How to Watch Rizin 40

Former Bellator MMA champion A.J. McKee will lock horns with current Rizin Fighting Federation champion Roberto Satoshi de Souza when their non-title affair headlines Rizin 40—a joint venture between the two promotions—on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Meanwhile, Patricio Freire takes on Kleber Koike Erbst in the three-round co-main event at 145 pounds.

Rizin 40 “Bellator MMA vs. Rizin”—which airs on Showtime via tape delay at 8 p.m. ET/PT—also features a flyweight clash matching Kyoji Horiguchi with Hiromasa Ougikubo in their third head-to-head confrontation, a bantamweight tilt pitting Juan Archuleta against Soo Chul Kim and a lightweight scrap pairing Koji Takeda with Gadzhi Rabadanov. The undercard streams live to Fite TV pay-per-view ($14.99) at 12 a.m./9 p.m. PT, as the super atomweight grand prix final between Seika Izawa and Si Woo Park anchors the nine-fight preliminary slate.

A closer look at the Rizin 40 particulars:

THE LINEUP

155: A.J. McKee vs. Roberto Satoshi de Souza
145: Patricio Freire vs. Kleber Koike Erbst
125: Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo
135: Juan Archuleta vs. Soo Chul Kim
155: Koji Takeda vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov
108: Seika Izawa vs. Si Woo Park
135: Naoki Inoue vs. Kenta Takizawa
265: Tsuyoshi Kamiyama vs. Junior Tafa
125: John Dodson vs. Hideo Tokoro
135: Yuki Motoya vs. Rogerio Bontorin
155: Johnny Case vs. Nobumitsu Osawa
145: Yoshiki Nakahara vs. Chihiro Suzuki
155: Noah Bey vs. Sho Usami
137: Yushi Sakura vs. Tatsuya Nakazawa

THE RUNDOWN

• The Sheehan Show: Preview
• Scouting Report: A.J. McKee
• Scouting Report: Roberto Satoshi de Souza
• By The Numbers: McKee vs. De Souza
• By The Numbers: Horiguchi vs. Ougikubo
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Juan Archuleta
• Sherdog Prospect Watch: Tsuyoshi Kamiyama

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