How to Watch Rizin 49 ‘Decade’

For two decades, combat sports fans have rung in the new year with Japanese promotions bringing the pomp, pageantry and some of the world’s top fighters. Following in the footsteps of such kakutougi giants as Pride Fighting Championships, K-1 and Inoki Genome Federation, Rizin Fighting Federation carries the banner of JMMA proudly into 2025.

On Tuesday, Rizin 49 “Decade” marks the latest iteration of one of MMA's dearest traditions. While this year’s version will lack the cross-Pacific talent exchange with Bellator MMA that fans had come to enjoy over the last several years, Rizin pulled out all the stops, stacking the card with three title fights, as well as the world’s top atomweight, Rizin and Jewels champ Seika Izawa, in a non-title feature.

Rizin 49 “Decade” takes place Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Owing to the time difference, the event starts in North America on Monday, Dec. 30 at 11 p.m. ET/8 pm. PT. It is available to stream via pay-per-view at Rizin.tv.

THE LINEUP

Rizin Featherweight Title Fight: Chihiro Suzuki vs. Kleber Koike Erbst
Rizin Flyweight Title Fight: Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Nkazimulo Zulu
Rizin Lightweight Title Fight: Roberto Satoshi de Souza vs. Vugar Karamov
Super Atomweights: Seika Izawa vs. Lucia Apdelgarim
Bantamweights: Yuki Motoya vs. Kyoma Akimoto
Featherweights: Yuta Kubo vs. Rajabali Shaidullaev
Featherweights: Ren Sugiyama vs. Karshyga Dautbek
Bantamweights: Ryuya Fukuda vs. Ryusei Ashizawa
Heavyweights: Mikio Ueda vs. Tae In Kim
Catchweight (130): Makoto Takahashi vs. Jose Torres
Lightweights: Yusuke Yachi vs. Taisei Sakuraba
Featherweights: Koji Takeda vs. Suguru Nii
Heavyweights: Satoshi Kamiyama vs. King Edokpolo
Bantamweights: Taiga Kawabe vs. Genji Umeno
Bantamweights: Sanoh Yokouchi vs. Kenshin Saito
Catchweight (138): Daichi Tomizawa vs. Kota Miura
Featherweights: Hyuma Yasui vs. Hiroaki Suzuki
Featherweights: Hiroto Gomyo vs. Koki Akada