Along with Obon and Golden Week, New Years in Japan is among the three biggest national holidays — and MMA has become a New Year's Eve tradition. So it's no surprise to see arguably RIZIN's biggest card to date...

New Year's Eve keeps getting bigger, with RIZIN 40 (the Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN super show) adding even more names. Late Wednesday, RIZIN officials announced another three fights for the Saitama card, including Luiz Gustavo vs. Johnny Case, Hideo Tokoro...

Former UFC lightweight champion and current coach/Eagle FC promoter Khabib Nurmagomedov will serve as captain for Team Bellator when the promotion goes head-to-head with RIZIN Fighting Federation on New Year's Eve. The cross-promotion billed as Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN also...

The cross-promotional showdown between Bellator MMA and RIZIN Fighting Federation this New Year's Eve has added another fight to its line-up. In a press release on Friday, Bellator officials announced that Gadzhi Rabadanov, representing the American fight promotion, would take...

RIZIN Fighting Federation was in action on Sunday (early Sunday for western fight fans) with RIZIN Landmark Vol 4. The night in Nagoya started out with a string of stoppages, with five straight bouts ending inside the distance. While that...

RIZIN 40 will take place on December 31, 2022, and as previously announced, the card will be set up as a Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN cross-promotional event. In a press conference on Wednesday, the promotions revealed that the main card...

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...

RIZIN 39, set to take place at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan on October 23, 2022, continues to grow. On Thursday, RIZIN Fighting Federation officials announced the signing of the previously reported main event between featherweight champ Juntaro Ushiku...

At RIZIN 38 in the famed Saitama Super Arena in Japan, Kyoji Horiguchi, currently fighting in both RIZIN and Bellator due to their cross-promotionsl agreement, faced off against Yuto Hokamura. Better known as Kintaro, Hokamura was taking on Horiguchi in...

RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to its home base in Saitama, Japan on Sunday with something of a sideshow attraction featuring Mikuru Asakura taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition boxing bout. For those that remember Mayweather vs. Tenshin, it...