Following a disappointing 25-second no contest in July, Kyoji Horiguchi settled the score in his rematch with Makoto Takahashi at Rizin Fighting Federation 45 in Saitama, Japan.
It’s New Year’s Eve in Japan and you know what that means. It’s Rizin time! Rizin 45 will be live from the Saitama Super Arena. There will be 17 fights on the show and unlike MMA which goes by unified rules, knees and soccer kicks to grounded opponents will be allowed.
Bellator and Rizin are back it once again. Following the success of Bellator vs. Rizin last New Year’s Eve, the two MMA promotions jus knew they had to make a sequel event.
Kyoji Horiguchi still has plenty of time to build on an already outstanding legacy. The two-time Rizin Fighting Federation champion will face Makoto Takahashi for the inaugural Bellator MMA flyweight crown in the Bellator x Rizin 2 co-headliner on Saturday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Fight fans rejoice, a second Rizin & Bellator MMA crossover event has been announced for July 30 at Tokyo's Saitama Super Arena. Former Bellator featherweight champion A.J.
Editor's note: The article has been updated at 5:10 p.m. ET on April 21 to add a statement from Borg's former management. Scheduling Ray Borg for a flyweight fight did not work out for Bellator MMA.
Kyoji Horiguchi has fashioned quite a career for himself, and he still has work left to do. The former Bellator MMA and Rizin Fighting Federation champion will take on fellow Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Ray Borg in a three-round Bellator 295 flyweight showcase on Saturday at the Neil S.
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If Kyoji Horiguchi were to walk away from the sport tomorrow, he would do so as one of the most accomplished Japanese mixed martial artists of all-time.
As a former Rizin athlete, Kyoji Horiguchi was a little bit conflicted following Bellator’s 5-0 head-to-head triumph against the Japanese promotion on New Year’s Eve.
An under-the-radar trilogy bout will provide some depth and intrigue when Bellator MMA and the Rizin Fighting Federation join forces for Rizin 40 on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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It took a little over two rounds for Mikuru Asakura to learn the same lesson his countryman and Rizin FF stablemate Tenshin Nasukawa did back on New Year’s Eve 2018: An exhibition against Floyd Mayweather is exactly as serious as you make it.
While Patrick Mix did get the nod from the cageside judges in his Bellator bantamweight quarterfinal matchup against Kyoji Horiguchi, he still believes he deserved a little more generosity on the scorecards than he received.
Bellator delivers quantity and quality with two events in two days this week from Hawaii
Bellator 282 in June will feature the return of reigning middleweight king Gegard Mousasi and the final two bouts in the quarterfinals of the promotion’s highly anticipated bantamweight Grand Prix.
Pettis lost each of the first three rounds of the fight, but one devastating strike in the latter half of the fourth round was all it took for him to erase his earlier struggles and leave the cage victorious.
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'The Typhoon' won Bellator MMA and RIZIN bantamweight titles in 2019
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