Juan Archuleta speaks at RIZIN 45 weigh-ins. Photo courtesy RIZIN FF
Juan Archuleta stripped of bantamweight title, complete RIZIN 45 weigh-in results
RIZIN Fighting Federation officials stripped Juan Archuleta of his bantamweight title which he was set to defend this weekend against Kai Asakura in Saitama, Japan at RIZIN 45.
The now former champion posted a statement on social media saying, “Sorry this happened nothing I can do about getting sick. ☹️ I did my best to make weight and still step on the scale knowing, I was going to have my title taken away. But I don’t want my fans who pay hard working money to miss this fight. So I did my best and came up short 😞.”
Sorry this happened nothing I can do about getting sick. ☹️ I did my best to make weight and still step on the scale knowing, I was going to have my title taken away. But I don’t want my fans who pay hard working money to miss this fight. So I did my best and came up short 😞.
— Juan Archuleta (@jarchmma) December 30, 2023
RIZIN 45 will go down on December 31 (local time) and air on TrillerTV. You can order and watch below:
RIZIN 45 weigh-in results below:
Main Card
Kyoji Horiguchi (125) vs. Makoto Takahashi (125.6)
Juan Archuleta (140.6) vs. Kai Asakura (134.2)
Kleber Koike (145.2) vs. Yutaka Saito (145.1)
Ren Hiramoto (145.3) vs. Ya-Man (145.1)
Seika Izawa (107.2) vs. Miyuu Yamamoto (107.6)
Tsuyoshi Sudario (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. Kouzi (143.1)
Igor Tanabe (169.5) vs. Shinsho Anzai (169.5)
Jo Arai (125.3) vs. Hiroya (124.8)
Yuta Kubo (153.8) vs. Rukiya Anpo (153.9)
Preliminary Card
Satoshi Yamasu (144.9) vs. Suguru Nii (145.1)
Tatsuki Shinotsuka (132.1) vs. Daichi Tomizawa (131.8) — kickboxing
Ryujin Nasukawa (118.7) vs. Jongmin Shin (118.6)
Yushi (133.6) vs. Joe Hiramoto (133.8)
