Rizin 42 Weigh-in Results: 1 Fighter Misses Weight

Rizin Fighting Federation will put on its third event of 2023
as Rizin
42 is now official after the weigh-ins took place.

There wasn’t too much drama on the scale as most fighters made
weight, including main eventers Kai Asakura
and Yuki
Motoya for their bantamweight clash. However, Takuya
Yamamoto failed to make weight for his featherweight fight
against Takeji
Yokoyama. Yamamoto came in at 147.5 pounds, which was over the
limit by 1.6kg. As a result, Yamamoto has received a red card
penalty under the “no contest rule,” which means he is ineligible
to win the fight, and it will be declared a no contest if he wins a
decision.

As for the main event, Asakura came in at 134.2 pounds. The 19-4
fighter is looking to bounce back from a defeat to Hiromasa
Ougikubo, which snapped a three-fight win streak. Meanwhile,
Motoya (33-9, 1 NC) has won his last five fights and came in at
134.4 pounds.

Rizin 42 will air live on Fite starting at 1 a.m. ET/10 p.m.
PT.