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RIZIN Decade: Chihiro Suzuki vs. Kleber Koike Title Match For New Year’s Eve Spectacular

Chihiro Suzuki Rizin Decade Chihiro Suzuki vs. Kleber Koike, the main event for RIZIN DECADE has been confirmed. A highly anticipated rematch for…

Chihiro Suzuki vs. Kleber Koike, the main event for RIZIN DECADE has been confirmed. A highly anticipated rematch for the RIZIN Featherweight Championship. Current champion Chihiro Suzuki will defend his title against former champion Kleber Koike Erbst.

RIZIN DECADE

RIZIN Fighting Federation is gearing up for a monumental event to cap off 2024, as the promotion celebrates its 10th New Year’s Eve spectacle since its inception in 2015. The organization recently held a press conference to unveil the first details of this year’s end-of-year extravaganza, dubbed “RIZIN DECADE” to commemorate the milestone. While the full details of RIZIN DECADE are yet to be finalized, the promotion has revealed that the event will be structured in three parts.

Chihiro Suzuki vs. Kleber Koike Erbst

Chihiro Suzuki claimed the featherweight title on November 4, 2023, and will be looking to make his first successful defense against Koike Erbst. The Brazilian-Japanese submission specialist Koike Erbst is known for his dangerous ground game and will be eager to reclaim the championship he lost due to weight-cutting issues in June 2023.

Chihiro Suzuki said:

“The main event on New Year’s Eve will be a defense match against Kleber. I’m going to bring down a huge bolt of lightning and make this the best New Year ever, so please support me. I’ll make sure to get back what I got last year.”

RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara expressed his excitement for the upcoming event, promising fans a card worthy of the promotion’s 10th New Year’s Eve celebration. He said:

“And today, we announced the main event card for RIZIN DECADE! A rematch for the belt between champion Chihiro Suzuki and the strongest challenger, Kleber Koike, has been confirmed! Will it be Chihiro or Kleber who will be able to ring in the new year with the belt? I’m looking forward to it.”

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao gets a new opponent for his return to the ring on July 28 in Saitama, Japan

Manny Pacquiao has a new opponent for his highly anticipated return to the ring. Originally, ‘PacMan’ was scheduled to…

Manny Pacquiao has a new opponent for his highly anticipated return to the ring.

Originally, ‘PacMan’ was scheduled to square off with reigning RIZIN and KNOCK OUT champion Chihiro Suzuki inside the Saitama Super Arena on July 28. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case after Suzuki reportedly broke his hand during an exhibition boxing match with Takanori Gomi on June 23 in Tokyo.

“In a recent match, Chihiro Suzuki’s right hand, right second middle finger fractured the middle fourth bone,” Rizin CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced in Japanese during a press conference. “Also, the fracture of the fifth middle fourth bone, index finger, and pinky, these two places were fractured. A diagnosis of a total recovery time of four months was made” (h/t Bloody Elbow).

Fortunately, the promotion was able to find a replacement in Japanese kickboxing standout Rukiya Anpo.

Anpo is a very different opponent for Pacquiao, having only one mixed martial arts bout to his credit—a first-round submission loss to Yuta Kub at RIZIN 45 on New Year’s Eve. Still, the ‘Demolition Man’ brings with him an impressive record in the world of kickboxing, going 27-8-1 with 14 wins by way of KO. He is also a former K-1 super lightweight champion and was a runner-up in the 2021 K-1 Welterweight Grand Prix tournament.

Manny Pacquiao is one of the greatest boxers of all time

Of course, Manny Pacquiao needs no introduction. Considered by many to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to win twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions. He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in five different weight divisions.

During his career, which has spanned four different decades, ‘PacMan’ has stepped inside the ring with some of the biggest names in the game, including Juan Manuel Márquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosely, Adrien Broner, Yordenis Ugás, and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Pacquiao officially retired in 2021, going 62-8 in his career with 39 of his wins coming by way of KO.

Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao set to fight Rizin champion Chihiro Suzuki in exhibition match in July

Former eight-division boxing world champion, Manny Pacquiao will return to the boxing ring when he faces RIZIN featherweight champion…

Former eight-division boxing world champion, Manny Pacquiao will return to the boxing ring when he faces RIZIN featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki.

During the RIZIN 47 broadcast last night, it was announced that the 45-year-old Pacquiao will fight on Super RIZIN 3 on July 28. He will face 25-year-old Suzuki who currently holds the 145lb RIZIN title and holds wins over the likes of Patricio Pitbull.

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Manny Pacquaio had retired from competing following his decision loss to Yordenis Ugas in August of 2021.

“It is difficult for me to accept that my time as a boxer is over,” Manny Pacquiao said in his retirement announcement video in September 2021. “Goodbye, boxing…Thank you for changing my life when my family was desperate. You gave us hope. You gave me the chance to fight our way out of poverty. Because of you, I was able to inspire people all over the world. Because of you, I have been given the courage to change more lives.’’

Ever since his retirement, there has been talks of ‘Pac-man’ making a ring return, being linked to fights with the likes of Conor Benn. It is clear that Pacquiao deeply missed boxing and what he got from the sport.

He has also earned enough money to never have to work again in his life and also held a job as a senator in his native Philippines. Fighting for many is a life style and stepping away from it becomes a very difficult process which leaves some searching for an identity outside of fighting.

While we see many fighters return way past his best, even at his age Pacquiao should still defeat Suzuki. He fought against the very best into his early 40s, becoming the oldest every welterweight champion after defeating Keith Thurman back in 2019, a title he held up until his clash with Ugas.

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