Nobuyuki Sakakibara

RIZIN 55 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event held by the RIZIN Fighting Federation on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan.

RIZIN LANDMARK 16 in NAGASAKI was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event held by the RIZIN Fighting Federation on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the HAPPINESS ARENA in Nagasaki Stadium City, Nagasaki, Japan, marking the promotion's first event in Nagasaki Prefecture. In the main event, hometown fighter Yoshinori Horie faced Sho Patrick Usami in a 71 kg MMA bout, while Viktor Kolesnik took on Koyomi Matsushima at 66 kg. The card also featured Ryusei Ashizawa vs. Seiya Inoue, Kate Lotus vs. NOEL and Ryan Cafaro vs. Hyuma Yasui, along with four opening fights, three of them contested under kickboxing rules.

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RIZIN LANDMARK 11 in SAPPORO is an MMA event that will take place on June 14, 2025 at the Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan.

RIZIN 23 serves to crown a new bantamweight champion when Hiromasa Ougikubo meets Kai Asakura in the headliner. The undercard is full of prospects, including Kazumasa Majima, Makoto Takahashi and Tatsuki Saomoto. Kickboxing fans will be treated to a rematch between Taiga and Kento Haraguchi, plus the return of KAITO.

Flyweight title match! Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Makoto Shinryu: Who will win their second encounter?

RIZIN 55 was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event held by the RIZIN Fighting Federation on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan.

RIZIN LANDMARK 16 in NAGASAKI was a mixed martial arts and kickboxing event held by the RIZIN Fighting Federation on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the HAPPINESS ARENA in Nagasaki Stadium City, Nagasaki, Japan, marking the promotion's first event in Nagasaki Prefecture. In the main event, hometown fighter Yoshinori Horie faced Sho Patrick Usami in a 71 kg MMA bout, while Viktor Kolesnik took on Koyomi Matsushima at 66 kg. The card also featured Ryusei Ashizawa vs. Seiya Inoue, Kate Lotus vs. NOEL and Ryan Cafaro vs. Hyuma Yasui, along with four opening fights, three of them contested under kickboxing rules.

RIZIN event

RIZIN LANDMARK 11 in SAPPORO is an MMA event that will take place on June 14, 2025 at the Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan.

RIZIN 23 serves to crown a new bantamweight champion when Hiromasa Ougikubo meets Kai Asakura in the headliner. The undercard is full of prospects, including Kazumasa Majima, Makoto Takahashi and Tatsuki Saomoto. Kickboxing fans will be treated to a rematch between Taiga and Kento Haraguchi, plus the return of KAITO.

Flyweight title match! Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Makoto Shinryu: Who will win their second encounter?

RIZIN 54 takes place on August 11, 2026, at the Toyota Arena Tokyo. The main event features veteran former champion Kleber Koike facing the surging young prospect Kyoma Akimoto. The card also features a heavyweight tournament opening round.

Super RIZIN 5 hits Osaka's Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on Thursday, September 10, 2026. The main event features a cross-promotional fight between Razhabali Shaydullaev and AJ McKee for both RIZIN and PFL Featherweight Championships.

RIZIN 53 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on May 10th, 2026 at the GLION ARENA KOBE in Kobe, Japan.

On July 30th Super RIZIN 2 is live from Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The fight card has well over 8 matches, 3 of them are with titles on the line and will have Mikuru Asakura vs Vugar Karamov fighting for the RIZIN Featherweight Title as main event of the evening, finishing the entire lineup with a bang!

Featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki's first defense will be against Masanori Kanehara from Japan!

RIZIN 41 was a combat sports event that took place on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at the Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka, Japan.

RIZIN 44 live from Saitama Super Arena, Japan. The fight card has well over 11 matches and will have Juntarou Ushiku vs Kyohei Hagiwara as main event of the evening, finishing the entire lineup with a bang!

The Floyd Mayweather Jr. exhibition world tour continues as the former pound-for-pound king meets MMA fighter Mikuru Asakura under the Rizin promotion from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Takeru (also known as The Match 2022) was a professional kickboxing event held at The Tokyo Dome on June 19, 2022. Rizin Fighting Federation CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara was a general producer, and has stated that this would be a neutral event regardless of the organization. The main card featured fighters from K-1, RISE, and other kickboxing promotions. The main event was a cross-promotional bout between Tenshin Nasukawa, representing RISE, and Takeru, representing K-1.

RIZIN.52 takes place on March 7, 2026 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

The final event of 2019 is here, and per usual it’s being held by RIZIN Fighting Federation!

