RIZIN Super Powerhouse Festival will take place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2025. The card includes six title fights and additional bouts. Ryan Bader (31-8) will challenge Aleksandr Soldatkin (18-4) for the heavyweight title. Razhabali Shaidulloev (16-0) will defend the featherweight title against Mikuru Asakura (19-5) in the main event. Roberto "Satoshi" de Souza (20-3) defends the lightweight title against Shunta Nomura (10-2). Seika Izawa (17-0) defends super atomweight gold against Rena Kubota (15-5). Naoki Inoue (20-4) defends the bantamweight belt versus Danny Sabatello (16-4-1). Hiromasa Ougikubo (29-8-2) faces Yuki Motoya (39-14) for the vacant flyweight title. Yutaka Saito (21-9-2) meets kickboxer Ren Sugiyama (2-2) in featherweight action.
"Included will be a full six title fights, including the debut of Ryan Bader (31-8), who will face Aleksandr Soldatkin (18-4) for the promotion's heavyweight title. Bader, a former Bellator double champ at light heavyweight and heavyweight, will be facing one of the toughest heavyweights outside the UFC, with Soldatkin's lone loss since 2019 being a DQ for an illegal knee on the Contender Series. Soldatkin is 3-0 under the RIZIN banner to date, and won the promotion's heavyweight grand prix in September."
"Razhabali Shaidulloev (16-0), the promotion's undefeated featherweight champ, will face Mikuru Asakura (19-5), brother of UFC flyweight title challenger and ex-RIZIN champ Kai Asakura, in the night's main event. Roberto "Satoshi" de Souza (20-3), meanwhile, will be looking to make the sixth defense of his lightweight title when he takes on Shunta Nomura (10-2). Women's super atomweight gold will be on the line when Seika Izawa (17-0), who defended her title earlier this month at RIZIN Landmark 12, faces off against the popular Rena Kubota (15-5)."
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