Luis Gustavo wins RIZIN lightweight title with first-round knockout

Luis Gustavo captured the RIZIN lightweight championship by knocking out Ilkhom Nazimov in the first round at RIZIN 53. The card featured multiple finishes including Ryo Takagi's first-round knockout of Kaiven Lee and Shinobu Ota's second-round arm triangle submission of Yuto Hokamura. In a special rules stand-up bout with no weight limit, Ren Hiramoto and Koji Tanaka fought to a draw. Ryan Cafaro submitted Koyomi Matsushima with a guillotine choke in the third round. Additional results included several first-round finishes and decision victories across both MMA and kickboxing contests on the Japanese promotion's latest event.