Former Bellator light-weight champion Patricky Pitbull has inked a take care of RIZIN and already has a combat booked for July 27 in Saitama, Japan.
Pitbull, who represented Bellator in a RIZIN light-weight match again in 2019, now makes his first stroll to the ring as a correct RIZIN fighter when he faces Shunta Nomura.
The Brazilian scored knockouts over Tatsuya Kawajiri and Luiz Gustavo in that grand prix previous to dropping to Tofiq Musayev within the ultimate. He returned to Japan in 2023 to knock out present light-weight champion Roberto Satoshi.
Nomura received a technical choice over Gustavo in his RIZIN debut this previous March, boosting his general document to 9-2 with 4 knockouts.
RIZIN.4 will characteristic title defenses for bantamweight titleholder Naoki Inoue and tremendous atomweight queen Seika Izawa, battling Ryuya Fukuda and Yu Jin Shin respectively.
Razhabali Shaydullaev, who just lately claimed the featherweight gold with a knockout of Kleber Koike, can be anticipated to be a part of the cardboard in opposition to a yet-to-be-determined challenger.
Koike can even be on the line-up in a rematch with Mikuru Asakura. They first met within the ring again in June 2021, when Koike choked out the Japanese star with a triangle choke. Asakura just lately returned tot he profitable column with a TKO over ex-champion Chihiro Suzuki.
The road-up can even characteristic Masanori Kanehara vs. Ya-Man, Karshyga Dautbek vs. Kyoma Akimoto, and Moeri Suda vs. Noel.
