Miyuu Yamamoto-Suwanan Boonsorn Bout Added to RIZIN 20
As RIZIN 20 is rapidly approaching, the card is starting to shape up more and more. Just added to the card is an atomweight bout between Miyuu Yamamoto and Suwanan Boonsorn, also known as Amp The Rocket. The fight takes place on December 31st at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokoyo, Japan.
Miyuu Yamamoto is coming into RIZIN 20 at 5-4. Her entire professional career has been under the RIZIN promotion. She’s notched wins over Kanna Asakura, Mika Nagano, and Andy Nguyen amongst others. She looks to get back in the win column after being finished by Seo Hee Ham at RIZIN 19 in her last fight.
Amp The Rocket sits at 4-2 professionally. Boonsorn won her last fight at Deep Jewels 26 via armbar and has won all four of her wins by submission. Her last bout in RIZIN didn’t go her way as Boonsorn lost to Akaya Hamasaki by first round arm bar at RIZIN 18.
Building RIZIN 20
As the date approaches, RIZIN gets closer to it’s biggest event of the year. The card marks a weekend double-header co-promotion with Bellator. RIZIN 20 is headlined by a title bout between Ayaka Yamasaki and Seo Hee Ham.
Littering the card are several Bellator versus RIZIN fights. Bellator’s Patricky Pitbull takes on Luiz Gustavo in a tournament bout. The other two promotion versus promotion bouts are Yuki Motoya versus Patchy Mix and Mikuru Asakura versus John Teixeira.
You can see the full card below:
Ayaka Hamasaki vs. Seo Hee Ham
Johnny Case vs. Tofuq Musaev
Patricky Pitbull vs. Luiz Gustavo
Yuki Motoya vs. Patchy Mix
Mikuru Asakura vs. John Teixeira
Lindsey VanZant vs. Rena Kubota
Vitaly Shemetov vs. Simon Biyong
Jake Heun vs. Satoshi Ishii
Jiri Prochazka vs. C.B. Dollaway
Kai Asakura vs. Manel Kape
Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Hirosama Ogikubo
Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Rui Ebata
Taiju Shiratori vs. Taiga Kawabe
Mayuu Yamamoto vs. Suwanan Boonsorn
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