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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...
Two big announcements in regards to RIZIN and women’s MMA, as they have signed Miyu Yamamoto, sister of ‘KID’ Yamamoto, mother of Asen Yamamoto, and daughter of former Olympian Ikuei Yamamoto. The other big announcement is that RIZIN is currently in talks to sign Saori Yoshida, 3x Olympic gold me...
The main card of “Bellator 151: Warren vs. Caldwell” on March 4 continues to get better with a great featherweight match-up between Arizona State-alum Bubba Jenkins and young, surging Japanese finisher Goiti Yamauchi. Bubba Jenkins vs. Goiti Yamauchi official for Bellator 151 The bout was confirm...
ONE CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO JAKARTA FOR ONE: TRIBE OF WARRIORS ON 20 FEBRUARY LUIS “SAPO” SANTOS BATTLES RAFAEL “THE MACHINE” SILVA IN THE MAIN EVENT CATCH ALL THE ACTION LIVE IN INDONESIA ON RCTI 06 February 2016 – Jakarta, Indonesia: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE...
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING – GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP ADDS THREE MORE FIGHTS TO WSOF-GC 2 JAPAN MAIN CARD Fight Scheduled for February 7 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan LAS VEGAS, NV December 17, 2015 World Series of Fighting – Global Championship (WSOF-GC) just announced...
After months of anticipation, a return fight for heavyweight great Fedor Emelianenko has been announced. After some speculation that it would be Jaideep Singh, RIZIN led us to believe that it was indeed not happening, well today it was confirmed. Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jaideep Singh headlines RIZI...
RIZIN FF: Fedor Emelianenko Press Conference goes live Tonight at 10PM ET Tonight all the speculation regarding heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent for RIZIN 2 on New Years Eve can finally come to an end, as RIZIN has scheduled a Press Conference to announce Fedor’s next foe. (EN) Liv...
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING – GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP ADDS MICHIHIRO OMIGAWA AND HISAE WITANABE TO ROSTER Fight Scheduled for February 7 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan LAS VEGAS, NV December 17, 2015 World Series of Fighting – Global Championship (WSOF-GC) has added two ...
RIZIN FF has announced the debut of Kaido Höövelson, better known as; BARUTO. He will take on combat sports legend Jérôme Le Banner on December 31. RIZIN announces BARUTO vs. Jérôme Le Banner for 12/31 30-year-old Baruto (0-0) will be making his MMA debut following his run as a sumo-wrestler whic...
RIZIN has announced via Press Release two more fights for their debut card on December 29 featuring the likes of HINATA and Carlos Toyota. Two more fights added to RIZIN 1 KAZUYUKI MIYATA vs. HINATA WATANABE First bout announced was a fight between Kazuyuki Miyata (14-9) and one of Japan’s best k...
Akebono/Sapp II to be contested under Shoot Boxing rules, two K-1 bouts added to RIZIN events (Press Release) RIZIN FF officials announced today that the highly anticipated rematch between Akebono and Bob Sapp will be contested under Shoot Boxing rules. In K-1 rules action, it was announced that ...
Initially slated to face BAMMA heavyweight champ Godbeer, RIZIN FF has announced that ‘King Mo’ Lawal will instead fight former BAMMA light heavyweight title challenger; Brett “The Spartan” McDermott. ‘King Mo’ gets replacement for RIZIN GP Brett McDermott (5-2) is coming off a quick (T)KO win at...
Fighters comment on the highly-anticipated tournament that will award its winner a $300,000 grand prize RIZIN FF Heavyweight Tournament Matchups and Fighter Quotes TOKYO, JAPAN (Nov. 30, 2015) –A drawing to determine the tournament brackets and first stage matchups for the RIZIN FIGHTING GRAND-PR...