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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…
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…
UFC bantamweight Pannie Kianzad will look to secure her first official victory in the Octagon when the company makes its latest trip to Moscow on November 9. The Iranian-born Swede has two victories on “The Ultimate Fighter,” which only count as exhibition wins. Since then, she has dropped both of her official UFC bouts. “Banzai”…
Just weeks after the conclusion of the -61kg RISE World Series, two competitors from the tournament are scheduled to meet in a kickboxing match-up we weren’t able to see – despite many wanting to see it. The winner of the entire -61kg tournament, Taiju Shiratori (17-5), will face K-1 veteran TAIGA (20-9) at RIZIN 19….
Fabio Cherant isn’t a guy who has been given anything in his life. He’s gone out and earned everything. Cherant will look to do the same thing on Tuesday night when he takes on Aleksa Camur in the main event of Dana White’s Contender Series 22. The event will take place at the UFC Apex…
Finally, RIZIN 17 is here! This stacked offering from RIZIN Fighting Federation is sure to be one of the biggest shows of the summer as the Japanese-based juggernaut returns to the Saitama Super Arena with a stacked twelve-fight offering. This morning, the weigh-ins took place and all fighters are on-weight and ready to compete. In…
This morning, live from the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japanese kickboxing juggernaut RISE returned with a loaded RISE World Series 2019: Semi-Final Round fight card. Earlier this year, we saw the opening round of two separate RISE World Series tournaments. On the 58kg side of the tournament, we saw some spectacular showings. Thai beast Suakim…
RIZIN 17 is set to take over the Saitama Super Arena next weekend, and we finally have the offical bout order for this stacked card. In the main event will be the first fight announced for the card; a lightweight grudge match between Yusuke Yachi and surging featherweight Mikuru Asakura. The co-main event(s) is somewhat…
As mixed martial arts continues its global expansion, the sport is finding its way into more and more people’s lives. Local gyms are increasing in population. Highly regarded promotions like the UFC, Bellator and ONE Championship host events in a number of different countries. That wasn’t the case even 10 years ago, and it absolutely…
