Pride on the Line as Rizin and Bellator Rivals Prepare for War
For New Years Eve Rizin 40 has undoubtedly pulled together their top tier talent, creating sensational match ups across the board. The climax of the…
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Rizin New Years Eve Targets Hardcore Fans, Finalises Stellar Card
Rizin 38 Results. Kyoji Horiguchi Returns, Women’s Super Atomweight Finals Set
Super Rizin! Results. Mayweather vs. Asakura Delivers!
Rizin 33 NYE, Results and Review. Sensational Performances Highlight a Night of Shocks and Surprises
Rizin 33 Preview, Tenshin Rounds Out Rizin Career With Gomi Special Rules Match
Rizin 29 Results! 4 Progress to GP Quarterfinals. One Night Kickboxing Tournament Winner Crowned
Rizin 29 Preview, Bantamweight GP Continues, Plus 4 man One Night Kickboxing Tournament!
Rizin 28 Returns to Tokyo Dome in Sensational Style! Lightweight Champion Crowned, Knock Outs, Submissions, Back and Forth Wars
Rizin 28 Card Finalized, Tenshin to Face 3 Consecutive Opponents!
Main Event, RIZIN MMA Rule With Elbows: 5 minutes 3R (66.0kg) Flamboyant submission specialist Kleber Koike Erbst faces cerebral striker Mikuru Asakura in the main event….
RIZIN 29 Postponed until June 27th
Set for May 30th, RIZIN.29 in Osaka has been postponed until June 27th. The State of Emergency declared by Japanese Government in response to the surging…
Rizin GP 2021 Bantamweight Tournament Matches, Fighters Announced
Rizin dropped some big news at their press conference with the conformation of their 16 man Bantamweight GP. Participants were in attendance and introduced before…
Rizin 27 Results and Review
Rizin has a knack of finding talented, diverse and exciting fighters. Matching them up perfectly for guaranteed “edge of your seat” entertainment. Rizin 27 continued the…
Rizin 26 New Years Eve, Early Prelims Review and Results
Yoshinari Nadaka defeated Petmalai Phetjaroenvit (3 Knockdowns, 2:19 Round 1) Not a household name but one of the most complete strikers in the world, Nadaka…
Rizin 26 New Years Eve, Undercard Results and Review
Naoki Inoue defeated Yuki Motoya (Rear Naked Choke, 3:00, round 1) The battle of the super technicians of the Bantamweight division commenced on the feet…
Rizin 26 New Tears Eve, Main Card Results and Review
RIZIN Bantamweight Championship Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Kai Asakura (TKO, punches, 2:50 round 1) Stepping into to the ring for the first time since his shocking…
Rizin 26 New Years Eve, Fight Preview Part 3
The final preview of Rizin’s New Years Eve event, bouts 11 through 15, featuring 2 title fights and the biggest names in Japanese MMA. Catch all…
Rizin 26 New Years Eve, Fight Preview Part 2
Rizin’s stacked New Years Eve event is split into 3 parts with 2 intermissions with Saitama Super Arena once again plays host. This next preview…
Rizin 26 New Years Eve, Fight Preview Part 1
New Years Eve Martial Arts events have always held a special place in the hearts of fans in Japan and around the world. Rizin once…
Rizin Live in English
The end of 2020 is fast approaching us. Many countries have their unique end of year traditions to celebrate the year and spend time with…
Rizin 25, Results and Review
Yutaka Saito defeated Mikuru Asakura (Decision, 3-0) With the Featherweight title on the line Shooto Champion Yutaka Saito squared off against Rizin star and fan…
RIZIN.22_RIZIN.23 Public Workout for Kai Asakura
We would like to inform you of the video of today’s public practice of Kai Asakura.
