RIZIN press conference group photo
Kubota Reina VS Park Shiyou
Tomoka Sea VS Takizawa Kenta
Kubo Hiromasa VS Naoki Inoue
Roberto de Sosa VS Yusuke Yaji
Saito Yuu VS Asakura Miku
Hamasaki Juga VS Izawa Hokkai
Saito Hiroshi VS Kubo Yuta
Martial Arts Network News: The RIZIN Thor 33rd phase of the upcoming RIZIN Thor, which will be held in Saitama Prefecture, Japan on December 31, has added three new matches, including one of the highly-watched women's duels, kickboxing queen Reina Kubota against South Korean player Park Shiyou.
Reina Kubota (12-3, 7 K, 2 S) is 30 years old and has a height of 160cm. She has a kickboxing record (35-5-1, 11 KO) and is the champion of Rise and ShootBoxing. In 2015, he started his professional MMA career in RIZIN Raytheon. Since he was defeated by Lindsey VanZandt in June 2019, he has won four consecutive victories so far. He won the second match against Lindsey VanZandt in December 2019 and successfully revenges. He defeated Emi Tomimatsu by points in September 2020, and just TKO in the second game in November this year.
Park Shiyou (5-4, 1 K, 0 S) is 30 years old and has a height of 157cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2017. After losing two consecutive games in the early stage, he played a five-game winning streak. Unfortunately, he suffered another two consecutive games recently. He was surrendered in the first game in June this year and lost to the unbeaten star Seika Izawa in October points.
The finale of this time is the second match between RIZIN Lightweight Championship, current champion Roberto de Sosa (12-1, 4 K, 8 S) against challenger Yusuke Yaji (23-11, 6 K, 2 S). There are also the semi-finals of the RIZIN Bantamweight Grand Prix: former RIZIN champion Masaki (18-3, 11 K, 3 S) against rookie Kenta Takizawa (13-7, 9 K, 0 S); former UFC player 24-year-old star Naoki Inoue (17-2, 1 K, 10 S) against Shudo champion Hiromasa Okubo (23-5-2, 1 K, 6 S). There is also a second match between two former RIZIN featherweight champions, Yu Saito (20-5-2, 5 K, 2 S) against Mikura Asakura (15-3, 8 K, 1 S, 1 N). Current RIZIN women's super atomic weight champion Juga Hamazaki (23-3, 3 K, 10 S) plays the title-less super battle against 24-year-old undefeated star Shika Izawa (4-0, 0 K, 1 S). Former K-1 WGP welterweight (67.5kg) champion Yuta Kubo (49-10-1, 29 KO) vs. 94kg player Hiroshi Saito (4-9-1, 2 K, 2 S).
Match Table:
RIZIN Lightweight Championship:
Roberto de Souza (#c) vs. Yusuke Yachi (Yusuke Yachi)
RIZIN Bantamweight Grand Prix:
Kai Asakura vs. Kenta Takizawa (Kenta Takizawa)
Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Naoki Inoue
RIZIN Bantamweight Grand Prix - Reserve:
Yuki Motoya vs. Yuto Hokamura
Featherweight competition:
Yutaka Saito vs. Mikuru Asakura
Women's Super Atomic Weight Competition:
Ayaka Hamasaki vs. Seika Izawa
featherweight competition:
Kyohei Hagiwara vs. Hiroaki Suzuki
lightweight competition:
Koji Takeda vs. Noah Bey
heavyweight competition:
Shoma Shibisai vs. Hideki Sakone Sekine)
90kg Special rules:
Yuta Kubo vs. Atsushi Saito
Women's 60kg Competition:
Rena Kubota vs. Si Woo Park
Bantamweight Competition:
Kazuma Sone vs. Shinobu Ota)
featherweight competition:
Kota Miura vs. YUSHI (Yushi)