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This weekend Rizin presents what will maybe be their biggest card to date. Over 40,000 people will make their way to the stadium portion of the Saitama Super Arena to attend Super Rizin 3. It’s a feat that an MMA organization hasn’t done in over 15 years. Rizin is scheduled to put on its biggest […]
RIZIN is returning to its home arena, the famous Saitama Super Arena, for RIZIN 24. All fighters made weight and 11 fights in total are expected to go down. There will be eight MMA fights and three kickboxing matches. This is one of the most diverse cards RIZIN has put on this year with a […]
RIZIN 20 was the last show of the year for RIZIN, but many fans hailed it as a show of the year contender. The event saw new champions crowned, soccer kicks, and bombastic entrances to the delight of fans. Manel Kape became the new bantamweight champion. Seo Hee Ham became the new super atomweigh...
After UFC 240, you thought major MMA for the weekend would be over. But the action continued with RIZIN 17 at the famous Saitama Super Arena. The 12-fight card with two kickboxing matches and 10 MMA matches aired live on FITE TV. The main event was the heated lightweight clash between Yusuke Yach...
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 […]
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Darrion Caldwell among nine additions to RIZIN 14! Nearly a month has passed since it was announced that Floyd Mayweather vs. Tenshin Nasukawa would headline RIZIN 14. And finally, after two more fight announcements a few days ago, the rest of the card is starting to take shap...
Finally, after weeks of solely the Tenshin vs. Mayweather bout being announced for RIZIN 14, the Japanese-based promotion has began announcing other fights for the should-be-stacked New Years Eve show. In a fight between the two best atomweights in the world, young prospect Kanna Asakura will fac...
Last night, RIZIN Fighting Federation kicked off the RIZIN 14 announcements with a bang. Holding a press conference in Tokyo, the promotion announced the main event of their NYE show as Floyd Mayweather will head to Japan to take on kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa. Simply put, the news absolut...
Today live from Tokyo, RIZIN announced a massive headliner bout between two megastars for RIZIN 14 on NYE during the first press conference for the show. Tenshin Nasukawa will face Floyd Mayweather Jr. The absolutely shocking fight will be dubbed a ‘Super Challenge’ bout. Both parties have agreed...
Finally, RIZIN CONFESSIONS is back with RIZIN CONFESSIONS #23! In this newest installment, we stick with the RIZIN 13 theme. The episode focuses primarily on the lead-up to and the aftermath of Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Kyoji Horiguchi. We also see the aftermath of Miyuu Yamamoto’s emotional win again...
RIZIN 13 Recap: Typhoons, Emotional Tributes, and a Landmark RIZIN Event. Well, the most highly-anticipated RIZIN Fighting Federation show in history came and went on Sunday morning. And what a show RIZIN 13 was. We saw some legends return, we saw Miyuu Yamamoto take the ring just 12 days after ...
RIZIN 13 Weigh-In Results + Fighter Quotes. The most anticipated event in RIZIN FF history is finally almost upon us! Tonight and well into the early hours of Sunday morning, RIZIN 13 goes down live from a packed Saitama Super Arena. The show is sold out, and with over 25,000 people in attendance...
Officially locked in at 12 fights, the RIZIN 13 bout order has been confirmed. As expected, the main event of the evening will feature Kyoji Horiguchi taking on Tenshin Nasukawa in a kickboxing contest. The co-main event of the evening sees an atomweight rematch featuring Miyuu Yamamoto and Andy ...
We are just a few weeks away from arguably the best fight card RIZIN Fighting Federation has put on to date; RIZIN 13. From top to bottom, the card features some legends and many phenoms, all of which are in an intriguing match-up. You have your Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Tenshin Nasukawa’s, Mirko Cro C...
In news that is sure to make fans of the always entertaining RIZIN Fighting Federation happy, the Japanese juggernaut will reportedly quadruple the number of events they hold yearly very soon. CEO of RIZIN, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, spoke to Yahoo! Japan about his future plans. “I think that we should...
The final fight of the upcoming loaded RIZIN 11 show has been announced. Earlier this year, RIZIN brass revealed that they had been in talks with the incredibly fun Ganryujima. Alas; after tearing it up in Ganryujima, Shoma Shibisai will make his RIZIN debut. The striker has been scouted by Akira...