Rizin officials held a press conference earlier today to announce that a pair of title bouts will headline this December’s Rizin 45 card.
Those title bouts will see Kyoji Horiguchi face Makoto Shinryu for the vacant flyweight title, while Juan Archuleta will defend the bantamweight gold against Kai Asakura. Other bouts announced for the card will see UFC veteran John Dodson face Hiromasa Ougikubo and Kleber Koike will battle Yutaka Saito.
Rizin 45 takes place on Sunday, December 31 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan with Kyoji Horiguchi and Makoto Shinryu headlining, broadcast plans have yet to be revealed for stateside viewers.