Rizin FF

The final major MMA event of 2021 arrived on Friday, with RIZIN 33 marking the promotion's annual New Year's Eve show. While previous years saw major names from around the globe competing, pandemic-related travel restrictions in Japan meant that the...

After battling across a full six rounds at RIZIN 33 on Saturday, former Shooto bantamweight and featherweight champ, and VTJ flyweight tournament champion Hiromasa Ougikubo walked away with another grand prix title under his belt. An Ultimate Fighter alum, Ougikubo...

Bantamweight action at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN saw two of the respective promotion's best 135lb'ers go head-to-head on New Year's Eve. The second fight in at the Saitama Super Arena just outside Tokyo had former Bellator MMA champ Juan Archuleta...

RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to action Sunday, with RIZIN 22, the first of two back-to-back cards, going down in Yokohama, Japan. Among the big winners on the night, Roberto de Souza, a danger on the mat thanks to his BJJ...

RIZIN 16 was live on June 2, 2019 as Tenshin Nasukawa headlined from the World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan. The live results are below. RIZIN 16: Nasukawa vs. Blanco live from the World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan on...

Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to action on Sunday, October 23, 2022 with RIZIN 39 going down at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. The event was headlined by a featherweight title fight that saw former KSW star Kleber...

Going to bed late? Staying up early? For those of us in the west, RIZIN 12 was a great way to either finish the night, or start the morning, as the case may be, featuring names like Yusuke Yachi,...

A full three title fights topped the RIZIN 35 card in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. The second of back-to-back cards at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza saw the promotion's lightweight, featherweight, and women's super atomweight titles all up for grabs....

Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to action on Sunday (or Saturday night, depending on your locale) with RIZIN 37. The event, back in the promotion's stronghold at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, saw the opening round of the...

PRIDE never die. Well, PRIDE rules never die, anyway. At least not at RIZIN 23, where budding star Kai Asakura soccer kicked his way to gold. Fighting for the title vacated by Manel Kape after he jumped ship to the...