RIZIN has announced a slew of new fighters for April’s Yokohama, Japan event. Among the announced fighters is former UFC heavyweight Heath Herring.
Facing Satoshi Ishii in April, “The Texas Crazy Horse” is coming off of a loss to Amir Aliakbari at his RIZIN debut last year.
Herring has not competed in the UFC since facing former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar back in 2008. After losing to the former champion via unanimous decision, Herring made his RIZIN debut in December of last year.
The fighter is looking to correct his recent loss on April 16 against Satoshi Ishii in his second RIZIN bout yet.
Here is a list of all of the new bouts for April 16’s RIZIN in Yokohama, Japan.
Satoshi Ishii vs Heath Herring
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Anthony Birchak
Kyoji Horiguchi vs Yuki Motoya
King Reina vs Jazzy Gabert
Tenshin Nasukawa vs Francesco Gigliotti
Yusuke Yachi vs Daron Cruickshank
Saori Ishioka vs Bestare Kicaj
Kanna Asakura vs Aleksandra Toncheva Plamenova
Rena Kubota vs TBA
