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This section is for all Real Combat Media MMA content for Rizin MMA, which is an MMA promotional company in Japan.
FULL FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS, QUOTES & PHOTOS FOR BELLATOR x RIZIN: PITBULL VS. DE SOUZA CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS – PLEASE CREDIT BELLATOR MMA / LUCAS NOONAN TOKYO – BELLATOR x RIZIN: Patricky vs. De Souza drew a sold-out crowd to the world-famous Saitama Super Arena as former BELLATOR Lightweight World Champion Patricky Pitbull scored an emphatic third-round TKO victory over RIZIN Lightweight Champion Roberto […]
Bellator x Rizin: Pitbull vs. de Souza BELLATOR X RIZIN: Pitbull vs. De Souza: Sunday, July 30 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan SHOWTIME (U.S.) – July 29 at 11 pm ET / 8 pm PT Tokyo — There has been a shakeup to this week’s BELLATOR x RIZIN event, which takes place Sunday, July 30 (Saturday, […]
RIZIN LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION ROBERTO “SATOSHI” DE SOUZA REPLACES AJ MCKEE IN BELLATOR LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINALS AGAINST PATRICKY PITBULL IN A SURPRISE ADDITION – BELLATOR CHAMPION PATRICIO PITBULL JOINS THE EXTRAVAGANZA AGAINST JAPANESE KICKBOXING SENSATION CHIHIRO SUZUKI SHOWTIME WILL AIR THE HISTORIC EVENT LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES ON JULY 29 […]
COMBATE GLOBAL STAR CLAIRE LOPEZ RETURNS TO JAPAN TO CHALLENGE UNDEFEATED RIZIN CHAMPION SEIKA IZAWA FOR RIZIN’S SUPER ATOMWEIGHT TITLE ON JULY 30 MIAMI – June 16, 2023 – RIZIN today announced that COMBATE GLOBAL women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) star Claire Lopez (8-4) will return to Japan to challenge undefeated, reigning RIZIN Super Atomweight (108 pounds) Champion Seika Izawa (10-0) for Izawa’s […]
BELLATOR RETURNS TO ‘THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN’ ON SUNDAY, JULY 30 FOR BELLATOR X RIZIN 2 THE BELLATOR LIGHTWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINALS CONTINUE WITH AJ MCKEE FACING PATRICKY PITBULL INSIDE THE CAGE AT THE WORLD FAMOUS SAITAMA SUPER ARENA BELLATOR LAUNCHES MEN’S FLYWEIGHT DIVISION, WHEN FORMER BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION KYOJI HORIGUCHI TAKES ON MAKOTO […]
BELLATOR VS. RIZIN WEIGH-IN VIDEO OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN PHOTOS | (PLEASE CREDIT: RIZIN FF) MINATO, TOKYO – The ten athletes taking part in BELLATOR vs. RIZIN tipped the scales at Roppongi Hills Arena ahead of the historic New Year’s Eve event, which features a star-studded lineup stacked with current and former champions. The mega event takes place at the world-famous Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, […]
LINEUPS SET FOR MASSIVE BELLATOR MMA VS. RIZIN SPECTACLE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE IN JAPAN FORMER BELLATOR CHAMPION AJ MCKEE WILL TAKE ON CURRENT RIZIN LIGHTWEIGHT TITLIST ROBERTO DE SOUZA BELLATOR CHAMPION PATRICIO PITBULL WILL FACE CURRENT RIZIN FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION KLEBER KOIKE FORMER BELLATOR BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION JUAN ARCHULETA GOES TOE-TO-TOE WITH WORLD RENOWN KOREAN CHAMPION SOO CHUL KIM […]
HISTORY WILL BE MADE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE AT SAITAMA SUPER ARENA IN JAPAN WHEN STARS FROM BELLATOR MMA AND RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION COLLIDE BELLATOR MMA VS. RIZIN WILL FEATURE TOP FIGHTERS FROM BOTH PROMOTIONS IN A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND, FIVE-ON-FIVE MAIN CARD BELLATOR representatives set to compete against RIZIN athletes include current featherweight kingpin and pound-for-pound best […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER GETS APOLOGY FROM RIZIN AFTER GOON THROWS FLOWERS AT HIS FEET – FIGHT WITH DEJI IS OFFICIAL Las Vegas, Nevada (September 27th, 2022)– Floyd Mayweather’s Global Titans Fight Series has made it official with his fight with Deji in Dubai on November 13th. Mayweather is coming off a 2nd round KO performance against […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER STOPS MIKURU ASAKURA – VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Saitama, Japan (September 25th, 2022)– RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to Saitama, Japan on Sunday with something of a sideshow attraction featuring Mikuru Asakura taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition boxing bout. For those that remember Mayweather vs. Tenshin, it was a similar result. Mayweather kept […]
