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Roberto de Souza successfully defended his RIZIN lightweight title at Sunday's RIZIN 48, notching his first title defense since April 2022, when he dispatched Johnny Case with a reverse triangle arm-bar inside of a round. In the ensuing years, de...

RIZIN Fighting Federation was back with a rather interesting offering on Sunday (or perhaps kicking off Saturday, depending on your locale) with Super RIZIN 3. While Mikuru Asakura topped the card against Ren Hiramoto in featherweight action, arguably more eyes...

Charisa Sigala will clash with former LFL player and viral sensation Tai Emery in a bare-knuckle boxing bout at Super RIZIN 3 on July 28. Sigala will be returning after over a year on the sidelines. This following a gruesome...

Hideo Tokoro will test skills with Hiroya Kondo at Super RIZIN 3 on July 28, 2024. When I caught up with him, Tokoro was very excited to be working on new things after already having had seventy pro MMA fights....

Takaki Soya battles BKFC flyweight champion John Dodson in a bare-knuckle boxing bout at Super RIZIN 3 on July 28, 2024. After nearly 20 professional MMA fights, Soya is making his bare-knuckle debut here. He will be diving into the...

Kyoji Horiguchi and Sergio Pettis met for the second time in the main event of Sunday, June 9's RIZIN 47. Pettis was the man who took Horiguchi's Bellator MMA bantamweight title back in 2021 with a shock fourth-round spinning back...

RIZIN Fighting Federation was in action on Monday, April 29, 2024 for RIZIN 46, taking place at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event, featherweight champ Chihiro Suzuki looked to make the first defense of his 145lb...

RIZIN Landmark 9 took place on Saturday, March 23, 2024 in Kobe, Japan, with a couple of familiar faces topping the card in a lightweight affair. That main event saw lightweight champ Roberto "Satoshi" de Souza return, in a non-title...

Saturday's RIZIN Landmark 8 not only kicked off 2024 for the Japanese MMA promotion, but saw the company visiting Saga for the first time in its history. The card was headlined by UFC veteran Yoshinori Horie, taking on Brazilian standout...

A night of surprises and explosive finishes (is it really a RIZIN show without a soccer kick finish?), RIZIN 45 had a little bit of everything — and was capped off by a flyweight title fight as Kyoji Horiguchi...