RIZIN 34 Live Coverage

RIZIN will host their first numbered event of the year on Sunday night, presenting 17 bouts from the Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. In the main event of the show, explosive featherweight Kyohei Hagiwara will battle former DEEP Impact Champion Satoshi Yamasu. Follow along throughout the evening for updates on the event. Click … Continue reading RIZIN 34 Live Coverage →

RIZIN 34 Preview

RIZIN will present their first numbered event of the year on Sunday night, showcasing a busy 17-fight card from the Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. In the main event, flashy featherweight Kyohei Hagiwara will meet former DEEP Impact Champion Satoshi Yamasu. Here's a full preview of the evening. Main Card (1:00AM EST / … Continue reading RIZIN 34 Preview →

RIZIN 29 Live Coverage

RIZIN will showcase a mix of MMA and kickboxing bouts at their event on Sunday evening. A 12-fight card from the Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, is expected to have four fights from the promotion's bantamweight tournament, along with a four-man one-night kickboxing bracket that will headline the card. Follow along throughout the … Continue reading RIZIN 29 Live Coverage →

RIZIN 29 Preview

Just two weeks after their debut event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, top Japanese MMA promotion RIZIN will head to the Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka for RIZIN 29. The event will see a mix of kickboxing and MMA matchups. Along with the final bouts in the opening round of the promotion's … Continue reading RIZIN 29 Preview →

RIZIN 25 Play-by-Play

This article is the play-by-play of RIZIN 25 to accompany live coverage of the event. The live coverage article can be viewed here. Quick Results: Main Card (12:00AM EST / 2:00PM JST) (RIZIN PPV) Bout 1: Shohei Asahara def. Yuma Yamaguchi via TKO, Punches (RD 3) (Kickboxing Bout) Bout 2: Jin Mandokoro def. Syuto Sato … Continue reading RIZIN 25 Play-by-Play →

RIZIN 25 Live Coverage

Japanese MMA promotion RIZIN Fighting Federation will return on Saturday night with RIZIN 25 from the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. In their final event before their annual New Year's Eve card, the promotion will look for their first featherweight champ in a fight between Mikuru Asakura and Yutaka Saito. Follow along throughout the evening … Continue reading RIZIN 25 Live Coverage →

RIZIN 25 Preview

In their final event before their annual New Year's Eve festivities, RIZIN will look to crown their first featherweight champion on Saturday. Mikuru Asakura and Yutaka Saito will fight for the inaugural belt in the main event of RIZIN 25 from the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. Here's a preview of the card. Main Card … Continue reading RIZIN 25 Preview →

Mikuru Asakura and Yutaka Saito To Fight For Inaugural RIZIN Featherweight Belt on November 21st

Japanese MMA promotion RIZIN will crown their first featherweight champion on November 21st, as Mikuru Asakura will fight Yutaka Saito at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. The fight will headline RIZIN 25, which had nine fights in total announced for it on Monday. Asakura will carry an eight-fight win streak into the ring in … Continue reading Mikuru Asakura and Yutaka Saito To Fight For Inaugural RIZIN Featherweight Belt on November 21st →