John Dodson Surprised by RIZIN 45 Match-Up, Plans to “Destroy” Ougikubo As Quickly As...
39 and feeling fine is one way to describe flyweight John Dodson these days. The former two-time UFC title challenger sits on a three-fight win streak in MMA as he heads into RIZIN 45, where he's been paired up with...
Miyuu Yamamoto Aiming to Be First to Beat Seika Izawa in Retirement Fight at...
Miyuu Yamamoto has had a good long while to wrap her head around her upcoming retirement from MMA, having announced her final fight back in March. That fight finally arrives at RIZIN 45 on New Year's Eve, where the 49-year...
RIZIN 45 Adds Multiple Bouts, Including Miyuu Yamamoto Retirement Fight
RIZIN Fighting Federation's annual New Year's Eve show, RIZIN 45, has had multiple fights announced, including the retirement bout for Miyuu Yamamoto. Yamamoto, 49, previously fought for the promotion's super atomweight title, coming up short against Ayaka Hamasaki in 2020....
RIZIN Landmark 7 Full Results
RIZIN Fighting Federation made a historic trip outside Japan on Saturday, November 4, 2023 to head to Azerbaijan for RIZIN Landmark 7. The main event of the promotion's monumental first show in the country featured Azerbaijan's own Vugar Karamov, the...
Juan Archuleta Asks For And Gets Kai Asakura Rebooking
Rizin Bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta is set to make his first title defense come New Year’s Eve, where he’ll met by Kai Asakura at Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. This isn’t the first time “The Spaniard” has been matched...
RIZIN Champ Juan Archuleta Eyeing One More Title — In the PFL
With his win at Super RIZIN 2 back in July, Juan Archuleta not only captured the promotion's bantamweight crown but made a little more history in the process. That history? Becoming just the second American champ in a major Japanese...
RIZIN Landmark 6 Full Results
RIZIN Fighting Federation was back in action for the second week in a row on Sunday, touching down in Nagoya, Japan for RIZIN Landmark 6. Headlined by a pair of veterans in Hideo Tokoro and Alan Yamaniha competing at bantamweight,...
Todd Duffee Out Of Rizin Landmark 6, Replaced By Dong Hwan Lim
It seems like bad luck just follows some guys and it seems to have bit Rizin heavyweight Todd Duffee again as he's been pulled from Rizin Landmark 6 this weekend due to visa issues. Rizin announced the change on Thursday. In...
RIZIN 44 Full Results
Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to the famed Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Saturday for RIZIN 44. The 11-fight card was primarily MMA action with a single kickboxing bout mixed in for good measure. For western fight fans...
RIZIN 44: Todd Duffee on “Bad MMA Manager Mafia” and Athleticism of Opponent Sudario
Something is set to happen this weekend that hasn't happened in more than a decade: competing at RIZIN 44 against Japanese heavyweight Tsuyoshi Sudario, Todd Duffee is fighting twice in a calendar year. After years of struggles with injury and...
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