SPASHAN HPS presents RIZIN TRIGGER 2nd

Release Date: 2022.02.22
Update: 2022.02.22

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Explanation of Highlights

The main event of the first RIZIN TRIGGER event of 2022 featured a bout between two fighters with deep ties to Shizuoka: Klebel, who has won three straight fights without a loss since joining RIZIN, and Uruka, who has won two of his last five fights. Both are grapplers, but Klebel's style is based on jiu-jitsu, while Uruka has a wrestling-based grappling style. Klebel, with his lightning-fast finishing power, has proven to have a high finishing percentage, and the odds are stacked against Uruka. However, the matchups are quite close in terms of chemistry.

Uruka's style is to use his wrestling ability to apply pressure from the top and develop positions, rather than pounding away to inflict damage, and he is expected to have a high fight IQ and not go along with the guard position, which is Klebel's forte. The key point will be how Uruka, who is expected to study the variations of Klebel's techniques, fights without getting caught in Klebel's jiu-jitsu web. Crevel, as he has declared, will be looking to dominate in any situation and appeal for the right to challenge for the RIZIN featherweight title. On the precipice, Uruka will take advantage of this opportunity to further chaos in the wildly disorganized featherweight division.

(Source: RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION)

Matchup Card】

Klebel Koike vs. Uruka Sasaki

Kenji Kato vs. Kazuma Kuramoto

Suguru Nii vs. Sora Yamamoto

Akira vs. Takumi Suzuki

Katsushi Kojima vs. Kouki Nakagawa

Kohei Tokeshi vs. Harry Stallone

Daisuke Endo vs. Hikaru Yoshino

Takuma Uchiyama vs. Kotetsu Hara

Katsutoshi Sasada vs. Mountain RYUGO

Yudai Ito vs. Momoto

Taiki vs. Kota Nakagawa

MASANARI vs. Taiki Matsui

Yuuki Kitagawa vs. Koki Takeuchi

(Source: RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION)

[Conference Overview]

Name: SPASHAN HPS presents RIZIN TRIGGER 2nd

Date: February 23, 2022 (holiday, Wednesday), 14:00 start (tentative)

Venue: ECOPA ARENA (Shizuoka Arena)