Rizin FF

RIZIN Bantamweight champion Manel Kape will make his highly-anticipated UFC debut at UFC 252 against Brazil’s Rogerio Bontorin. According to a report from Brazilian outlet Combate, RIZIN bantamweight champion Manel Kape will make his UFC debut against Rogerio Bontorin at...

Former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir will face RIZIN FF champion Jiri Prochazka in Prochazka’s UFC debut bout on July 11th. A light heavyweight contender fight is in the works for UFC’s July 11 event. Former title challenger Volkan Oezdemir will face...

Japan's RIZIN FF is the latest promotion to announce the cancellation of a key event. RIZIN 22 was expected to take place later this month at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. However, RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara has announced...

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...

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...

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"...