Floyd Mayweather-Mikuru Asakura PPV Super RIZIN Tonight live from Japan HOW TO WATCH THIS PPV Saitama, Japan (September 24th, 2022)– The Super RIZIN pay-per-view event, headlined by the Floyd Mayweather vs. Mikuru Askakura exhibition match, will be held tonight at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Super RIZIN, presented by Japanese MMA company RIZIN Fighting Federation, […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MIKURU ASAKURA PRESS CONFERENCE – FLOYD’S SECURITY PUSHES FIGHTER! Integrated Sports to distribute Super RIZIN combat sports event on PPV Featuring Mayweather vs. Asakura Boxing Exhibition throughout North America September 24th live from Japan TENAFLY, NJ (September 1, 2022) – Integrated Sports will distribute the exhibition match between International Boxing Hall of Famer and […]
DUE TO INJURY, BELLATOR BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION KYOJI HORIGUCHI RELINQUISHES TITLE LOS ANGELES – After suffering a severe injury that forced him to undergo surgery, Bellator bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi (28-3) has relinquished the title he won last June at Bellator 222. With the championship now vacant, Bellator will move to book a 135-pound title […]
BELLATOR & RIZIN BOOK MULTIPLE CROSS-PROMOTIONAL BOUTS AT BELLATOR JAPAN ON DEC. 28 AND RIZIN.20 ON NEW YEAR’S EVE BELLATOR SENDS LORENZ LARKIN, ILARA JOANNE, GOITI YAMAUCHI, PATRICK MIX & JOHN MACAPA TO JAPAN – WITH TWO ATHLETES SET TO COMPETE INSIDE RIZIN’S RING BELLATOR JAPAN AIRS LIVE SATURDAY, DEC. 28 AT 10 P.M. ET/9 […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER MEDIA DAY VIDEO & QUOTES FOR HIS FIGHT WITH TENSHIN NASUKAWA Tokyo, Japan (December 7th, 2018)– Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and sensational RIZIN Fighting Federation star Tenshin Nasukawa will battle in a special exhibition fight on New Year’s Eve from Saitama Prefecture Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. See below for quotes gathered from the media workout […]
BELLATOR SENDS BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION DARRION CALDWELL TO JAPAN ON NEW YEAR’S EVE TO CHALLENGE KYOJI HORIGUCHI FOR INAUGURAL RIZIN FF 135-POUND TITLE LOS ANGELES – Bellator is pleased to announce that the organization’s current bantamweight titleholder Darrion Caldwell (13-1) will represent the promotion in an exciting matchup against 2017 Rizin Bantamweight Grand Prix winner Kyoji Horiguchi (25-2). […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER SAYS HIS JAPAN FIGHT IS BACK ON & GIVES KHABIB AN ULTIMATUM Los Angeles, CA (November 17th, 2018)– Floyd Mayweather says the Tokyo fight that was on and then off, is back on with Tenshin Nasukawa and here is what he told TMZ Sports in the video below. Then Floyd Mayweather also discussed […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER NOW SAYS HIS FIGHT IS NOT OFFICIAL WITH TENSHIN NASUKAWA Las Vegas, NV (November 7th, 2018)– Floyd Mayweather took to his social media accounts to deny reports that he ever agreed to fight kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in a main event bout on December 31 in Tokyo Japan. The other day we reported he […]
FLOYD MAYWEATHER TO FIGHT 20-YEAR-OLD KICKBOXER IN JAPAN Tokyo, Japan (November 5th, 2018)-– Floyd Mayweather, 41, has signed with Japanese mixed martial arts promotions company RIZIN Fighting Federation and is now set to face 20-year-old Tenshin Nasukawa. A world champion at five different weights in boxing, Mayweather has never fought in mixed martial arts and […]
RIZIN.10 Will Take Place On May 6th The new RIZIN.10 show will stream live on May 6th. UFC and Bellator veteran Diego Nunes comes to face Yasuke Yachi in a 12-bout fight card. RIZIN Grand Prix champions Kanna Asakura and Tenshin Nasukawa also star in the fights leding up to the explosive main event of the […]
RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION WORLD GRAND PRIX 2017 Special New Year’s Eve Appearances by Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic & Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi December 29 & 31, 2017 * Saitama Super Arena * Saitama City, Japan LIVE ON PPV FITE TV PPV: 1 a.m. ET / 10 p.m. PT (Dec. 29 & 31) Cable […]
RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION WORLD GRAND PRIX 2017 Special New Year’s Eve Appearances by Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic & Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi December 29 & 31, 2017 * Saitama Super Arena * Saitama City, Japan LIVE ON PPV FITE TV PPV: 1 a.m. ET / 10 p.m. PT (Dec. 29 & 31) Cable […]
RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION WORLD GRAND PRIX 2017 Special New Year’s Eve Appearances by Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic & Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi December 29 & 31, 2017 * Saitama Super Arena * Saitama City, Japan LIVE ON PPV FITE TV PPV: 1 a.m. ET / 10 […]
FITE TV to stream Rizin Fighting Federation World-Grand Prix 2017 action July 30, LIVE from Japan NEW YORK CITY (July 6, 2017) – FITE TV has announced it will stream Rizin Fighting Federation World Grand-Prix 2017 action Sunday, July 30, starting at 1 a.m. ET / 10 p.m. PT (Saturday, July 29), live from […]
FITE TV to LIVE Stream ACB 57 FREE and RIZIN 2017 PPV This weekend FITE TV brings you ACB 57 Live and FREE Sat 4/15 and RIZIN 2017 PPV on Sun 4/16! If you’d like to offer these events to your website or blog audience, simply copy and paste the HTML embed code located […]
Rizin World Grand Prix 2016 Results Saitama, Japan (December 29, 2016)– Rizin World Grand Prix 2016 results for the Cro Cop vs. King Mo event Thursday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In the main event, Mirko Cro Cop and King Mo Lawal will square off in a quarterfinal Grand Prix bout. […]
RIZIN FF: CHARLES “KRAZY HORSE” BENNETT RETURNS TO JAPAN, WILL FACE MINORU KIMURA IN MMA ACTION IN TOKYO ON SEPTEMBER 25 TOKYO – August 18, 2016 – RIZIN FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today the addition of a featherweight (145 pounds) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) […]
Pictured (from left to right): RIZIN FF stars Miyuu Yamamoto, Rena Kubota and Kanako Murata were on hand at a press conference in Japan today to discuss their matchups at the highly-anticipated RIZIN FF event in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, Sept. 25. Yamamoto will square off with Kubota, while Murata will face off with Combate […]
RIZIN FF: MIRKO CRO COP EMERGES FROM RETIREMENT FOR 16-MAN, OPEN WEIGHT TOURNAMENT KICKING OFF IN TOKYO ON SEPTEMBER 25! WANDERLEI SILVA, KAZUYUKI FUJITA, AND BARUTO KAITO ALL TABBED FOR ACTION IN MULTI-STAGE TOURNAMENT PLUS: DARON CRUICKSHANK FACES ANDY SOUWER, AND GABI GARCIA AND KANAKO MURATA RETURN TO ACTION TOKYO – July 16, 2016 – […]
RIZIN FF ANNOUNCES LEGENDARY MMA PIONEER KIYOSHI TAMURA AS WANDERLEI SILVA TAG TEAM PARTNER FOR APRIL 17 MAIN EVENT IN NAGOYA, JAPAN TOKYO – April 4, 2016– RIZIN FF, the combat sports promotion led by former PRIDE FC head Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today that legendary Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) pioneer and former professional wrestling […]
Kazuyuki Fujita will return to MMA action in the RIZIN FF ring on Sunday, April 17. Fujita held up a poster board with an image of his opponent, recent RIZIN FF Grand Prix tournament runner-up Jiri Prochazka, at a press conference today to announce his matchup. Photo credit: RIZIN FF RIZIN FF ANNOUNCES THE […]
WANDERLEI SILVA RETURNS TO JAPAN! RIZIN FF SIGNS LEGENDARY PRIDE CHAMPION; ANNOUNCES SEVEN FIGHTERS, INCLUDING SILVA, FOR APRIL 17 LIVE EVENT IN NAGOYA, JAPAN TOKYO – March 7, 2016– RIZIN FF, the combat sports promotion led by former PRIDE FC head Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference, the signing of all-time Mixed Martial Arts […]
