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Over the weekend at DEEP JEWELS 17, 19-year-old prospect Kanna Asakura took on WMMA veteran Saori Ishioka. The winner of the bout was guaranteed a spot in the upcoming RIZIN Women’s Atomweight Grand-Prix. The last spot in fact. Asakura used her stellar grappling to defeat Ishioka by unanimous dec...
Early this morning at a press conference in Japan, some announcements were made regarding RIZIN‘s October 15 show in Fukuoka, Japan at the Marine Messe Fukuoka. During the press conference, five match-ups were announced. Two fights were added to ‘Bracket B’ of the men’s bantamweight tournament, a...
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, but the addition of a new fighter was announced, and it’s a very exciting one! Shintaro Ishiwatari Has Arrived! Pancr...
RIZIN is back! At around 1am ET on July 30, RIZIN returns with the first round of their stacked bantamweight grand-prix. In that tournament, we will see elite flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi, Japanese-vet Hideo Tokoro, and former MFC champion Anthony Birchak. RIZIN World Grand-Prix 2017: 1st Round – L...
The Rizin Fighting Federation light heavyweight Grand-Prix continues to fill up with the confirmation that Goran Reljić will represent KSW as well as Teodoras Aukštuolis representing Bushido Lithuania. Goran Reljić and Teodoras Aukštuolis join RIZIN light heavyweight Grand-Prix It was just last...
On June 8, The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2″ coaches Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will square off in the main event at UFC on FUEL TV 10. The bout between the two coaches is a rematch of their 2006 PRIDE Open-Weight Grand Prix, where they met in a quarterfinal-round fight. Check out...
Happy New Year from MMASucka Radio! That’s right, we are back at it for 2013 and we are kicking things off with a bang. First up we welcome the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion Daniel Cormier. Cormier opens up about his upcoming fight with Dion Staring in the final Strikeforce card, hi...