#rizin

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As a femme MMA fan finding out there's such a massive community of women who love this sport on here has been crazy, The sports horrific politics aside, Its so awesome to find passionate fans that are ordinary girls and not Fascist twitter chuds

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John Martin announced a cross promotional match up between AJ McKee Jr and Rizin FW champ Razhabli Shaydullaev for the RIZIN and vacant PFL Featherweight titles!

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Jinnosuke Kashimura vs Hideo Tokoro | RIZIN.52

The RIZIN BW title is in the hands of yet another boring top control wrestler type from America. No clue why RIZIN brings those types in. But they have a Japanese challenger waiting in the wings. Jinnosuke Kashimura (12-5) is a former Road to UFC alum that realistically was on the show way too early into his career. At only 24, he's been a pro since 2020. He's primarily a grappler, with 10 of his wins coming by submission.

Kashimura will challenge BW champion Danny Sabatello (18-4-1) this Saturday (July 18) at RIZIN LANDMARK 15 in HIROSHIMA.

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リアルタイムで見られなかったけれど(知らなかった！)今年も超RIZIN開催するよう🔥たまアリが使えないから今年は地方ばかりだろうなーと思っていたら京セラドーム開催とのこと。未来も良いけれど千裕が復活するのうれし〰〰〰！！！ブチかましてくれ〰〰〰〰！！そしてYA-MANおかえりなさい〰〰良かったね嬉しいね。泣けちゃうね。

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4/12RIZIN LANDMARK13福岡。母と集合してPPV観戦。ちょうどお祭りだったので「山車が見たい！」という母の要望のため外の喧騒に耳を澄ませながらの観戦。山車は結局法被を着たお祭り関係者であろうマンバンヘアーのイケオジに「山車は今どこ？！何時にここ来る？！」と訊ねるというチートを使い無事に見ることが出来た。何とも治安の良いお祭りだった。私の地元に比べれば…。マンバンヘアーイケオジは私と話しながらななこの顎をチロチロ〜と撫でてくれた。犬が好きなのかな☺️良い人に見えちゃう☺️

摩嶋のジワジワ来た一本は職人！って感じだったし、あやかはもう44なのにナイスファイトだったし(勝って欲しかった！)、朝久は観ていて気持ちが良かったし、福田は期待していただけにバチコーン！ヤラれて逆に清々しかったし、萩原は相手が計量失敗したからコレで勝ったらカッコええぞ！というところでしっかり負けたし、堀江くんはピットブルにヤラれるやろ〜と思ったら結構面白い試合をしていてしっかり勝ってビックリだし、後藤さんやってくれそうだな〜と思っていたらサバテロがヌルヌルくっついてきて何も出来ずに終わったし、王者シェイドゥラエフは大晦日の久保の悪夢を再見させてくるしで結構面白い大会だった。シェイドゥラエフにはRIZINファイターじゃマジで勝てんなぁ…。どうしよう？

福岡大会3年半ぶり？とかで会場がアツかった。声援もコールも沢山あった。個人的ハイライトは火の鳥さんのセコンドがティンカーベル衣装を着ていて画面にチラチラ映り込んでいたところ。可愛い。どんな人なのかは映り込んでいた姿が小さかったので知らない。

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If RIZIN bought ONE Championship

Another year, another ONE Championship drama

ONE Championship Set To Sue Rodtang Amid Shock Contract Dispute

ONE Championship has announced it is taking legal action against Rodtang Jitmuangnon in three countries, citing multiple breaches of his con

One Championship Files Legal Action Against Rodtang

The Thai mega star finds him on the receiving end of a lawsuit.

It's moments like this that make me wonder: what if Rizin bought ONE Championship?

Ever since ONE Friday Fights 147 & "Superfan Fights", the "World's Largest Martial Arts Organization" has been penny-pinching its fans with quantity over quality bullcrap. They've paywalled a portion of the free-to-air ONE Lumpinee / ONE Friday Fights events into something called The Inner Circle, featuring world title fights, which requires a streaming subscription of USD $9.99 per month. Meanwhile, we now know the new monthly ONE Samurai series in Japan will be PPV-exclusive; ONE Samurai 1 will cost $40 USD.

