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BANTAMWEIGHT GP FINAL CARD FOR BRACKET B REVEALED. ROAD FC TOP CONTENDER MEETS TOP FRENCH PROSPECT, TENSHIN NASUKAWA GETS JAPANESE NATIONAL BOXING CHAMPION. TOKYO Roppongi – September 11th, RIZIN held a press conference in Tokyo at the RIZIN HQ to announce 5 additional cards to the Fukuoka event....
In some surprising news, longtime lightweight/featherweight veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri has announced a move to bantamweight. He will cut to 63kg, 138 pounds, to face undefeated Gabriel Oliveira at RIZIN’s show in Fukuoka on October 15. Though this bout is technically a catchweight bout, the winner ...
On May 25th, 2017, the UFC announced that they had signed kickboxing legend Gokhan Saki. Gokhan is a very high-level, high-profile kickboxer with a record of 83-16-1 w/ 59KO. His kickboxing record has made him a massive name within the sport. With notable wins against guys like Tyrone Spong, Ray ...
After being crowned Pancrase welterweight champion earlier this month, Daichi Abe has signed with the UFC. He will debut against South Korean brawler Hyun Gyu Lim. Daichi Abe vs. Hyun Gyu Lim WELTERWEIGHT Abe (5-0) challenged Hiromitsu Miura for the Pancrase welterweight title at Pancrase 288 ear...
RIZIN returns on July 30 live from Saitama. Last night at a press conference in Japan, the promotion began to announce match-ups for the first round of their bantamweight grand-prix, as well as separate bouts they are referring to as ‘super fights’. RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix and super fights ...
“Hamderlei Silva” is back, and she will be competing for the atomweight title upon her return to Korea. Seo Hee Ham will take on one of Japan’s top atomweights in the form of Mina Kurobe. Seo Hee Ham fights for gold at ROAD FC 39 The fight was announced by ROAD FC late Monday. Atomweight Champio...
We have a pretty big weekend of mixed martial arts action ahead of us. On Saturday the UFC heads to Kansas City with an absolutely stacked, free card featuring Demetrious Johnson, Michelle Waterson, Rose Namajunas, and Ronaldo Souza, among others. Victory FC will also return this weekend, and the...
In his first fight since losing to Tim Elliot in the finals of ‘The Ultimate Fighter 24: Tournament of Champions’, Japan’s Hiromasa Ogikubo will return home to take on UFC-veteran Danny Martinez. Martinez confirmed the news on his Instagram account, saying that it’s “always been his dream” to fig...
Japanese shoot boxing veteran Rena Kubota will return to the RIZIN ring on April 16 when she takes on Hungarian-born Dóra Perjés in Yokohama. Kubota (3-0) is a veteran of kickboxing and shoot boxing, amassing a record of 32-5-1 between the two. She made her MMA debut at the year-end RIZIN show in...
It didn’t take long for Jewels & Smackgirl veteran Seo Hee Ham to be picked up following her release from the UFC. “Hamderlei Silva” will head back to ROAD FC. The signing was announced via the ROAD FC website. Regarding the signing, Ham had this to say; “I traveled but I’m back to my home. […]
Last week it was Zach Makovsky and Elvis Mutapcic, but ACB is nowhere near done. They continue this week with more big name signings, this time in the form of UFC, WEC veteran Takeya Mizugaki. The signing was announced on Wednesday via ACB Founder; Mairbek Khasiev’s Instagram. Veteran bantamweigh...
After recently declining a contract offer from the UFC, #3 ranked flyweight contender in the world Kyoji Horiguchi did not last very long while on the market. After meeting with Scott Coker and Bellator MMA at the Bellator 172 show in San Jose on Saturday, it was confirmed just a couple days late...
The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced another key addition to its team of senior leaders with the appointment of Japanese executive Yoshiaki Ito as President of ONE Championship (Japan). The promotion looks to expand its reach into the cou...
Embed from Getty Images “Crusher” returns to Japan on NYE. Earlier this month, Kawajiri asked for his release from the UFC, and on Wednesday night it was confirmed that the UFC obliged. Tatsuya Kawajiri signs with Rizin Fighting Federation In December of this year, Tatsuya “Crusher” Kawajiri will...
RIZIN FF has announced the debut of heavyweight legend Mirko Cro Cop as well as other pivotal first-round match-ups for their 16-man tournament at a press conference in Japan on Thursday. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Hyun Man Myung MMA & kickboxing legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (31-11-2, 1...
On Wednesday night RIZIN FF boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara and Nobuhiko Takada held a press conference in Japan to announce a featherweight contest between top-ranked kickboxer Minoru Kimura, who makes his MMA debut, and PRIDE FC, KOTC veteran Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett. ‘Krazy Horse’ vs. Kimura add...