John Dodson has signed a multi-fight deal with RIZIN, and his promotional debut is set for New Year’s Eve. Dodson has found a new MMA home by signing with the Japanese-based promotion RIZIN. ‘The Magician’ will debut against veteran Hideo Tokoro, who is 45 years old and holds a record of 35-31-2. The former UFC
Bellator and Rizin are ending the year with a bang. 5-on-5 On Monday, the two promotions announced a cross-promotional event which will take place on New Year’s Eve. The main card will feature five Bellator fighters going against five Rizin fighters inside the Rizin ring at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. View this post
RIZIN fans were treated to a spectacular last-minute submission by Atomweight World Grand Prix semifinalist Seika Izawa. In the co-main event of RIZIN 38, Izawa faced Anastasiya Svetkivska in the semifinal of the World Grand Prix tournament. The two women appeared to be evenly matched in the opening round, but as the second round progressed,
Kyoji Horiguchi snapped his two-fight win streak when he came out on top of his contest with Yuto Hokamura. This past Sunday, former Bellator and Rizin bantamweight champ Horiguchi marked his return to action against Hokamura in the main event of RIZIN 38 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Coming off two consecutive losses
Floyd Mayweather’s bodyguard Ray Sadeghi, also known as Jizzy Mack, suffered a humiliating third-round knockout against Koji ‘Kouzi’ Tanaka as part of the Super RIZIN event this weekend. Mayweather’s night went according to plan with the boxing legend scoring a second-round knockout of Mikuru Asakura with minimal effort. Things did not go quite as well
Floyd Mayweather knocked out Mikuru Asakura in their Super Rizin exhibition match “Money” has already won two exhibition fights this year Floyd Mayweather Jr. put on another masterclass performance in his latest exhibition match under Super Rizin at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The unbeaten boxing legend knocked out Japan’s Mikuru Asakura in
Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring for a boxing exhibition against Mikuru Asakura as part of RIZIN 38. During the official staredown between the two fighters, Floyd Mayweather’s less-than-professional-looking bodyguard took it upon himself to shove Mikuru after a few moments. ‘Money’ motioned for the bodyguard to stand down as he re-engaged in the
There is a new candidate for knockout of the year courtesy of Daichi Abe. The RIZIN 37 event brought some fireworks in the form of a ferocious knockout off the hands and foot of former UFC fighter Daichi Abe. Abe let his hands do the talking in his RIZIN 37 bout against Marcos Yoshio de
Tenshin Nasukawa retires undefeated from the sport of kickboxing. This past Sunday, Japanese kickboxing sensation Tenshin took on rival Takeru in a megafight billed as the ‘fight of the century.’ He managed to come out on top and retain his unblemished record of 42-0 in what would turn out to be his final fight. Their
Floyd Mayweather has claimed that Logan Paul wants to do another exhibition bout despite saying that he didn’t get paid from their first one. Mayweather shared his thoughts on Oscar De La Hoya running for mayor. Last June, Floyd Mayweather participated in an exhibition boxing match against YouTube sensation Logan Paul. The former five-division world
Floyd Mayweather is set to take on Japan’s Mikuru Asakura in September The Japanese MMA star appears to be a presenting a serious threat to “Money” Undeniably, Floyd Mayweather Jr. put exhibition matches on the map when he delighted combat sports fans in 2018. The legendary boxer knocked out Tenshin Nasukawa in a Rizin event
RIZIN ended the year with a bang. The Japanese promotion would put on an absolute showing on New Year’s Eve with some of their biggest stars. The event would play host to a one-night Bantamweight Grand Prix as well as one of Tenshin Nasukawa’s final goodbyes to kickboxing as he transitions into boxing. The final
Every fighter has a story. Some are clean as can be. Others… not so much. Yoshinori Horie’s origins in MMA aren’t exactly ‘safe-for-work’. The former UFC fighter who currently fights out of RIZIN, would get his career where it needed to be. However, funding his MMA career and keeping his dreams intact would come at
There’s something big on the horizon for RIZIN. Summer Showdown Kickboxing Champions will collide this summer as RIZIN and RISE king Tenshin Nasukawa collides with K-1 Champion Takeru Segawa. RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara would announce the matchup at a press conference on Friday. The meeting will be in June, with a date TBD. The two
When Rizin bantamweight champ Kyoji Horiguchi revealed that he was vacating his title to test the waters of free agency, fans were curious to see his next move. As it turns out, he is now fighting under the Bellator banner, although his time in Japan is not finished. Widely considered to be one of the
There is a strong argument to be made that Kyoji Horiguchi is the best fighter not currently signed to the UFC. He now has the chance to return to this promotion though, after vacating the Rizin bantamweight title to test free agency. In his 8 fights in the UFC, Horiguchi fought the best in the