Rizin FF

In a bit of quirky matchmaking, Japan's Kyoji Horiguchi, RIZIN's reigning bantamweight champion, represented Bellator during Saturday's Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN cross-promotion. Make that former bantamweight champ — ahead of the fight, Horiguchi vacated his title, opting to focus...

Bantamweight action at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN saw two of the respective promotion's best 135lb'ers go head-to-head on New Year's Eve. The second fight in at the Saitama Super Arena just outside Tokyo had former Bellator MMA champ Juan Archuleta...

In a rarely seen cross-promotional collaboration between two of MMA's biggest organizations, Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN arrived Saturday with the chance to change the sport's promotional landscape. While yes, Bellator and RIZIN had cross-promoted before, there was little danger for...

RIZIN Fighting Federation was in action on Sunday (early Sunday for western fight fans) with RIZIN Landmark Vol 4. The night in Nagoya started out with a string of stoppages, with five straight bouts ending inside the distance. While that...

Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to action on Sunday, October 23, 2022 with RIZIN 39 going down at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. The event was headlined by a featherweight title fight that saw former KSW star Kleber...

At RIZIN 38 in the famed Saitama Super Arena in Japan, Kyoji Horiguchi, currently fighting in both RIZIN and Bellator due to their cross-promotionsl agreement, faced off against Yuto Hokamura. Better known as Kintaro, Hokamura was taking on Horiguchi in...

RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to its home base in 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...

Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to action on Sunday (or Saturday night, depending on your locale) with RIZIN 37. The event, back in the promotion's stronghold at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, saw the opening round of the...

While the UFC was set to cap off International Fight Week on Saturday, half a world away, RIZIN Fighting Federation was also in action with RIZIN 36. The Okinawa-based card had been expected to be headlined by Kai Asakura, the...

RIZIN Landmark Vol. 3 took place on May 5, 2022 at an undisclosed location in Japan, with a standout name in the card's main event. While featuring just a handful of fights, as with previous Landmark cards (they like keep...