Takafumi Otsuka

Kyoji Horiguchi, Kanna Asakura, and Tenshin Nasukawa close out 2017 with RIZIN Grand-Prix wins

RIZIN closes out the year with arguably the best MMA event of 2017. Their typical double-header featured incredible action, with three separate one-night tournaments taking...

RIZIN Fighting World Grand-Prix 2017: Final Round – Live Results

RIZIN is back!! It's the most wonderful time of the year and it's not because of Christmas. RIZIN's December double-feature is back and in full...

RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals Recap

Tonight at RIZIN Fighting World Grand-Prix 2017: Final Round, we will see the semi-finals and finals of three separate one-night tournaments. One of those...

Takafumi Otsuka talks training with mostly kickboxers ahead of quarter-final bout against “monster” Khalid Taha

This week RIZIN Fighting Federation held open workouts for all of the RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix quarter-finalists. DEEP champion Takafumi Otsuka (23-13-1, 1NC) focused on very light sparring for the media...

Shintaro Ishiwatari putting everything on the line in RIZIN Grand-Prix, just “hopes to be alive” on New Year’s Day

This week RIZIN Fighting Federation held open workouts for all of the RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix quarter-finalists. Pancrase champion Shintaro Ishiwatari (23-6-4) will return to the...

RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals Announced

Japanese-based MMA promotion, RIZIN Fighting Federation, has announced the quarter-final match-ups for their bantamweight grand-prix - and amongst them are some barnburners. The tournament has...

Shintaro Ishiwatari joins RIZIN Grand-Prix as Horiguchi, Otsuka, and Taha advance

Last night RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to Saitama for the "Bracket A" RIZIN 2017 Bantamweight Grand-Prix 1st Round. Three fighters moved onto the tournament quarter-finals,...

ROAD FC 012 fight card update: Lee Yoon Jun replaces Soo Chul Kim

Following Soo Chul Kim's capture of the ONE FC Bantamweight title strap, the South Korean prospect was diagnosed with a shoulder injury, in which a long...

Final fight card in for ROAD FC 012

The stage is set for ROAD Fighting Championship's trip to Wonju, South Korea on June 22nd with a 12-bout fight card that's slated to...

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