Hiromasa Ougikubo and Kai Asakura (right)

By FCF Staff

Japan’s RIZIN FF has announced it will hold events on August 9th and August 10th, and the promotion has also confirmed several bouts for the cards.

Recently the company announced the upcoming cards will take place the Pia Arena MM in Yokohama, Japan, with crowds reduced to 50% capacity.

One of the fights that have been confirmed is a bout between Hiromasa Ougikubo (20-4-2) and Kai Asakura (14-2), which will be for the vacant, bantamweight belt. The match-up will be part of the August 10th, RIZIN 23rd event.

Here are the fights that have been announced so far for the August events (line-ups via Cageside Press).

RIZIN 22
Naoki Inoue vs Shooto Watanabe
Tetsuya Seki vs Yojiro Uchimura
Kanna Asakura vs Mizuki Furuse
Yusuke Yachi vs Roberto Satoshi Souza

RIZIN 23
Hiromasa Ougikubo vs Kai Asakura
Seiichirio Ito vs Makoto Takahashi
Yuki Motoya vs Mamoru Uoi
Yutaka Saito vs Kazumasa Majima