Rizin 19 is set for Osaka tomorrow night and all the fighters on the card made weight. That means the quarter finals of the promotion’s Lightweight Grand Prix can go ahead as planned.
Johnny Case weighed in at 70.95kgs ahead of his fight with Roberto Satoshi Souza who tipped the scales at 70.7kgs. Patricky Freire and Tatsuya Kawajiri both came in at 70.9kgs ahead of their quarter final fight.
Luiz Gustavo weighed in at 70.55kgs ahead of his quarter final bout with Hiroto Uesako who was 70.8kgs. In the other tournament bout Tofiq Musayev weighed 70.6kgs while Damien Brown was very slightly heavier at 70.7kgs.
There will be 13 bouts on the Rizin 19 card. In the headliner reigning light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka takes on Fabio Maldonado in a catchweight contest with the former weighing 97.90kgs and the latter 99.85kgs.
Kai Asakura faces Ulka Sasaki in an all Japanese bantamweight bout. The former was 60.85kgs while the latter came in at 60.8kgs.
Rizin 19, Osaka, October 12th
Jiri Prochazka (97.90kgs) vs. Fabio Maldonado (99.85kgs)
Kai Asakura (60.85kgs) vs. Ulka Sasaki(60.8kgs)
Miyuu Yamamoto (48.95kgs) vs. Seo Hee Ham(48.95kgs)
Rena Kubota (50.7kgs) vs. Alexandra Alvara (49.8kgs)
Johnny Case (70.95kgs) vs. Roberto Satoshi Souza (70.7kgs)
Patricky Freire (70.9kgs) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (70.90kgs)
Luiz Gustavo (70.55kgs) vs. Hiroto Uesako (70.8kgs)
Tofiq Musayev (70.6kgs) vs. Damien Brown (70.7kgs)
Keita Nakamura (76.95kgs) vs. Marcos Yoshio Souza (76.90kgs)
Taiju Shiratori (61.9kgs) vs. Taiga (62kgs)
Hiroya (76.20kgs) vs. Takuma Konishi (76.85kgs)
Shoma Sibisai (107.4kgs) vs. Chang Hee Kim (163.25kgs)
Seiki Ueyama (123.5lbs) vs. Taisei Umei (56kgs)
