RIZIN 31 Yutaka Saito and Juntaro Ushiku

RIZIN 31: Yokohama Full Results

RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to action on Sunday, traveling to the city of Yokohama, not far from Tokyo, for RIZIN 31. The event saw a featherweight title fight top the card, with champion Yutaka Saito putting his belt on the...
Yutaka Saito RIZIN

RIZIN 31 Topped by Featherweight Title Fight, Promotion Announces Monthly Events

RIZIN Fighting Federation will have a busy end to 2021. The Japanese mixed martial arts promotion announced Monday that they will host monthly events up to the end of the year, starting with this month's RIZIN 31 in Yokohama. In...
Naoki Inoue RIZIN 30

RIZIN 30 Photo Highlights

RIZIN 30 went down Sunday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan — with the continuation of the promotion's bantamweight grand prix atop the card. Four quarterfinal fights saw the bantamweight tournament narrowed down to the final four fighters....
Kai Asakura and Alan Yamaniha, RIZIN 30

RIZIN 30: Asakura, Inoue Advance in Bantamweight Grand Prix

RIZIN 30 saw the quarterfinal round of the promotion's Bantamweight Grand Prix continue — with a number of notable names moving on in the tournament. Taking place Sunday in the promotion's home base, the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan,...
RIZIN 30

Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal Match-Ups Announced for RIZIN 30

RIZIN Fighting Federation has announced the date and location for RIZIN 30. On Tuesday, the Japanese fight promotion confirmed via a press conference and follow-up press release that the event would take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,...
RIZIN Hiroki Yamashita

RIZIN 29 Full Results

Going down live in Osaka, Japan on Sunday, RIZIN 29 brought with it the second half of the opening round of the RIZIN bantamweight grand prix. It also featured a one-night kickboxing tournament, with the RIZIN KICK tournament running the...
Takafumi Otsuka def. Khalid Taha, RIZIN FF

RIZIN 29 Main and Co-Main Event Breakdown

RIZIN Fighting Federation returns to action this Sunday with RIZIN 29, a card filled with exciting MMA fights and even a couple of kickboxing bouts. Certainly, the heavyweight main event between UFC's #3-ranked Ciryl Gane taking on the #5 ranked...
Tenshin Nasukawa, RIZIN 28 weigh-in

RIZIN 28 Full Results — Bantamweight Grand Prix Opening Round

RIZIN Fighting Federation was back in action Sunday, with an event that could only possibly have been put together in Japan. The first of two events to feature the opening round of the bantamweight grand prix, RIZIN 28 also saw...
Tofiq Musaev

Lightweight Title Fight Added to RIZIN 28, Rule Change Announced

RIZIN Fighting Federation's inaugural lightweight champion will be crowned at RIZIN 28 later this month. On Tuesday, promotion officials announced via press release that Tofiq Musaev (18-3) will return following an 18-month layoff to take on Roberto Satoshi Souza (11-1)....
Takafumi Otsuka def. Khalid Taha, RIZIN FF

RIZIN 29 Pushed Back to June 27

RIZIN 29 has been pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a press release distributed Wednesday, RIZIN FF officials revealed that the event, originally slotted for May 30, would now take place on June 27. Per that release,...

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