"It was to have been headlined by Ryan Bader making his promotional debut and looking to claim heavyweight gold. In the wake of Bader withdrawing due to injury, however, RIZIN's annual New Year's Eve show, the promotion's 10th Anniversary, still featured a full five title fights. Among those, a headlining bout featuring Mikuru Asakura (brother of UFC's Kai Asakura), oooking to claim featherweight gold opposite champ Razhabali Shaydullaev."
"December 31, 2025 was the landing spot for RIZIN's 10th Anniversary show, taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event is available to stream via RIZIN.tv; full results can be found below. The broadcast goes live at 11PM ET, 8PM PT. Razhabali Shaydullaev (c) vs. Mikuru Asakura - For the RIZIN Featherweight Championship Roberto de Souza (c) vs. Ilkhom Nozimov - For the RIZIN Lightweight championship"
Ryan Bader withdrew due to injury after being slated to headline. RIZIN's 10th Anniversary New Year's Eve show proceeded with five title fights. The headline featured Mikuru Asakura challenging Razhabali Shaydullaev for featherweight gold. The co-headliner saw lightweight champion Roberto "Satoshi" de Souza defend against Ilkhom Nozimov. The 2025 flyweight Grand Prix final between Hiromasa Ougikubo and Yuki Motoya crowned the vacant flyweight title. Other title bouts included Naoki Inoue vs. Danny Sabatello for bantamweight and Seika Izawa vs. Rena Kubota for super atomweight. The event took place at Saitama Super Arena and streamed on RIZIN.tv with an 11PM ET start.
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