RIZIN featherweight champion Razhabali Shaidulloev will fight AJ McKee in the main event of Super RIZIN 5, scheduled for Sept. 10 in Osaka, Japan, with the vacant PFL 145-pound title will also be on the line.
Shaidulloev (19-0) captured and then defended the RIZIN title three times in a span of 11 months, finishing Kleber Koike, Viktor Kolesnik, Mikuru Asakura and Yuta Kubo all in the first round. The 25-year-old talent never went past the second round in his entire MMA career, stopping all but one of his seven RIZIN bouts in under five minutes.
McKee (25-2) has ben campaigning for a shot at the vacant PFL title ever since returning to the division in 2025, winning three in a row against Akhmed Magomedov, Adam Borics and Salamat Isbulaev. The former Bellator champion won 4-1 so far in PFL after an impressive 21-1 run in Bellator.
Super RIZIN 5 will also feature former lightweight champion Roberto Satoshi taking on Shunta Nomura, while Japanese stars Mikuru Asakura and Shinya Aoki clash in a lightweight showdown.
Check the updated Super RIZIN 5 lineup below.
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