PBP Rizin 45: Sun. 12/31, 12 AM ET/9 PM PT PBP Discussion Thread

[JayPettryMMA]

Sunday 12.31.2023 at 12 AM ET/9 PM PT
U.S. Broadcast: Fite.TV
Int'l Broadcast: Fite.TV
Venue: Saitama Super Arena
Location: Saitama, Tokyo, Japan
Commentary: ENGLISH with Damien Brown, Joe Ferraro
Number of MMA Bouts: 16 MMA, 1 KB (with MMA gloves!)


Rizin 45 (Fite.TV, 12 AM ET/9 PM PT):
125 Title: Kyoji Horiguchi (31-5, 1 NC) vs. Makoto Takahashi (16-1-1, 1 NC)
141 Title?: Juan Archuleta (29-4)* vs. Kai Asakura (20-4)
145: Kleber Koike Erbst (31-7-1) vs. Yutaka Saito (21-7-2)
145: Ren Hiramoto (2-3) vs. Ren Sugiyama (1-0)

Intermission Part 2: The Culling

W108: Seika Izawa (11-0) vs. Miyuu Yamamoto (6-7)
HW: Tsuyoshi Kamiyama (8-2) vs. Mikio Ueda (2-1)
125: Hiromasa Ougikubo (25-8-2) vs. John Dodson (24-13)
135: Yuki Motoya (34-10) vs. Vince Morales (13-7)
135: Shinobu Ota (4-3) vs. Ryusei Ashizawa (0-0)

Intermission Part 1: The Tough Part

145: Kota Miura (2-1) vs. Koji Tanaka (0-0)
170: Igor Tanabe (4-0) vs. Shinsho Anzai (9-5)
125: Jo Arai (13-10-1) vs. Hiroya Kondo (8-12-1)
155: Yuta Kubo (2-1) vs. Rukiya Anpo (0-0)
145: Satoshi Yamasu (12-7) vs. Suguru Nii (13-9)
132 KB: Tatsuki Shinotsuka (11-3) vs. Daichi Tomizawa (?-?)
119: Ryujin Nasukawa (0-0) vs. Jong Min Shin (0-0)
135: Yushi Sakura (3-1) vs. Joe Hiramoto (0-0)



Rizin 45 Weigh-in Results:
Kyoji Horiguchi (125) vs. Makoto Takahashi (125.6)
Juan Archuleta (140.6)* vs. Kai Asakura (134.4)
Kleber Koike Erbst (145.2) vs. Yutaka Saito (145.1)
Ren Hiramoto (145.3) vs. Ren Sugiyama (145.1)
Seika Izawa (107.2) vs. Miyuu Yamamoto (107.6)
Tsuyoshi Kamiyama (262.1) vs. Mikio Ueda (243.6)
Hiromasa Ougikubo (125.4) vs. John Dodson (125.5)
Yuki Motoya (134.4) vs. Vince Morales (133.9)
Shinobu Ota (134.4) vs. Ryusei Ashizawa (134.4)
Kota Miura (143) vs. Koji Tanaka (143.1)
Igor Tanabe (169.5) vs. Shinsho Anzai (169.5)
Jo Arai (125.3) vs. Hiroya Kondo (124.8)
Yuta Kubo (153.8) vs. Rukiya Anpo (153.9)
Satoshi Yamasu (144.9) vs. Suguru Nii (145.1)
Tatsuki Shinotsuka (132.1) vs. Daichi Tomizawa (131.8) — kickboxing rules
Ryujin Nasukawa (118.7) vs. Jong Min Shin (118.6)
Yushi Sakura (133.6) vs. Joe Hiramoto (133.8)

* Archuleta missed weight and has been stripped of his bantamweight title.

 

[don't ask]

Motherfucking IN

 

[don't ask]

Those Triller assholes. I almost couldn't order the PPV because of their shitty ass website.

 

[don't ask]

I wonder how long this event is going to go. Anyone know?

 

[TXstriker]

I wonder how long this event is going to go. Anyone know?

Varies 5+ hrs, depending how long the intermissions are just plan for an all nighter.

 

[don't ask]

Varies 5+ hrs, depending how long the intermissions are just plan for an all nighter.

I think I can make it to the end of the card, but I'm going to dragging my ass tomorrow.

 

[Ladder Master]

I miss the days of staying up all night to watch Japanese mma. Before the days
of real responsibilities.

 

[don't ask]

I miss the days of staying up all night to watch Japanese mma. Before the days
of real responsibilities.

This, for real. I miss raving about Fedor like a maniac. That was back when i was determined to pronounce his name correctly and probably never said it the same way twice, which probably made me sound even more unstable.

 

[ryun253]

Wooo. Glad I can watch this event thanks to COVID

 

[Luthien]

Feels like forever ago since we had some fighting

 

[TITS]

Those Triller assholes. I almost couldn't order the PPV because of their shitty ass website.

I was thinking about ordering it, is their site fucking up or something?

 

[don't ask]

I was thinking about ordering it, is their site fucking up or something?

It gives you the option to log in with facebook / google / some other shit / start a triller account and no matter which option you use to log in, it gives you a screen to choose the type of content you're interested in (MMA, grappling, boxing, wrestling, etc.). It would absolutely not let me past this preference window. I shut down Firefox, tried it on Opera, had the same problem, came back to Firefox to see if I could call them only to find the preferences screen was gone and I was logged in. I had basically given up at that point and was going to pirate it.

 

[TITS]

It gives you the option to log in with facebook / google / some other shit / start a triller account and no matter which option you use to log in, it gives you a screen to choose the type of content you're interested in (MMA, grappling, boxing, wrestling, etc.). It would absolutely not let me past this preference window. I shut down Firefox, tried it on Opera, had the same problem, came back to Firefox to see if I could call them only to find the preferences screen was gone and I was logged in. I had basically given up at that point and was going to pirate it.

I made an account back when it was just Fite, do I have to make a new account now?

 

[don't ask]

I made an account back when it was just Fite, do I have to make a new account now?

I'm not sure if I had a fite account or not, tbh.

 

[TXstriker]

I made an account back when it was just Fite, do I have to make a new account now?

Nope you’ll be good with your regular fite account. Just purchased mine.

Also Triller has fuck all to do with fite just their parent company purchasing the Fite.tv name and would be long dead if they didn’t attach to something.
Triller is garbage.

 

[Ladder Master]

I worked 7 hours on my day off today. Fuck it I'm IN

 

[JustOnce]

Such a dogshit card for the year end card.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I wonder how long this event is going to go. Anyone know?

Either last year or year before it was like 8 hours

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Chat's lit

 

[don't ask]

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I worked 7 hours on my day off today. Fuck it I'm IN