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....
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...
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: 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...
RIZIN 44: Spike Carlyle Wants Career with Explosive Finishes, not “Eking Out Point-Fighting Decisions”
Lightweight Spike Carlyle is in a fortuitous position these days, living a dream — and the reality of that dream is even better than he imagined. Even before Carlyle signed with the UFC in 2020, he had expressed an interest...
RIZIN Landmark 7, Promotion’s First Show Outside Japan, Adds Title Fight and More Bouts
For the first time in RIZIN Fighting Federation history, the promotion is set to hold an event outside Japan, with the previously announced RIZIN Landmark 7 booked for November 4, 2023 in Azerbaijan. The card will take place at the...
Multiple Fights for RIZIN 44, RIZIN Landmark 6 Announced
RIZIN Fighting Federation's next two events are starting to shape up. Promotion officials recently announced the addition of multiple fights to both RIZIN 44 and RIZIN Landmark 6, which take place in September and October, respectively. Already stacked with names like...
Patricio Pitbull Undergoes Successful Cervical Spine Surgery, Out Until 2024
Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull will be out of action until 2024 following surgery to fix herniated discs, per his team. Following the first knockout loss of his career at Super RIZIN 2 the featherweight revealed that he would need...
Kleber Koike Stripped of Featherweight Title After Missing Weight for RIZIN 43
RIZIN 43 is set to go down Saturday in Sapporo, Japan — and a massive shake-up has hit the card following weigh-ins. While the main event of Kleber Koike vs. Chihiro Suzuki is still intact, featherweight champ Koike missed weight...
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