RIZIN 55 result: Tony Laramie beats Makoto Takahashi for flyweight title
Tony Laramie is the new RIZIN flyweight champion. The Canadian beat Makoto "Shinryu" Takahashi by split decision in the RIZIN 55 main event on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, taking the belt in Takahashi's first title defense.
RIZIN 55 result: Laramie wins a split decision
Sherdog reported the scorecards as 29-28 and 29-28 for Laramie, with the third judge scoring it 28-29 for Takahashi. Nikkan Sports reports the same 2-1 split. Sherdog lists Laramie at 14-3 (5-1 in RIZIN) after the win and Takahashi at 23-6-1 with one no contest (9-5 in RIZIN). Pugna MMA's database, which can lag behind a result, still showed Takahashi at 20-4-1 with one no contest before the update.
How the fight went
Takahashi dropped Laramie early in round one with a right hand. Middle Easy describes it as a right hook behind a left, Nikkan Sports as a right uppercut. According to Middle Easy and the Japanese outlet efight, Laramie stayed active from the bottom, with choke, armbar and guillotine attempts that did not finish the fight.
In round three, Nikkan Sports reports, a vertical elbow from Takahashi opened a heavy cut on Laramie's forehead and the doctor checked it. Middle Easy reports that Laramie drove through a double-leg takedown after Takahashi landed punches and an elbow. After the restart, Laramie kept taking Takahashi down and held top position to the final bell. Efight describes the fight as a bloody one for Laramie. Nikkan Sports gives the attendance as 10,947.
The title picture
Takahashi won the RIZIN flyweight title on June 6, 2026, at RIZIN LANDMARK 14 in Sendai, beating Hiromasa Ougikubo by unanimous decision (30-29, 30-27, 29-28, per RIZIN's official result). RIZIN 55 was his first defense. Both fighters made weight, Takahashi at 57.00 kg and Laramie at 56.80 kg, per Middle Easy.
Cageside Press notes that Laramie, 27, came in on a three-fight winning streak and previously held titles in the Ontario promotions PFC and BTC. Middle Easy, citing RIZIN's fighter history, lists those three wins as Wataru Yamauchi, Takaki Soya and Yuki Motoya.
What comes next for Laramie
According to Nikkan Sports, Yuki Ito, who beat Laramie in March 2025, came into the ring from the broadcast desk and asked for a rematch on New Year's Eve if Laramie's injury allows. Laramie accepted, saying he would go home, get stitched up and do the rematch on December 31. This is a verbal agreement in the ring. At the time of writing, we found no official RIZIN announcement of Laramie vs. Ito. Pugna MMA's database lists Ito at 6-11-4 as a welterweight, with his last recorded bout in July 2023, so his record there may be incomplete.
Laramie also said he hopes his brother TJ Laramie, a former UFC fighter according to Cageside Press, can fight in RIZIN.
Elsewhere on the RIZIN 55 card
Sherdog reported that Yrysbek Tilenov (9-1) beat former champion Naoki Inoue (21-6) by unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27, 29-28. Sanspo reports that bantamweight champion Danny Sabatero entered the ring afterward and that a New Year's Eve title fight against Tilenov was decided, but we have not seen an official RIZIN announcement in English-language outlets. Sherdog's event results also list Jinnosuke Kashimura submitting Shinobu Ota with an Ezekiel choke at 1:51 of round three, and Ryuya Fukuda beating Soo Chul Kim by unanimous decision.
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