How to Watch Rizin 45

Brian KnappDec 30, 2023

Juan Archuleta will defend his Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight championship against Kai Asakura in the Rizin 45 main event on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Meanwhile, Kyoji Horiguchi faces Makoto Takahashi for the company’s inaugural flyweight crown in the co-headliner.

Rizin 45—which streams to TrillerTV via pay-per-view at 1 a.m. ET/10 p.m. PT—also features a 108-pound catchweight clash matching Seika Izawa with Miyuu Yamamoto, a heavyweight tilt pitting Tsuyoshi Kamiyama against Mikio Ueda, a flyweight affair slotting Hiromasa Ougikubo opposite John Dodson and a pair of featherweight battles, as Kleber Koike Erbst meets Yutaka Saito and Ren Hiramoto faces Ren Sugiyama.

A closer look at the Rizin 45 particulars:

THE LINEUP

135: Juan Archuleta vs. Kai Asakura
125: Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Makoto Takahashi
145: Kleber Koike Erbst vs. Yutaka Saito
145: Ren Hiramoto vs. Ren Sugiyama
108: Seika Izawa vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
265: Tsuyoshi Kamiyama vs. Mikio Ueda
125: Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. John Dodson
135: Yuki Motoya vs. Vince Morales
135: Shinobu Ota vs. Ryusei Ashizawa
143: Kota Miura vs. Koji Tanaka
170: Igor Tanabe vs. Shinsho Anzai
125: Jo Arai vs. Hiroya Kondo
155: Yuta Kubo vs. Rukiya Anpo (CR)
145: Satoshi Yamasu vs. Suguru Nii
132: Tatsuki Shinotsuka vs. Daichi Tomizawa (KB)
119: Ryujin Nasukawa vs. Jong Min Shin
135: Yushi Sakura vs. Joe Hiramoto