RIZIN 43 will feature an intense bout featuring featherweight champion Kleber Koike Erbst in his first title defense against Chihiro Suzuki, check out how to watch live, date, time, venue, fight card, and more
Erbst is a former KSW featherweight champion, who has previously fought in Deep, Rings, KSW, Pancrase, and ONE.
RIZIN 43 2023 schedule, date, time, fight card, tapology, location, live stream telecast
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📝#FIGHTORDER👑 RIZIN Featherweight Championship Match 👑@KoikeKleber 🆚 Chihiro Suzuki
📡 PPV available on @FiteTV [ https://t.co/538zJfYlrK ]
📅6/24 (Sat) 12:00am CT start~
*Opening fight starts at 10:30pm CT Friday evening
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Erbst made his pro debut in 2008, and joined RIZIN in 2020 beating Juntarou Ushiku in October for the RIZIN featherweight title.
The 33-year-old lost his last bout against Patricio Freire on a Bellator vs. RIZIN card.
Meanwhile, his opponent, Suzuki is the winner of the 2018 Neo Blood Flyweight Tournament after making his pro debut in 2017. He joined Joining RIZIN back in 2021, and currently has a 5-1 record with the promotion.
Suzuki has also competed outside of MMA, in kickboxing and he was once the KNOCK OUT Black Super Lightweight Champion.
RIZIN 43 date and time
RIZIN 43 will take place on Friday, June 23 and Saturday, June 24 depending on the region.
Given below are the start times:
| ET | PT | BST | AEST | JST | |
| Prelims | 11:30 pm | 8:30 p.m. | 4:30 a.m. | 1:30 p.m. | 12:30 p.m. |
| Main card | 1 a.m. | 10 p.m. | 6 a.m. | 3 p.m. | 2 p.m. |
| Main event | 3:30 a.m. | 1:30 a.m. | 9:30 a.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 5:30 p.m. |
RIZIN 43 how to watch live
| Region | Date | TV Channel and live streaming |
| United States
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Friday June 23/Saturday June 24
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FITE
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| United Kingdom
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Saturday June 24
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TBA
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| Australia | Saturday June 24 | TBA
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| Japan | Saturday June 24 | Youtube, SkyPerfect TV |
RIZIN 43 PPV price
Fight fans will have to pay a PPV price of $19.99 on FITE to watch RIZIN 43.
RIZIN 43 venue
The Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan will serve as the venue for RIZIN 43. The arena has a seating capacity of over 10,000 people.
Kleber Koike Erbst vs Chihiro Suzuki fight record and bio
| Kleber Koike Erbst | Chihiro Suzuki | |
| Brazilian | Japanese | Nationality | Chihiro Suzuki record and bio |
| October 16, 1989 | Date of birth | Japanese |
| 5-9 | Height | May 14, 1999 |
| 70.5 inches | Reach | 5-8 |
| 38 | Total fights | 70 inches |
| 31-6-1 with 2 wins via knockout, 27 via submission | Fight Record | Total fights – 13 |
RIZIN 43: Kleber Koike Erbst vs. Chihiro Suzuki fight card
Main card
| Fighters | Weight division |
| Kleber Koike Erbst (c) vs. Chihiro Suzuki | RIZIN featherweight title |
| Yusuke Yachi vs. Zach Zane | Lightweights |
| Hideki Sekine vs. Mikio Ueda | Heavyweights |
| Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Taisei Nishitani | Featherweights |
| Genji Umeno vs. Hiroki Suzuki | Catchweight kickboxing rules |
Intermission
| Fighters | Weight division |
| Minoru Kimura vs. Daryl Lokoku | Catchweight kickboxing rules bout |
| Yuta Kubo vs. Karate Kinoshita | Featherweight |
| Saori Oshima vs. Haruka Hasegawa | Strawweight |
| Suguru Nii vs. Tateo Iida | Featherweights |
| Tetsuya Seki vs. Raiki Endo | Featherweights |
| Trent Girdham vs. Joji Goto | Bantamweights |
| Marina Kumagai vs. Aoi Kuriyama | Bantamweights |
| Kensei Yamakawa vs. Ryoga Hirano | Catchweight kickboxing rules bout |
Opening Bouts
| Fighters | Weight division |
| Toshiki Watanabe vs. Kento Azumi | Lightweight special rules bout |
| Daiki Maruyama vs. Suguru Hayasaka | Catchweight special rules bout |
| Aito Tanimura vs. Ryuya Koide | Catchweight kickboxing rules bout |
| Shoki Hoshikubo vs. Kazuyuki Furukawa | Catchweight kickboxing rules bout |
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