RIZIN 21 went down in Hamatsu, Shizuoka in Japan on Saturday, with top prospect Mikuru Asakura topping the card. It was easy enough a card for fans in the west to miss (or sleep through), but RIZIN 21 offered some...

RIZIN 21 didn't have the star power of some past RIZIN FF events. No Tenshin. No Kyoji Horiguchi. No Fedor. But it did offer something of a spirited affair, one that moved at a better clip compared to some...

Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation hosted its first card of 2020 with RIZIN 21 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka on Saturday night. The Japanese promotion was without some of its biggest stars, including Tenshin Nasukawa and Kyoji Horiguchi, but sitting atop the...

This week, we feature two up-and-coming fighters both inside and outside of the UFC. One is an unranked fighter competing on this week’s UFC Auckland card, Brad Riddell. The focus here is on a fighter who has never been...

Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation returns to action Saturday (bright and early for Western MMA fans) with their first card of the year, RIZIN 21. Mikuru Asakura, brother of promotional darling Kai Asakura, features in the main event, while heavyweight...

This week, there are a host of key events from several of the big players in MMA, including the UFC, Bellator MMA, and RIZIN. Among them, names like Ed Ruth and Tyrell Fortune will look to shake off the...

RIZIN 21 is set to take place February 22, 2020 at the Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka, Japan. On Friday, the Japanese MMA promotion announced a number of bouts for the card, their first of 2020. Among them, UFC alum...

RIZIN 20 helped fans in Japan and across the globe ring in the New Year, and the card proved to be an entertaining one. Among the highlights, Manel Kape was crowned RIZIN FF bantamweight champion thanks to a TKO of...

New Year's Eve brought with it the annual year-end show from RIZIN FF, and this year's entry, RIZIN 20, was a big one. RIZIN Fighting Federation rang in the New Year in the traditional way, with a New Year's Eve...

The RIZIN portion of Bellator's first foray into Japan saw Yusuke Yachi pull off a devastating soccer kick KO. While it felt more like a separate event, the second half of the Bellator Japan show was treated as a "post-liminary"...