Roberto de Souza successfully defended his RIZIN lightweight title at Sunday's RIZIN 48, notching his first title defense since April 2022, when he dispatched Johnny Case with a reverse triangle arm-bar inside of a round. In the ensuing years, de...

RIZIN 48 has been officially announced, and two title fights are among the match-ups revealed for the September event. Set for September 29, 2024 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, RIZIN 48 will see Roberto Satoshi put his...

RIZIN Fighting Federation was back with a rather interesting offering on Sunday (or perhaps kicking off Saturday, depending on your locale) with Super RIZIN 3. While Mikuru Asakura topped the card against Ren Hiramoto in featherweight action, arguably more eyes...

Charisa Sigala will clash with former LFL player and viral sensation Tai Emery in a bare-knuckle boxing bout at Super RIZIN 3 on July 28. Sigala will be returning after over a year on the sidelines. This following a gruesome...

Tai Emery clashes with Charisa Sigala in a bare-knuckle boxing bout at Super RIZIN 3 on July 28, over a year and a half on from her viral moment in Thailand. Emery is training in Dubai out of TK MMA...

Hideo Tokoro will test skills with Hiroya Kondo at Super RIZIN 3 on July 28, 2024. When I caught up with him, Tokoro was very excited to be working on new things after already having had seventy pro MMA fights....

Takaki Soya battles BKFC flyweight champion John Dodson in a bare-knuckle boxing bout at Super RIZIN 3 on July 28, 2024. After nearly 20 professional MMA fights, Soya is making his bare-knuckle debut here. He will be diving into the...

Kyoji Horiguchi and Sergio Pettis met for the second time in the main event of Sunday, June 9's RIZIN 47. Pettis was the man who took Horiguchi's Bellator MMA bantamweight title back in 2021 with a shock fourth-round spinning back...

Bare-knuckle boxing outfit BKFC is looking to continue its global expansion, and has partnered with Japanese powerhouse RIZIN to bring bare-knuckle events to South East Asia, including of course Japan. BKFC President David Feldman announced the news on Wednesday's edition...

Tatsuki Shinotsuka finished Justyn Martinez just over ninety seconds into round number one at RIZIN 46 on April 29. The fight was the first-ever bare knuckle boxing match in RIZIN history, though the promotion has frequently featured kickboxing, and...