It’s by no means a good suggestion to go to the mat with reigning RIZIN light-weight champion Roberto Satoshi Souza.
Within the first of three world title tilts at RIZIN’s large New 12 months’s Eve occasion contained in the legendary Saitama Tremendous Area, Souza put his gold on the road towards 20-win veteran Vugar Karamov.
It took Souza lower than a spherical to attain the seventeenth end of his profession, catching Karamov with a slick triangle choke and forcing him to faucet out with solely 15 seconds left within the spherical.
Official Outcome: Roberto Satoshi Souza def. Vugar Karamov by way of submission (triangle choke) in Spherical 1.
With the win, Souza prolonged his unbeaten streak to 3 underneath the RIZIN banner and maintained his unbelievable 94% end charge. Total, the BJJ black belt is 18-3 in his combined martial arts profession with 11 of his wins coming by means of submission and one other six by way of KO.
Try highlights from Roberto Satoshi Souza vs. Vugar Karamov at rIZIN 49:
Go to the bottom with Roberto Satoshi Souza at your individual peril. He retains his light-weight title with yet one more submission win, this time of former featherweight champ Vugar Karamov. #RIZIN_Decade (Footage courtesy of RIZIN FF/RIZIN.television) pic.twitter.com/nkueB3RtPu
— Cageside Press (@Cagesidepress) December 31, 2024
DOMINANTE! O Brasileiro Roberto Satoshi Souza vence a promessa Azeri e ex-campeão peso-leve Vugar Karamov por finalização no primeiro spherical e mantem o cinturão peso-leve do Rizin.
— Central do MMA (@acentraldomma) December 31, 2024
