Juntaro Ushiku on Rizin 31 title win and being a dual promotion champion

Juntaro Ushiku bested Yutaka Saito at Rizin 31 to capture the Rizin FF featherweight world title. This victory came via doctor stoppage after a cut in the second stanza opened up Saito.

I spoke with Ushiku after that Rizin title win and we touched on several subjects such as: -How he was feeling post-Rizin title win

-How much of a career capstone it was to have the Rizin title as part of the resume

-Appreciating Yutaka Saito's skills and taking advantage of a great opportunity popping up

-If there was any point in that Rizin title win where Ushiku had to overcome a certain level of adversity

-If there's an immediate sense of the damage caused when cutting an opponent to that degree at Rizin 31

-How lessons learned from a failed DEEP title bid lead him to capturing gold in that promotion

-What inspired Juntaro Ushiku to become a martial artist and endeavor to go on this journey

-Being a huge fan of Dream years back and nowadays being such a prominent part of the Japanese MMA scene

-The backstory of Ushiku's nickname Fighting Bull

-Riding motorcycles as a hobby and if a Rizin entrance on a motorcycle could be in the cards