Rizin 55 went down on Saturday November 7th from the LaLa Arena Tokyo Bay in Chiba, Japan and it was another packed house as 10,000 plus fans watched Canadian Tony Laramie take the belt off flyweight champion Makoto Takahashi in a close split decision of a three round fight.
In the co-main event, Yrysbek Tilenov was the clear winner against Naoki Inoue, setting up a bantamweight title fight against 135 pound champ Danny Sabatello.
There was action across the entire card, including a scary slam KO suffered
by Sho Sekihara and an impressive Ezekiel choke from full gard by Jinnosuke Kashimura. Check out the full results from the card below alongside highlights provided by Rizin Fighting Federation and hard working fans like Samaroont and SportsJunkie.
Tony Laramie def. Makoto Takahashi via Split Decision
Yrysbek Tilenov def. Naoki Inoue via Unanimous Decision
Ryuya Fukuda def. Soo Chul Kim via Unanimous Decision
Jinnosuke Kashimura def. Shinobu Ota via Submission (Ezekiel Choke, R3, 1:51)
Kaleo Meheula def. Kazuki Aimoto via KO/TKO (Ground Strikes, R2, 4:58) ruled No Contest (Meheula Missed Weight)
Nurkhan Zhumagazy def. Kyung Pyo Kim via TKO (Punches, R1, 3:34)
Mac Papalii def. Yukinori Akazawa via KO (Punches, R2, 2:15)
Sei Min Kim “Chiharu” def. Hiroaki Suzuki via TKO (Punches and Elbows, R2, 4:41)
Tsukasa Mizoguchi def. Taichi Nakajima via Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke, R1, 0:22)
Takumi Hamada def. Sho Sekihara via KO (Slam and Punches, R3, 4:56)
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