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Two more kickboxing bouts have been added to RIZIN 20 to bolster the card further with names like Tenshin Nasukawa and Taiju Shiratori. Tenshin Nasukawa (35-0) draws arguably his biggest challenge to date in a RIZIN ring as he faces 2019 KING OF KNOCKOUT bantamweight champion Rui Ebata (41-2-3) of Tokyo, Japan. At this point,…
More fights have been added to the RIZIN portion of the upcoming Bellator Japan show post-lims. 22-year-old Japanese star Kanna Asakura (15-4) of Paraestra Matsudo returns to the cage as she takes on King of the Cage title-holder Jayme Hinshaw (4-3) of Fit NHB Mixed Martial Arts. The brother of RIZIN fighter Vitaly, Sergey Shemetov…
A 2019 fight of the year contender will be run back at the start of the new year. ONE Championship announced on Wednesday, Dec. 4 that flyweight Muay Thai champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon will put his belt on the line against the former champion Jonathan Haggerty at ONE: A New Tomorrow on Friday, Jan. 10. The…
The fight is now official for a fifth time. UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will reportedly defend his title against Tony Ferguson in the main event of UFC 249 in Brooklyn, New York on April 18. Let’s put this one in bubblewrap until April, shall we? (via @bokamotoespn) pic.twitter.com/hbAkFZKCg6 — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 30,…
Following a very brief UFC stint, Japanese finisher Yoshinori Horie (8-2) is set to return to Pancrase at Pancrase 312 in February 2020. As mentioned, Horie, who had spent the first nine fights of his career competing in Pancrase, signed with the UFC earlier this year and faced Canadian striker Hakeem Dawodu in Edmonton, Alberta…
Another weekend, another absolutely fantastic K-1 kickboxing event. This time it was the K-1 World GP in Yokohama. The night featured a -57.5kg Championship Grand-Prix in which the night’s eventual winner would have to beat three foes in one night to be crowned champion. KRUSH featherweight champion Yuki Egawa (13-2-1) knocked out three opponents inside…
Unlike other top contenders in the flyweight division, Kai Kara-France is actually friends with current champion Henry Cejudo. But that won’t prevent the New Zealander from fighting him if the opportunity presented itself. Both Cejudo and Kara-France were in attendance at UFC 243 last month in Melbourne as they squared off against each other. View…
There was a point in time where it seemed like every other MMA fighter either wanted to box or were calling out boxers for a cross-code fight. Part of that is because of Conor McGregor’s highly-lucrative boxing match with Floyd Mayweather in 2017. The Irishman made nine-figures for that bout and even hinted at continuing…
Israel Adesanya is not known for his submissions, but he has definitely been working on it. Adesanya became the undisputed middleweight champion at UFC 243 last month when he knocked out Robert Whittaker in the second round of their headliner. Coming from a kickboxing background, “The Last Stylebender” is naturally one of the best strikers…
Over the weekend, kickboxing juggernaut K-1 returned to Korakuen Hall yet again with another K-1 KRUSH event; K-1 KRUSH FIGHT 107. In the main event, Takashi Koki looked to defend his bantamweight championship against surging Junki Sasaki. The co-feature saw a super featherweight tournament semi-final bout as Taio Asahisa faced Narafumi Nishimoto. The card also…
