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RIZIN 25 saw the crowning of its first featherweight champion. Shooto featherweight champion Yutaka Saito went on to beat Mikuru Asakura via unanimous decision in a highly anticipated fight. This brought Asakura’s first loss since starting in RIZIN and his second loss in his pro career. That wasn...
The Australian fighter Jimmy Crute scores a great KO over UFC prospect Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Fight Island 6. The fight only lasted one round and it ended in an immediate fashion. The knockout sequence started With a stunning straight punch counter to Bukauskas’s flying knee attempt. Then Crut...
RIZIN 24 was an all over the place show. There were some great finishes alongside some pretty baffling decisions by the judges. But most of the fighters who came out on top looked especially great. All in all, with a card that had 11 fights (Three kickboxing and eight MMA), there were four finish...
We recently came to the end of the four-fight series on Fight Island. Kicking off with UFC 251, we saw four events in two weeks, with two-midweek cards. Two title fights, four great main events and a whole host of talking points made Fight Island a success. There was a strong theme throughout eac...