Cageside Press

Don't call it a comeback — call it Comeback of the Year. MMA is a sport where anything can happen, hence the allure. That includes massive shifts in momentum throughout the course of a fight. When those shifts are drastic...

It's time once again to dish out our year-end awards, with 2023 officially in the books. There were plenty of fresh faces who popped up on the MMA scene in 2023, plenty of rookies who made an impression in...

It's awards season once again, with 2023 wrapping up, and we're handing out our annual year-end awards to some of the most exhilarating moments, and fighters, of the past 12 months. No limits on promotion, as long as it...

Conor McGregor took to social media on New Years Eve to announce that his return would take place on June 29 next year against Michael Chandler. The return of the Mac appears to finally be official as Conor McGregor took...

A night of surprises and explosive finishes (is it really a RIZIN show without a soccer kick finish?), RIZIN 45 had a little bit of everything — and was capped off by a flyweight title fight as Kyoji Horiguchi...

Juan Archuleta may have been stripped of his bantamweight title for missing weight ahead of RIZIN 45 — but he showed up at the Saitama Super Arena on New Year's Eve ready to fight. In a mulligan he would later...

If you take what occurred in the ring at RIZIN 45 on New Year's Eve at face value, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. might just be set to run it back in 2024 — inside the RIZIN ring. During...

The first event of 2024 for Japanese promotion RIZIN had its main event set, as Yoshinori Horie vs. Luiz Gustavo will top RIZIN Landmark 8 in February. News of the booking was announced by promotion officials during Sunday's RIZIN 45,...

With RIZIN 45 closing out the year, Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation has given fans a glimpse of its 2024 schedule. Among several events announced for the new year, RIZIN 46, on March 23, will take place at the Kobe World...

Newly crowned RIZIN Fighting Federation featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki will make the first defense of his title against Masanori Kanehara next May. The fight, announced during Sunday's RIZIN 45 broadcast, will take place at RIZIN 47. No other fights have...