While most of the combat sports world is taking a hiatus as the year comes to an end, many are looking for how to watch Rizin during the New Year’s Eve tradition of Japanese MMA. Rizin will end the year with Rizin 49: Decade, not only with a traditional NYE show but also celebrating their 10th year running as a company.
The show will feature over 20 fights from MMA, kickboxing, special rules bouts, and a lot more. It can be difficult to navigate where and how to find where to watch Rizin but it’s now easier than ever! Here is how to watch the Rizin 49: Decade card.
Guide for How to Watch Rizin 49: Decade
What Time Does Rizin 49: Decade Start?
Depending on where you are the show will have a different start time. While in Japan and other areas, it will be NYE, in North America the show will be airing on Dec. 30 8 p.m. PT/11 p.m. ET. You can check out this tweet for a list of times.
#RIZIN_DECADE ⚡️ #RIZIN49
📝 #FIGHTORDER Official Bout Order Announced 📝👑 Featherweight Title Match
⑭ Chihiro Suzuki 🆚 Kleber Koike
👑 Flyweight Title Match
⑬ Kyoji Horiguchi 🆚 Nkazimulo Zulu
👑 Lightweight Title Match
⑫ Roberto "Satoshi" Souza 🆚 Vugar Karamov… pic.twitter.com/i9a161EMiO— RIZIN.tv (@RIZINTV_) December 25, 2024
Online Streaming for Rizin 49: Decade
Rizin has made it easier than ever to watch their shows. There are three options that you can choose from.
Rizin Premium Pass
If you want to hunker down on a subscription so you can not only access PPV’s but also Rizin’s past shows, you can subscribe to the Premium Pass which is USD $19.99/month. Unlike other streaming services, such as ESPN+, where you pay for the subscription and an additional PPV price, Rizin Premium Pass, you have full access to PPV’s with this option.
You can subscribe to the Rizin Premium Pass here. Rizin 49: Decade will be available to watch on demand for 14 days. English commentary from Michael Schiavello and Damien Brown will be available, as well.
Individual PPV Purchase
If you have no interest in adding another subscription your Rolodex, you can buy Rizin 49: Decade without subscribing. The price for is $19.99. The show will be available to watch on demand for 14 days. English commentary from Michael Schiavello and Damien Brown will be available. You can buy the PPV here.
RIZIN LIVE
If you still want to know how to watch Rizin and have the Japanese viewing experience, your best bet is Rizin Live. As of this writing, they take international credit cards, something a lot of Japanese websites do not have. You will be paying more for Rizin 49: Decade as the price is 7000 yen which comes out to about $44. You can buy it here.
YouTube
Usually, Rizin shows some preliminary matches also on YouTube. There has been nothing added to their YouTube channel as of this writing, but make sure to subscribe to the channel to see if there will be some fights offered on there.
Please check out our previous article on Top 10 Rizin fights for New Year’s Eve and let us know if you agree or disagree!
Rizin 49: Decade: Full Card
Chihiro Suzuki (c) vs Kleber Koike (FW championship)
Kyoji Horiguchi (c) vs Nkazimulo Zulu (FLW championship)
Roberto Satoshi de Souza (c) vs Vugar Karamov (LW championship)
Seika Izawa vs Lucia Apdelgarim (non-title match)
Yuki Motoya vs Kyoma Akimoto
Yuta Kubo vs Razhabali Shaydullaev
YA-MAN vs Karshyga Dautbek
Ryuya Fukuda vs Ryusei Ashizawa
Mikio Ueda vs Tae-in Kim
Makoto Shinryu vs Jose Torres
Yusuke Yachi vs Taisei Sakuraba
Koji Takeda vs Suguru Nii
Takakenshin vs Ed Polo King
Taiga vs Genji Umeno
Sanou Yokouchi vs Kenshin Saito (RIZIN Koshien Final)
Rukiya Anpo vs Sina Karimian (Standing Rules Bout 2 min x 6R)
Issa Hosokawa vs Sho Patrick Usami (OFG Kickboxing)
Aoi Noda vs Tatsuki Shinotsuka (OFG Kickboxing)
Daichi Tomizawa vs Kota Miura (Special MMA rules 5 min x 2 R)
YURA vs Taio Asahisa (Kickboxing)
Hyuma Yasui vs Kurobarakun (Hiroaki Suzuki)
Hiroto Gomyo vs Koki “Playboi” Akada