RIZIN roared back into our lives this Sunday at the Saitama Super Arena (with a crowd in attendance) with an action-packed MMA and kickboxing card that, surprisingly, yielded only four finishes.
The most notable of those stoppages came in the co-main event when RIZIN bantamweight champion Kai Asakura took on DEEP and Pancrase veteran Shoji Maruyama in a non title bout. The finish was swift and brutal with Asakura landed two hard punches on Maruyama inside the opening minute of the bout. The second floored Maruyama. The ground is hot lava when it comes to fighting Asakura, the champ swarmed his opponent with a punch, knee and soccer kick to earn the first round TKO.