Rizin FF

RIZIN Fighting Federation will have a busy end to 2021. The Japanese mixed martial arts promotion announced Monday that they will host monthly events up to the end of the year, starting with this month's RIZIN 31 in Yokohama. In...

RIZIN 30 went down Sunday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan — with the continuation of the promotion's bantamweight grand prix atop the card. Four quarterfinal fights saw the bantamweight tournament narrowed down to the final four fighters....

RIZIN Fighting Federation has announced the date and location for RIZIN 30. On Tuesday, the Japanese fight promotion confirmed via a press conference and follow-up press release that the event would take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,...

RIZIN Fighting Federation returns to action this Sunday with RIZIN 29, a card filled with exciting MMA fights and even a couple of kickboxing bouts. Certainly, the heavyweight main event between UFC's #3-ranked Ciryl Gane taking on the #5 ranked...

RIZIN Fighting Federation's inaugural lightweight champion will be crowned at RIZIN 28 later this month. On Tuesday, promotion officials announced via press release that Tofiq Musaev (18-3) will return following an 18-month layoff to take on Roberto Satoshi Souza (11-1)....

RIZIN 29 has been pushed back due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a press release distributed Wednesday, RIZIN FF officials revealed that the event, originally slotted for May 30, would now take place on June 27. Per that release,...

Due to a state of emergency being declared in several Japanese cities as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, RIZIN 28 has been pushed back. In what appears to be a first, the event will now take place...

Japan's RIZIN, like its predecessor PRIDE, is no stranger to grand prix tournaments. And in 2021, it will be the bantamweight division looking to run the gauntlet to an eventual title fight. On Friday, the Japanese promotion hosted a press...

RIZIN Fighting Federation kicked off its 2021 with RIZIN 27 this past Sunday. Hot on the heels of that successful event, which saw Ayaka Hamasaki defend her super atomweight title, the promotion is ready for more. On Thursday, the...

The Japan MMA Official Committee (JMOC), which oversees RIZIN FF and other promotions in the country, has announced penalties for the post-fight brawl following Tsuyoshi Sudario vs. Kazushi Miyamoto at RIZIN 27. Earlier today, RIZIN announced that Sudario had...