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RIZIN 19 Highlights: Patricky “Pitbull” Finishes Tatsuya Kawajiri With Flying Knee & Punches
Patricky Pitbull (22-8) makes a tragic splash in RIZIN's GP, throttling the legendary Tatsuya Kawajiri with a flying knee and follow-up for the first-round knockout. Bellator's all-time KO leader extends his tear to six bouts with his… Read More
RIZIN’s Nobuyuki Sakakibara Announces Year-End, Cross Promotional Card With Bellator
By FCF Staff
Recently Bellator President Scott Coker has said that the promotion could be headed to Japan for an event, and now RIZIN’s CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced the companies will be promoting a year-end card together.
Recently Sakakibara… Read More
RIZIN Champ Jiri Prochazka Wants Cross Promotional Title Fight With Bellator’s Ryan Bader
By FCF Staff
Bellator and RIZIN have booked cross promotional, championship fights between Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi, and Jiri Prochazka hopes the companies agree to do so with him.
Prochazka secured RIZIN’s inaugural, light-heavyweight championship earlier this month by… Read More
RIZIN 15 Highlights: Kyoji Horiguchi Storms Through Ben Nguyen
Kyoji Horiguchi (27-2) ratchets his reign of terror to 12 straight bouts, brutalizing Ben Nguyen in less than three minutes! Now 9-0 in RIZIN with seven finishes, the JMMA king owns 14 knockouts. #RIZIN15 #RIZINFF #RIZIN2019 pic.twitter.com/ScxEmIHAZJ… Read More
Bellator Sends Darrion ‘The Wolf’ Caldwell to Rizin to Challenge Kyoji Horiguchi for Inaugural 135-Pound Title
By FCF Staff
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). The two… Read More
Rizin FF 9: Kyoji Horiguchi Takes BW Grand Prix, Mirko “Cro Cop” Records Quick Stoppage Win
By FCF Staff
Here are the results from Rizin FF’s final event for 2017, which took place in Saitama, Japan.
The card saw Kyoji Horiguchi win the promotion’s bantamweight grand prix, by scoring wins over Shintaro Ishiwatari and Manel Kape.
Mirko… Read More
RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2017 Providing Fireworks in 2017 Finale
By Press Release
NEW YORK CITY (December 29, 2017) — RIZIN Fighting Federation will provide fireworks with its final event of 2017, featuring the returns of combat sports superstar Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, and popular MMA fighterTakanori “The Fireball… Read More
Ian McCall And Manel Kape Come to Blows at Rizin Weigh-Ins
By FCF Staff
Ian McCall and Manel Kape have reportedly been exchanging verbal blows via social media, leading up to their bout for Rizin FF, Saturday, and things boiled over between the two at the event’s weigh-ins.
As you can… Read More
RIZIN FF: Mirko “Cro Cop” Signs Multi-Fight Deal, to Retire NYE 2018
By Press Release
“TOKYO – On November 17th, RIZIN FF executive Chairman Nobuyuki Sakakibara, General Manager Nobuhiko Takada, and Tsuyoshi Kosaka appeared at a press conference held at the RIZIN headquarters to announce 3 matchups including the previously teased… Read More
Rizin FF 7 Highlights: Manel Kape Takes Out Erson Yamamoto With Head Kick
Manel Kape KO's Erson Yamamoto #RIZIN2017 pic.twitter.com/7gbLvUgsUb
— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) October 15, 2017
Rizin FF: Tatsuya Kawajiri Aiming to Take Wild Card Slot For Bantamweight Tourney
By Press Release
TOKYO Roppongi – September 1 st , RIZIN held a press conference in Tokyo at the RIZIN HQ to announce an addition to the Fukuoka event. Tatsuya Kawajiri will be fighting on the card to get himself… Read More
Kanna Asakura Dominates Saori Ishioka to Take Final Spot for Rizin’s Women’s GP
By Press Release
TOKYO SHINJUKU – August 26th , Japan’s only all women’s MMA promotion DEEP JEWELS held their event at the Shinjuku FACE hall, where the 29 year old Japanese WMMA pioneer Saori Ishoka and 19 year old… Read More
Shintaro Ishiwatari Looks for Revenge Against Kyoji Horiguchi During RIZIN World GP 2017
By Press Release
The current King of Pancrase is riding a 4 fight winning streak with notable wins over the names such as Takafumi Otsuka, Victor Henry, Johnathan Brookins and Rafael Silva. Many thought that he was just… Read More
RIZIN FF Announces Details For Bantamweight GP, Kyoji Horiguchi & Anthony Birchak Among Competitors
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RIZIN’s World GP series has become part of its staple concepts ever since their launch in 2015. King Mo was crowned the winner of the monumental -100kg GP in 2015. Mirko Crocop won the Openweight GP… Read More
Kyoji Horiguchi Signs With Rizin FF
By FCF Staff
Former UFC flyweight contender Kyoji Horiguchi has signed with Rizin Fighting Federation, and will reportedly make his promotional debut in April.
The 26 year-old entered free agency recently after his UFC deal concluded. The Japanese earned a… Read More
RIZIN Grand Prix Highlights: Mirko “Cro Cop” Stops “King Mo” Lawal
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs Muhammed Lawal – #RIZINFF pic.twitter.com/kwSnzpKRPo
— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) 29 December 2016
RIZIN Announces Shane Carwin to Compete in Open-Weight Grand Prix
By FCF Staff
Recently Shane Carwin announced his intention to return to fighting, and now RIZIN FF has confirmed that the heavyweight will compete in the second round of the promotion’s open-weight, grand prix.
Carwin’s opponent for the December… Read More
RIZIN FF 2: Campbell McLaren Reports Backstage Incident Between Charles Bennett & Wanderlei Silva
By FCF Staff
The rivalry between Charles Bennett and Wanderlei Silva continues to grow, as Combate Americas CEO Campbell McLaren reports that the fighters had a backstage incident at Rizin FF 2.
Prior to the event, Combate Americas posted a video… Read More
RIZIN Adds “Krazy Horse” vs. Kimura To Sept. 25 Grand Prix Event
By Press Release
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) matchup between… Read More
RIZIN FF Announces Three Women’s Matchups, Five Tourney Fighters For Sept.
By Press Release
TOKYO – August 16, 2016 – RIZIN FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, today revealed at a press conference the matchups for the three women’s Mixed Martial Arts… Read More