Hiromasa Ougikubo won two fights in a night to capture the Rizin bantamweight grand prix title on a spectacular night at Rizin 33 at the Saitama Super Arena, then proposed to his girlfriend. In the tournament final, Ougikubo avenged his soccer-kick knockout loss to Kai Asakura at Rizin 23 as Asakura captured the Rizin bantamweight title in August 2020. This ...
Four of Asia’s top bantamweight fighters converge on the Saitama Super Arena on New Year’s Eve looking to end 2021 with a new accolade on their resume – Rizin FF Bantamweight Grand Prix Champion. In the first semi-final, former Rizin bantamweight champion Kai Asakura takes on former King of Pancrase challenger Kenta Takizawa, with the former champ keen to score ...
Japanese MMA promotion Rizin FF is all set to host its traditional end-of-year show, with Rizin 33 set to deliver a spectacular night of fights. The iconic Saitama Super Arena, venue to so many legendary Japanese combat sports events down the years, will play host to the event, with a crowd in excess of 30,000 set to pack the stands ...
Spectacular Polish MMA promotion KSW has confirmed its lineup for the first show of 2022, with two title fights already confirmed for their January 15 event. KSW 66 will take place at the Netto Arena in Szczecin, Poland on January 15, with the event set to air live on Viaplay across selected European regions, with the rest of the world able ...
Bellator have made sure they hit the ground running in 2022, with officials confirming a stacked lineup of bouts for their first event of the new year. Bellator 273 will feature a heavyweight title unification fight in its main event, with reigning champ Ryan Bader set to put his title on the line against current interim champion Valentin Moldavsky. Former ...
Bellator have made sure they hit the ground running in 2022, with officials confirming a stacked lineup of bouts for their first event of the new year. Bellator 273 will feature a heavyweight title unification fight in its main event, with reigning champ Ryan Bader set to put his title on the line against current interim champion Valentin Moldavsky. Former ...
Derrick Lewis wrote his name into the history books as the fighter with the most knockouts in UFC history with a first-round bludgeoning of Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night 199. Fighting in the main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Lewis managed to draw Daukaus into an exchange mid-way through the round, then unloaded a heavy-duty barrage ...
Roberto Soldic registered a late candidate for knockout of the year as he starched KSW legend Mamed Khalidov to capture the middleweight title and become a two-division KSW champion at KSW 65 in Gliwice, Poland. After a cagey start gave way to some heavy kick trading, a slip from Soldic gave Khalidov the chance to work from top position with ...
Saturday night sees the final UFC fight card of the year, with a pair of hard-hitting heavyweights looking to score one final knockout to round out the year. In the red corner, former title challenger Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis, the UFC’s number one heavyweight knockout artist and longtime fan favourite. In the blue corner, rising heavyweight contender Chris Daukaus, ...
One of MMA’s great middleweights will look to notch another title defence as the Netherlands’ Gegard Mousasi puts his 185-pound title on the line against undefeated contender Austin Vanderford at Bellator Dublin on February 25. Bellator officials confirmed the event, and the main event booking, to Fighters Only via press release, with 57-fight veteran Mousasi aiming to register back-to-back title ...