Razhabali Shaidulloev vs. AJ McKee Official for RIZIN, PFL Featherweight Titles

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 also on the line. Shaidulloev (19-0) captured and then defended the RIZIN title three times in 11 months, finishing Kleber Koike, Viktor Kolesnik, Mikuru Asakura, and Yuta Kubo all in the first round. The 25-year-old has never gone 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 been campaigning for a shot at the vacant PFL title since returning to the division in 2025, winning three in a row against Akhmed Magomedov, Adam Borics, and Salamat Isbulaev. The former Bellator champion is 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. The updated Super RIZIN 5 lineup is: Razhabali Shaidulloev vs. AJ McKee; Roberto Satoshi vs. Shunta Nomura; Mikuru Asakura vs. Shinya Aoki; Yutaka Saito vs. Ya-Man; Vugar Karamov vs. Ryo Takagi; Daichi Tomizawa vs. Don’t Mind Kawabata; and Karshyga Dautbek vs. Ren Hiramoto.