This is on top of the still ongoing ONE Fight Night / ONE on Prime Video (& Sky Sports) series and, presumably, quarterly numbered PPV events. In total, it will cost you $65 USD to watch all of ONE Championship this month. Imagine paying 65 bucks per month to watch a single combat sports promotion? At least UFC had the common courtesy to air its Fight Nights on regular TV considering how over-expensive their PPVs are.

Nowadays, RIZIN PPVs can be bought outside Japan either on their own, or with a monthly or annual subscription on Rizin.tv. It helps that RIZIN events were held sporadically; they will attempt to hold an event every month for the rest of 2026.

And, yes, The Inner Circle cards will naturally be held in the SAME ARENA as virtually every other ONE Championship event: Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. ONE Championship, a billion dollar unicorn, USED to hold events across Asia before COVID. They haven't held an event in Singapore, Malaysia, or the Philippines since 2022; and there's been no activity in China since COVID killed the ONE Hero series.

After the Lumpinee partnership began in 2023, EVERY non-PPV event promoted by ONE has been held at Lumpinee. This month's ONE Samurai 1 in Japan will be among the few exceptions.

Contrast RIZIN events being held all across Japan.

By the way: it took around 9 years for RIZIN to hold its first international event, RIZIN LANDMARK 7 in Azerbaijan, on 4 November 2023. Their second and last event to date held outside Japan, RIZIN World Series in Korea, took place 2 years later.

ONE has only held 4 events outside Asia between 2023 and 2025; 2 events in Colorado, USA, 2 events in Qatar from the Lusail Sports Arena. It's more impressive than RIZIN, but pitiful not only compared to where the Professional Fighters League has been, but also considering the PFL has established regional branches in Africa and, previously, Europe and MENA.

And yes, this is the same PFL that was able to buy Bellator ONLY because Paramount is fucking dogshit.

RIZIN has been able to fly under the radar in-part due to its obscurity (i.e. ignorant MMA "fans" who only watch UFC). My article on ONE Championship doesn't do justice to the many scandals they've been involved in. To make a long story short: when it comes to celebrating "the values of integrity, humility, honor, respect, courage, discipline, and compassion”, RIZIN has a done a far better job projecting that image compared to ONE.

And yes, this is the same RIZIN Fighting Federation in-which an obnoxious American "gangster" is currently champion.

RIZN is almost everything ONE Championship should've been. If you go purely by optics, RIZIN is the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in Asia, whereas ONE has become a glorified kickboxing and muay thai league that also does MMA and, on occasion, submission grappling.

Of course, the solution to all of the above isn't with a merger (there have been way too many of those, and they all sucked), but with a proper re-evaluation. ONE Championship recently cut the women's strawweight division; it should consider cutting MMA (and grappling) altogether.

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RIZIN52有明アリーナ。PPV視聴。KOばかりで面白かったけれど所さん負けた〰〰サクちゃんも負けた〰〰強真勝った〰〰〰〰！！！強真負けるかなぁと思っていたけれどKO勝利。まだ19才。本当に凄い。これからも楽しみ。

母と喋っていたらいつの間にか矢地くんが血だらけになっていて笑ってしまった。ちょっと目を離したら血だらけになっている矢地くんよ。この人に関しては負け方がいつも面白くてつい笑ってしまう。ただ矢地くんはイイヤツ！！という感じがして結構スキ。

今後のRIZINの予定がサッサと7月まで決まっているのが嬉しい。玉アリが使えないからか全部地方。来月のシェイドゥラエフ戦も楽しみだな🇰🇬

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RIZIN 52 | Kyoma Akimoto vs Patchy Mix talk

Kyoma Akimoto!!!!!!!!!!! Officially in a new era of Japanese MMA. The young talent is figuring things out.

I really think Mix has fucked up his back. He looks terrible in ways that he didn't in Bellator. And I don't think it's reflective of his competition level changing. He looks robotic and stiff. He was never a smooth striker but wow.