Kai Asakura (image via RIZIN/Twitter)

By FCF Staff

RIZIN 42 took place Saturday in Saitama, Japan, and the event saw Kai Asakura and Juan Archuleta lock up a title fight, with their respective wins.

Asakura took out Yuki Motoya with a booming knee to the body in round three, while Archuleta outscored Naoki Inoue in their entertaining bout for the decision win. Following the main event, it was confirmed that Asakura and Archuleta will battle for the vacant bantamweight title later this year.

The card also saw lightweight champ Roberto Satoshi defeat Spike Carlyle for a unanimous decision victory.

RIZIN 42

Kai Asakura def. Yuki Motoya via KO — Round 3, 2:25
Juan Archuleta def. Naoki Inoue via unanimous decision
Roberto Satoshi def. Spike Carlyle via unanimous decision
Ya-Man def. Kota Miura via KO — Round 1, 3:13
John Dodson def. Kiyo Saomoto via unanimous decision
Kazumasa Majima def. Takahiro Ahida vía technical submission (Von Flue choke) — Round 1, 4:43
Yuta Sasaki def. Boyd Allen via unanimous decision
Viktor Kolesnik def. Atsushi Kishimoto via TKO — Round 2, 2:57
Erson Yamamoto def. Yuki Ito via unanimous decision
Takeshi Yokoyama def. Takuya Yamamoto via submission (armbar) — Round 1, 1:24
Ramazan Temirov def. Yuta Hamamoto via TKO — Round 1, 4:06

Results via MMA Fighting.