By FCF Staff

RIZIN 48 took place today in Saitama, Japan, and the card saw Roberto “Satoshi” de Souza quickly defend the lightweight title.

De Souza stunned Luiz Gustavo with a hard right not long into the fight and proceeded to prompt the stoppaeg with follow-up shots.

In the co-main event, Naoki Inoue secured the vacant bantamweight title by stopping Soo Chul Kim with a series of punches in the opening round.

Here are the complete results for RIZIN 48.

Karshyga Dautbek def. Takeaki Kinoshita via KO (R1, Left Cross)
Nkazimulo Zulu def. Jo Arai via TKO (R1, Spinning Kick to Unanswered Strikes)
Kyouma Akimoto def. Kintaro via KO (R1, Knees to Head on Ground)
Ryo Takagi def. Kyohei Hagiwara via SUBMISSION (R1, Rear-Naked Choke)
Yusuke Yachi def. Sho Patrick Usami via DECISION
Shoko Sato def. Juntarou Ushiku via DECISION
Seika Izawa def. Kanna Asakura via DECISION
Razhabali Shaydullaev def. Juan Archuleta via SUBMISSION (R1, armbar)
Yuko Motoya def. Shinobu Ota via SUBMISSION (R3, Rear-Naked Choke)
Naoki Inoue def. Soo Chul Kim via TKO (R1, Unanswered Punches)
Roberto de Souza def. Luiz Gustavo via KO (R1, Punches)

Results via Sports Illustrated.com.