2022 in Rizin Fighting Federation

[7] Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced that Rizin is planning to work in co-promotion with K-1 and RISE to hold an event headlined by between Tenshin Nasukawa and Takeru Segawa.

A featherweight bout between Kleber Koike Erbst and Ulka Sasaki was scheduled as the event headliner.

A featherweight bout between Satoshi Yamasu and Kyohei Hagiwara was scheduled as the event headliner.

A Rizin Super Atomweight Championship bout between the reigning champion Ayaka Hamasaki and Seika Izawa was scheduled for the event.

[20] A Rizin Lightweight Championship rematch between the reigning champion Roberto de Souza and Johnny Case was scheduled for the event.

THE MATCH 2022 was a Kickboxing event held by Rizin Fighting Federation in partnership with K-1 and RISE on June 19, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan.

[23] A featherweight bout between two former kickboxers, Hiroaki Suzuki and Ren Hiramoto, was booked as the co-main event.

[26] The 2016 Olympic Games wrestling silver medalist Shinobu Ota was scheduled to face Yuki Motoya in his fourth professional bout.

The event was headlined by an exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Japanese mixed martial artist and YouTuber Mikuru Asakura.

Izawa was originally expected to face Rena Kubota, who was forced to withdraw due to injury.