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RIZIN, a martial arts event founded at the end of 2015, has announced that it will hold its 10th New Year's Eve event, a three-part big event called RIZIN DECADE. The main event of the third part, Yogibo Presents RIZIN.49, which will be the finale of the event, will be a featherweight title match between champion Chihiro Suzuki and challenger Kleber Koike. RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara made this match with high expectations, calling it "a card necessary for the 10th milestone." The two also fought in a title match last June, but the then champion Kleber failed the weigh-in the day before and was stripped of his title. Kleber won the match by submission after taking control of Suzuki's arm in the first round, but the match ended in a no contest due to the weight limit. This time, the true showdown will be between champion Suzuki and challenger Kleber. ORICON NEWS interviewed both fighters in the title match. #Chihiro Suzuki #Kleber Koike #RIZIN #RIZIN49