Rizin 22 and 23 Public Work Out Video for Kyohei Hagiwara
RIZIN 22 & 23 Public Practice
RIZIN Promotional Video for RIZIN 22&23
Rizin Press Conference
Rizin FF will be holding a Press Conference on 4/2 at 19:00 JST to discuss the event scheduled for 4/19. Please watch it live on…
Rizin Light Heavyweight Champ Jiri Prochazka Signs with UFC
Jiri Prochazka, Rizin’s reigning Light Heavyweight champion, has signed an exclusive contract with the UFC according to multiple sources. Rizin CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara writes, “Rizin…
Rizin 20 New Years Eve Review
An explosive 15 fight card at Rizin 20 saw 2019 end with a bang. A sold out Saitama Super Arena hosted an incredible night of…
RIZIN 20 – Jake Huen Post Fight Comments
Jake Heun talks about his win over former judo Olympic champion, Satoshi Ishii, his rollercoaster year in 2019, and his goals for a belt in…
RIZIN 20 – Miyuu Yamamoto
Miyuu Yamamoto reflects on 2019 and her win at RIZIN 20 over Thai, Suwanan Boonsorn, 22 years her junior. Yamamoto has spent the second most…
Bellator Japan – Kanna Asakura Looks Back on 2019 in RIZIN
Asakura Kanna continues to grow from strength to strength in the unforgiving world of mixed martial arts. The 22-year-old from Chiba, Japan, was humbled by…
Bellator 237/ Rizin 29th December Review
The crowd were silent with awe and anticipation as the main event between Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson got underway. Each…
Rizin 20 New Years Eve Preview
Saitama Super Arena once again plays host to Rizin for another star studded New Years Eve show. In the traditional Rizin ring we take a…
Bellator Japan – Jarred Brooks Post Bout
Jarred Brooks reflects on his MMA rollercoaster ride since he first appeared on the Japan scene at Pancrase 281 three years ago, his stint in…
Bellator Japan: Fedor vs Rampage preview
Nothing quite says New Year in Japan like a star studded martial arts show and Rizin once again fills the void left after the…
Rena & Horiguchi set to fly the flag in Bellator
Last week it was announced that Rena will be joining Kyoji Horiguchi on the Bellator 222 card from Madison Square Garden. Rena will face…
RIZIN 14 – JMMA Ace, Horiguchi
Kyoji Horiguchi has shown no signs of slowing down since his UFC departure. He’s now riding a sturdy 11 straight wins, all but one of…
RIZIN.14 Live Breakdown
Join us as we provide live analysis on the ground from Saitama Super Arena as the action happens this NYE. Special Exhibition Match, 3R, 3…
RIZIN Confessions 1
Backstage footage from RIZIN FC
Horiguchi Wins Bantamweight GP
By Chris Gunn Twitter: chrisgunn82 Last night Kyoji Horiguchi capped a perfect first year with Rizin by taking the Bantamweight Grand Prix in front of…
RIZIN 2017 WGP
December 29th, 2017, saw the first of two end-of-year fight cards from RIZIN including single matches and the quarter finals of the men’s Bantamweight Grand…
Semi-finals set for Rizin Bantamweight GP
By Chris Gunn Twitter: @chrisgunn82 The first day of Rizin FF’s end of year event featured the second round of the Bantamweight Grand Prix,…
Satoru Kitaoka vs Kiichi Kunimoto Announced for Rizin EOY Event
Recently Rizin held a press conference to discuss their End of Year event. MMA Japan has covered all of these events since the promotion started….
Rizin 7 : Fukuoka Results
Last week we went to Fukuoka, Japan to watch Rizin 7. As always Rizing puts on a great show and this event was just as…
Cauliflower Culture MMA Fighter and Guam Native Roque Martinez is Heading to Rizin: Fukuoka
Guam native, heavyweight MMA fighter, Roque Martinez is coming back to Japan. He will be competing against Jerome Le Banner on October 15 in…
Rizin : Fukuoka
Rizin is fast becoming the top promotion in Japan. The brand of Rizin is very new. However, if you dig a little deeper into the…
Yachi VS Gracie?
If you have been watching the Rizin events since they started at the end of the year back in 2015, you know Yusuke Yachi 18-6-0…
There’s something in your eye and it’s Gabi Garcia
Just last week we attended Rizin Summer 2017 Fight Rock Festival. It was a spectacular event that was stacked with a very interesting card. It…
Shinju Nozawa Auclair
Presenting new star of RIZIN Fighting Federation: the althletic, charismatic, dynamic, charming, and beautiful Shinju Nozawa Auclair.
