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On the last UFC pay-per-view card of the year, former flyweight champion Brandon Moreno attempts to stake his claim for the throne when he faces one of the best contenders Japan has ever produced. Brandon Moreno Faces Marquee Flyweight at UFC 323 Following a brief hiatus from competition for most...
Set to put on a blockbuster show at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, ONE 173 brings a host of splendid top-level mixed martial arts bouts. In the highest billed MMA bout on the card at ONE 173, flyweight champion Yuya Wakamatsu attempts to defend his strap for the first time opposite Joshua Paci...
Set to put on a blockbuster show at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, ONE 173 brings a host of splendid top-level mixed martial arts bouts. In the highest billed MMA bout on the card at ONE 173, flyweight champion Yuya Wakamatsu attempts to defend his strap for the first time opposite Joshua Paci...
Entering his eighth bout in the promotion, Tatsuro Taira had a lot to prove going into his third main event at UFC Vegas 108. Falling to Brandon Royval last October, the Japanese sensation lost both his first fight in the company, as well as the first of his professional career after dropping a s...
This weekend’s UFC event was meant to go down as a crucial flyweight title eliminator for Tatsuro Taira, but a late opponent change could put his championship aspirations on hold for a bit. Tatsuro Taira Initially Scheduled to Face Fellow Flyweight Contender in Las Vegas Seeking to rebound fro...
Shooto featherweight champion Yutaka Saito (17-4-2) is happy to be making his RIZIN debut. The 32-year-old fighter has wins over Caol Uno, Hiroyuki Takaya, and “Lion” Takeshi Inoue. He will be taking on Shooto and Pancrase fighter Kazumasa Majima (14-1) at RIZIN 23 in a featherweight match. In an...
When RIZIN 21 started announcing matches for their first show of 2020, five kickboxing matches were announced. Some names might be recognizable to hardcore J-Kick fans but for most tuning in, this will be the first time seeing these fighters. These kickboxers have mostly gotten the opportunity to...
RIZIN Fighting Federation announced more fights for their New Year’s Eve and Bellator Japan show yesterday. Two title fights were announced for RIZIN 20 in the light heavyweight division and bantamweight division. Light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka (25-3-1) puts his title on the line for t...
Not only was there a storm outside Osaka Edion Arena, but there was a tidal wave of finishes inside for RIZIN 19. In the much talked about RIZIN lightweight Grand Prix, the following fighters advanced: Tofiq Musayev, Luiz Gustavo, Patricky “Pitbull” Freire, and Johnny Case. All GP matches were a ...
Not even Typhoon Hagibis could stop the amazing card RIZIN FF has lined up. RIZIN 19 from the Osaka Edion Arena has a number of important and exciting fights in the can. And we will be bringing you complete Rizin 19 results all event long. Without question, the fights that will be getting the mos...
It just seems like yesterday was RIZIN 17. This weekend we have another RIZIN show gracing our FITE TV apps this weekend. RIZIN 18 takes place a the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya and might be seen initially as one of their less important shows. On paper, it reads differently. There are a ...
This Saturday night we have an incredible RIZIN 17 show airing live from the famous Saitama Super Arena. On paper, this card could be, as the kids says, “lit.” It is a 12 fight card with 10 MMA fights and two kickboxing fights. Many of the fights have some incredible stories behind them. In this […]
RIZIN FF has announced four more fights for the RIZIN 18 show in Nagoya. The show is to be headlined by RIZN and Bellator bantamweight Champion Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Kai Asakura in a non-title match. There will be some returning fighters along with some debuts. Kazuma Sone vs. Justin Scoggins Forme...
RIZIN 18 is over a month away and the main event was just announced earlier this morning at a press conference. Headlining the show will be RIZIN FF and Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi (28-2), he’ll be taking on top ranked bantamweight Kai Asakura (12-1) in a non-title fight. T...
Shooto 30th Anniversary Tour at Korakuen Hall – Results Simply abbreviated to Shooto 0506, this Korakuen Hall show is a good one featuring some tremendous Japanese talent. In the main event TUF 24 fan-favorite Hiromasa Ogikubo defends his Shooto Flyweight Championship against Kiyotaka Shimizu. Th...
Floyd Mayweather eyeing big TMT-branded events in Japan As announced a few weeks back, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather is looking to expand his business in Japan following his blockbuster NYE 2018 exhibition bout with Tenshin Nasukawa at RIZIN 14. Floyd Mayweather is looking to bring TMT (The Mone...