RISE 182: Haruto Yasumoto Claims Featherweight Title in Fight of the Year Contender, Arina Kobayashi Dominates in Superfight

RISE 182: Haruto Yasumoto Claims Featherweight Title in Fight of the Year Contender, Arina Kobayashi Dominates in Superfight poster
RISE 182: Haruto Yasumoto Claims Featherweight Title in Fight of the Year Contender, Arina Kobayashi Dominates in Superfight poster
Yasumoto wins the RISE Featherweight Title in a high-paced fight of the year contender to cap off RISE 182.

{Haruto Yasumoto} defeated {Keisuke Monguchi} in the main event of RISE 182 to cement himself as the champion in RISE’s Featherweight (-57.5 kg) division. The newly crowned champion Yasumoto fought a tough opponent in Monguchi, and was able to recover from a head kick in the third round to cap off his victory by outlasting Monguchi over an intense five-round barnburner of a world title fight.

In the co-main event, {Arina Kobayashi} continued her dominant run by dominating South Korean fighter {Bo-Kyeong Byun} in a Mini Flyweight (-49 kg) world title fight and extend her winning streak to eight fights. Just a day after the event had concluded, RISE announced that the Japanese fighter would go up a weight class to challenge Flyweight (-52 kg) champion {Tessa De Kom} for her belt at RISE 184 on December 15.

Earlier in the card, former GLORY  fighter {Samo Petje} claimed a unanimous decision victory through four rounds over {Motoyasuk} in the Middleweight (-70 kg) division, and {Takumi Sanekata} floored {Taichi Ishikawa} with a right hook near the end of the 3rd round of a Welterweight (-67.5 KG) bought.

RISE organizers also held a retirement ceremony for {Akari Watanabe}, the atomweight who last fought in 2022 in a win against Erika and recently announced her retirement in September of this year.


Source: beyondkick.com