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Mikuru Asakura to face Luis Gustavo at RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve event
Mikuru Asakura and Luis Gustavo will fight at RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve event in Japan.
The bout is set for lightweight, one division above Asakura’s usual featherweight class.
It is a rematch after seven and a half years; Asakura won their first meeting by decision.
Asakura has said he will turn down a title fight, so this bout is not being presented as a championship match.
Gustavo wants a title shot, and RIZIN has yet to decide what comes next for him.
A win could affect how Asakura is viewed in the lightweight division, while Gustavo’s title hopes remain unresolved.
Mikuru Asakura is set to face Luis Gustavo at RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve event.
The matchup is a rematch of a fight about seven and a half years ago, which Asakura won by decision.
Asakura has indicated he will decline a title fight.
Gustavo wants a title fight, and a decision on that possibility is pending.
Shinya Aoki described the matchup as a good one and said he thought it should be for a title.
- Who
- Mikuru Asakura and Luis Gustavo.
- What
- They are set to fight at RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve event.
- When
- New Year’s Eve; the specific date and year are not stated.
- Where
- The venue is not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
Mikuru Asakura
Luis Gustavo
Title fight
Mikuru Asakura
Asakura has indicated he will decline a title fight.
Luis Gustavo
Gustavo wants a title fight.
Asakura beat Gustavo by decision in their previous fight.
The matchup was reported as set for RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve event.
- Fighters
- Mikuru Asakura and Luis Gustavo
- Event
- RIZIN’s New Year’s Eve event
- Previous result
- Asakura won by decision
- Time since previous fight
- About seven and a half years
- Title fight
- Asakura has indicated he will decline; Gustavo wants one
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What people are saying
I think this is a good matchup.
I think they should make the Asakura Mikuru vs. Luis Gustavo fight a title fight.