Seiya Inoue Scores Wild RIZIN KO, Tells Father Battling Cancer: “Let’s Keep Fighting Together”

Seiya Inoue scored a first-round knockout over Ryusei Ashizawa after a chaotic exchange-heavy fight at RIZIN LANDMARK 16 in Nagasaki. Inoue floored Ashizawa with a counter left hook and ended the contest with ground strikes at 4:56 of the opening round. The 61kg MMA bout was the fourth fight on the October 3 card at Nagasaki Stadium City’s HAPPINESS ARENA, with Inoue representing THE BLACKBELT JAPAN and Ashizawa competing as a free agent. The official result was recorded as a Round 1 KO, with the finishing sequence listed as left hook to pound. There was little feeling-out process. Ashizawa came…