Rizin 38 Adds Super Atomweight Grand Prix Semifinals to Sept. 25 Card

The super atomweight grand prix semifinals are set for Rizin 38, as Ayaka Hamasaki will face Si Woo Park, while Seika Izawa will square off against Anastasiya Svetkivska on Sept. 25.

The Japanese promotion recently announced the pairings. Svetkivska is a replacement for Rena Kubota, who withdrew from the bracket due to injury. Rizin 38 takes place at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, and features a bantamweight clash pitting Kyoji Horiguchi against Yuto Hokamura. The event also includes a Super Rizin portion of the card that is topped by an exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Mikuru Asakura. A featherweight showdown between Kota Miura and Bunchuai Phonsungnoen was recently added to that portion of the bill.



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A former Rizin champion, Hamasaki advanced to the semifinals with a three-round verdict over Jessica Aguilar at Rizin 37. That snapped a two-fight skid for the 40-year-old Tokyo native, who had fallen to Izawa in back-to-back outings.

Park, meanwhile, punched her ticket to the Round of 4 with a decision triumph against Kanna Asakura at Rizin 37. It was the third straight win for the South Korean, who bested Kubota in her Rizin debut.

Izawa, the reigning atomweight queen, is undefeated in seven professional outings. The 24-year-old advanced in the grand prix by submitting Maria Laura Alves Fontoura in the opening stanza of their Rizin 37 encounter.

Svetkivska dropped a decision to Kubota in the quarterfinals of the tournament at Rizin 37, but steps in since her recent opponent was not able to heal in time to continue in the bracket. The Ukraine native won her first two professional appearances by first-round TKO before falling to Kubota.