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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.… Read More

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Below are the official weigh-in results and fighter quotes for Rizin’s December 31st, World Grand Prix card in Saitama, Japan.

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Rizin FF held the quaterfinals for its bantamweight grand-prix today in Saitama, Japan, and Kyoji Horiguchi and Manel Kape, were among the winners who are advanced to the tourney’s semifinals.

Horiguchi stopped Gabriel Oliveira in the opening … Read More

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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.

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Below are the weigh-in results for RIZIN’s Grand Prix Tournament, which will get underway tomorrow on December 29th, and will conclude on New Year’s Eve.

The events are taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.… Read More

Manel Kape KO's Erson Yamamoto #RIZIN2017 pic.twitter.com/7gbLvUgsUb

— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) October 15, 2017

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Gabriel Oliveira Wins KO R2.#RIZIN #RIZIN2017 #RIZINFF pic.twitter.com/N3vLeTcKz8

— Jonnyboy (@Jonnyboy_6969) October 15, 2017

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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

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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 Kanna … Read More

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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 a phone … Read More

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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 -100kg GP in 2015. Mirko Crocop won the Openweight GP last year … Read More

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The card has been finalized with 11 total fights for Japan’s most anticipated event this summer, with the announcement of 2 more woman’s fights. RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GP 2017 – Summer event, scheduled to take place on … Read More

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2 additional fights are added to the highly anticipated RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GP 2017 – Summer event, scheduled to take place on July 30th at the Saitama Super Arena. A heavyweight fight between Amir Aliakbar and Tyler … Read More

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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 last … Read More

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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

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Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has added another grand-prix championship to his decorated resume, as the Croatian legend won Rizin FF’s open weight tournament today in Japan.

“Cro Cop” stopped Kaido Hoovelson in the Grand Prix semis, before … Read More

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The quarter finals of RIZIN’s World Grand Prix took place last night in Saitama, Japan, and Mirko “Cro Cop” advanced to the semifinals, by stopping “King Mo” Lawal.

The legendary heavyweight finished Lawal with a series of … Read More

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Rizing Fighting Federation’s took place earlier today in Saitama, Japan, and the event saw Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic win his opening round, grand-prix bout.

The heavyweight fighter submitted Hyun Man Myung with an opening round, arm-triangle-choke, to … Read More

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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 former … Read More

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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 (MMA) … Read More