TKO (Flying Knee and Punches)	1	1:11
Bantamweight 61 kg	Joji Goto	def.	Junya Hibino	Submission (Twister)	2	2:00
Opening Bouts
Catchweight 68 kg	Shogo Ota	def.	Ginji Hara	Submission (armbar)	1	1:52
Flyweight 57 kg	Genki Takeno	def.	Ryota Naito	Decision (Unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Ryuki Kirishima	def.	Masanari Yamada	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Rizin Landmark 7
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	November 4, 2023
Venue	National Gymnastics Arena
City	Baku, Azerbaijan

Rizin Landmark 7 was aCombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on November 4, 2023 at theNational Gymnastics Arena inBaku,Azerbaijan.

Rizin Landmark 7 was the promotion's first international event, and the first major MMA event to take place in Azerbaijan.^[23]

ARizin Featherweight Championship bout between reigning champion Vugar Karamov and challengerChihiro Suzuki headlined the event.^[24][25]

A lightweight bout betweenRizin Lightweight Grand Prix 2019 winnerTofiq Musayev and formerDeep Lightweight champion Koji Takeda served as the co-main event.^[26]

Another lightweight bout between formerAMC Fight Nights Lightweight champion Nariman Abbasov and Ali Abdulkhalikov took place at the event.^[27]

Rizin Landmark 7
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Featherweight 66 kg	Chihiro Suzuki	def.	Vugar Karamov (c)	TKO (Upkick and Punches)	1	1:28	For theRizin Featherweight Championship.
Lightweight 71 kg	Tofiq Musayev	def.	Koji Takeda	KO (Punches)	3	2:03
Lightweight 71 kg	Ali Abdulkhalikov	def.	Nariman Abbasov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Catchweight 60 kg	Mehman Mamedov	def.	Ferit Göktepe	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Kim Kyung-pyo	def.	Tural Ragimov	TKO (Punches)	1	0:21
Intermission
Strawweight 51 kg	Anastasiya Svetkivska	def.	Farida Abdueva	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	2	4:20
Featherweight 66 kg	Ilkhom Nazimov	def.	Jaures Dea	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 71 kg	Vladislav Rudnev	def.	Iliyar Askhanov	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight 120 kg	Shota Betlemidze	def.	Quentin Domingos	TKO (Retirement)	1	5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Hasan Mezhiev	def.	Konstantin Merkulov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:32

Rizin 45
Promotion	Rizin Fighting Federation
Date	December 31, 2023
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama,Japan
Attendance	23,013

Rizin 45 was acombat sport event held byRizin Fighting Federation on December 31, 2023, at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama,Japan.^[28][29][30]

A rematch for the inauguralRizin Flyweight Championship between formerRizin andBellator Bantamweight ChampionKyoji Horiguchi and currentDeep Flyweight champion (also formerCage Fury FC Flyweight champion)Makoto Takahashi headlined the event.^[31] The pairing previously met atSuper Rizin 2 in July 2023, where the bout was declared a no contest after Horiguchi accidentally poked Takahashi in the eye.^[32]

ARizin Bantamweight Championship bout between then championJuan Archuleta and former championKai Asakura served as the co-main event.^[33] At the weigh-ins, Archuleta weighed in at 140.65 pounds, 5.65 pounds over the limit. As a result, Archuleta was stripped of the title and only Asakura will be eligible to win it.^[34]

In the featherweight division, a clash between two former champions should took place at the event whenKleber Koike Erbst meets Yutaka Saito.^[35]

A flyweight bout between2021 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix winnerHiromasa Ougikubo and currentBKFC Flyweight championJohn Dodson took place at the event.^[36]

A 155-pound catchweight kickboxing bout between formerK-1 Super Lightweight championRukiya Anpo and formerK-1 Super Welterweight championMinoru Kimura was expected to take place at the event.^[37] However, the fight was cancelled after Kimura tested positive for a banned substance once again.^[38] He was replaced by formerK-1 Welterweight ChampionYuta Kubo in a MMA special rules bout.^[39]

Rizin 45
Weight Class				Method	Round	T.Time	Notes
Flyweight 57 kg	Kyoji Horiguchi	def.	Makoto Takahashi	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:44	For the inauguralRizin Flyweight Championship.
Bantamweight 61 kg	Kai Asakura	def.	Juan Archuleta	TKO (knee to the body and punches)	2	3:20	For the vacantRizin Bantamweight Championship (as Archuleta missed weight and was stripped the title, only Asakura was eligible).
Featherweight 66 kg	Kleber Koike Erbst	def.	Yutaka Saito	Technical Submission (brabo choke)	3	1:22
Featherweight 66 kg	Ren Hiramoto	def.	YA-MAN	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Intermission
W.Super Atomweight 49 kg	Seika Izawa	def.	Miyuu Yamamoto	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	0:37	Non-Title bout and Yamamoto retirement bout.
Heavyweight 120 kg	Mikio Ueda	def.	Tsuyoshi Sudario	TKO (knee and punches)	2	0:55
Flyweight 57 kg	Hiromasa Ougikubo	def.	John Dodson	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Vince Morales	def.	Yuki Motoya	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight 61 kg	Shinobu Ota	def.	Ryusei Ashizawa	KO (punches)	1	2:21
Intermission
Catchweight 65 kg	Kouzi	def.	Kota Miura	TKO (punches and soccer kicks)	2	0:59	RIZIN MMA Special rules.
Welterweight 77 kg	Igor Tanabe	def.	Shinsho Anzai	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:32
Flyweight 57 kg	Hiroya Kondo	def.	Jo Arai	TKO (head kick and punches)	2	2:53
Catchweight 70 kg	Yuta Kubo	def.	Rukiya Anpo	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:28	RIZIN MMA Special rules.
Opening Bouts
Featherweight 66 kg	Suguru Nii	def.	Satoshi Yamasu	KO (punch)	2	1:03
Catchweight 60 kg	Tatsuki Shinotsuka	def.	Daichi Tomizawa	Decision (unanimous)	3	3:00	Kickboxing rules.
Catchweight 54 kg	Ryujin Nasukawa	def.	Shin Jong-min	TKO (punches)	1	2:16
Bantamweight 61 kg	Joe Hiramoto	def.	Yushi	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

• List of current Rizin FF fighters
• 2023 in UFC
• 2023 in Bellator MMA
• 2023 in ONE Championship
• 2023 in Professional Fighters League
• 2023 in Absolute Championship Akhmat
• 2023 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
• 2023 in Legacy Fighting Alliance
• 2023 in Brave Combat Federation
• 2023 in Road FC

• Official event
• [1]

• Rizin Fighting Federation
• 2023 in mixed martial arts
• 2023 in Japanese sport
• 2023 sport-related lists

• CS1 Polish-language sources (pl)
• CS1 Russian-language sources (ru)
• CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata