RIZIN Fighting Federation made a historic trip outside Japan on Saturday, November 4, 2023 to head to Azerbaijan for RIZIN Landmark 7. The main event of the promotion's monumental first show in the country featured Azerbaijan's own Vugar Karamov, the...

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...

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...

RIZIN Fighting Federation was back in action for the second week in a row on Sunday, touching down in Nagoya, Japan for RIZIN Landmark 6. Headlined by a pair of veterans in Hideo Tokoro and Alan Yamaniha competing at bantamweight,...

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...

Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to the famed Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Saturday for RIZIN 44. The 11-fight card was primarily MMA action with a single kickboxing bout mixed in for good measure. For western fight fans...

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...

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...

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...

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...