Rizin 2017 Fight Festival Results
Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Bantamweight 61 kg Kyoji Horiguchi def. Hideo Tokoro KO (punches) 1 3:49 Bantamweight Grand-Prix 1st Round Heavyweight 120 kg Amir Aliakbari…
Rizin 2017 Fighting Festival Weigh in
Today we attended Rizin 2017 Fighting Festival Weigh in. The venue was in the Westin Hotel in central Tokyo. It is a high-class hotel that…
Rizin World Grand-Prix 2017 – Summer
Once again, RIZIN will make its return and put on some top level fights. All the fun start on July 30th at 14:00 JST. There…
RIZIN : Crazy Horse Vs. Wanderlei Silva “The Biggest Rivalry in JMMA History”
If you have been living under a rock you probably do not know the depth of the Crazy Horse / Wanderlei Silva back stage and…
A Look Back at RIZIN 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura (part 1)
By Keith Vargo A few days after the 4/16 RIZIN 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura event, I met former PRIDE translator Alan Ballard for dinner. When…
RIZIN 2017 ‘Sakura’ Digest
RIZIN Fighting Federation opened up 2017 with their spring lineup taking place at Yokohama Arena. Such a martial art show hadn’t been held there since…
Rizin 2017 Sakura Review and Results
Today we attended the latest RIZIN Event, Rizin 2017 Sakura – the promotion’s spring event. Sakura (Cherry Blossom) descibes the event because this time of…
RIZIN April 16, 2017 Card
A Bright Future for Young Japanese Fighters
The following article is by Chris Gunn and shared with his permission. Two weeks ago, Takumi Tamaru and Hayato Ishii fought to an incredibly exciting…
RIZIN Fight Preview
RIZIN Fighting Federation will hold its next event in Japan on April 16 this year, staged at the Yokohama arena. RIZIN promises to deliver another…
RIZIN New Year’s Eve 2016
The second of the two year-end Rizin shows was even better than the previous year’s. A step up in live and domestic TV production, plus…
RIZIN 2016 December 29
2016 ended with a bang again. RIZIN Fighting Federation championed its second year end show since its inception, this time putting on an openweight tournament,…
Amir Aliakbari in Rizin
With Rizin right around the corner we thought it would be good to focus on some of the matches that we are looking forward to….
RIZIN 12/29 and 12/31 Bout Lineup
RIZIN 2016 Year End GP Tournament
RIZIN’s 2016 year end Grand Prix tournament. Who takes it? This writer calls King Mo and Tsuyoshi Kosaka making it to the semi finals.
RIZIN NYE 2016
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Rizin End of the Year Show 2016
That’s right ladies and gents. Rizin will be back in about 3 weeks to put on their end of the Year spectacular show for fans…
Shane Carwin to Fight at Rizin NYE EVENT
On December 29th RIZIN will start their 3 day Event here in Japan. This time around Rizin brings the heat once again by adding in…
Rizin’s 4th event is coming up on Sept 25th!
Hey MMA fans plenty of MMA news from Japan. Rizin is having their 4th event on Sept. 25th 2016. Back on August 18, 2016 they…
Rizin.1 Review
Yesterday I boarded the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) and headed off to Nagoya City to see Rizin.1. This was their second event. In the crowd I…
Rizin.1 Fight Card Line up!
Ok Fight fans! Rizin.1 line up has been released. This show is shaping up to be a great live performance. We are looking forward to…
RIZIN Returns with an Exciting show planned for April 17th 2016
RIZIN Is going to do it again! They put on a great show back in December 2015. The show reminded us of the old Pride…
RIZIN’s famous Female Star is a big star in Japan!
Rizin has a star on their hands and her name is Rena. She astounded everyone with her win by Triangle Choke on Rizin’s first show…
Bellator & Rizin Both Reportedly Interested In Signing Wanderlei Silva. Why Not BOTH???
According to the rumors out there RIZIN FF and Bellator are both looking at one of the all time greatest fighter Wanderlei Silva! This is…
RIZIN.1 is coming April 17th 2016
RIZIN is coming back to Japan to show the world what an MMA show is supposed to look like! They will be back on April…
Rizin 2 scheduled for April 17th 2016 at Nihon Gaishi Hall in Aichi prefecture
Rizin 2 will be taking place on April 17th 2016. At this point they are discussing who will fight on the card. It is still…
Return of Sakaraba san in 2016?
Everyone that loves MMA like us knows the name that is synonomous with strength, pure will power, and martial arts skill. That name is SAKARABA!…