RIZIN 42 was a combat sports event that took place on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at the Tokyo Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Kubo challenges the undisputed champion Sheidlaev! Haginiwa Kyohei and Horie Yoshinori aim for a comeback!

RIZIN 28 will mark RIZIN's first event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Undefeated kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa will fight one bout against three separate opponents and the bantamweight grand prix will get underway, all at RIZIN 28. The show also features a featherweight contest between Mikura Asakura and Kleber Koike Erbst and a clash for the vacant Rizin lightweight world title between Tofiq Musayev and Roberto de Souza.

RIZIN Heisei’s Last Yarennoka! live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event features a clash of former champions in the main event. Former Sengoku, Deep and King of Pancrase champion Satoru Kitaoka meets former Shooto welterweight world champ Tatsuya Kawajiri in a battle of two of the best lightweights in Japanese MMA history.

RIZIN 22 is heavy on quality kickboxing and women’s MMA, while also featuring a lightweight showdown between Yusuke Yachi and Roberto de Souza. The lineup also includes Ayaka Hamasaki, Kanna Asakura, Naoki Inoue, Yoshinari Nadaka and Rui Ebata.

RIZIN 50 is RIZIN's first Shikoku tournament as a part of the opening commemoration event of Anabuki Arena. The main event is a bantamweight title match between Naoki Inoue and Yuki Motoya!

RIZIN 19 live from the EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan. In the main event, Kai Asakura is on a mission to keep his momentum going following a shocking victory over a Kyoji Horiguchi when he takes on Ulka Sasaki. Also on the card, Eight men are on the hunt for a lightweight tournament championship. Jiří Procházka, who captured Rizin’s light heavyweight crown with an April victory over Muhammed King Mo, meets Fabio Maldonado. The two will clash in a 220-pound catchweight affair.

RIZIN 16 live from the Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan. The event features family members of the late “Kid” Yamamoto, as his sister Miyuu Yamamoto faces Kanna Asakura and his nephew Erson Yamamoto battles Tim Eschtruth. Tenshin Nasukawa also competes at the event in a kickboxing match.

Kyoji Horiguchi faces former Bellator champion Sergio Pettis in a revenge match!

RIZIN LANDMARK 6 live from the Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, Japan. The card features the return of former UFC fighter Rogerio Bontorin, who was tagged with a flying knee in his promotional debut.

RIZIN 11 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The main event of the evening is a much-anticipated rematch between Rizin women’s super atomweight grand-prix winner Kanna Asakura and highly decorated Shoot Boxing champion Rena “RENA” Kubota. In addition to the headliner, The Ultimate Fighter 24 finalist and current Shooto world champion Hiromasa Ogikubo gets his chance for redemption against Japanese superstar Kyoji Horiguchi.

RIZIN 14 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The biggest event in the promotion’s history features 14 fights in the final MMA event of the year. In the night’s headliner, boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. competes in the country of Japan for the first time in a three-round boxing exhibition with Japanese prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa, who is undefeated as a professional combat-sports athlete. The co-headliner features two of the best bantamweights in the world. Bellator bantamweight champion Darrion Caldwell challenges Kyoji Horiguchi for the inaugural RIZIN bantamweight title.

Witness the Fight Card of the Decade! Celebrate 10 years of Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation's spectacular martial arts legacy with the ultimate year-end event! This is more than a fight card—it’s a night of champions, legends, and rising stars.

Rizin Fighting Federation 1 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on April 4, 2016 at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

RIZIN 17 live from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In the evening’s main event, lightweights Yusuke Yachi and Mikuru Asakura lock horns. Also the card, numerous UFC veterans are in action as Ulka Sasaki takes on longtime veteran Shintaro Ishiwatari, Ultimate Fighter 24 runner-up Hiromasa Ogikubo clashes with Yuki Motoya, Johnny Case challenges Satoru Kitaoka, Tatsuya Kawajiri battles unbeaten Russian Ali Abdulkhalikov, Mizuto Hirota faces off with grappling ace Roberto de Souza, and UFC veteran and current ROAD FC champion Seo Hee Ham meets Tomo Maesawa.

Satoshi clashes with Gustavo, who has won 4 consecutive RIZIN wins, in a title match for the first time in about two and a half years!

RIZIN 27 live from the Nippon Haishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan. The spotlight shines on Rizin women’s atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki. The 38-year-old Invicta and Deep Jewels veteran is among the best 105-pound ladies to ever grace a ring or cage, and she has yet to slow down. Hamasaki is 21-3 in more than 11 years of action. Two of her losses came in strawweight affairs against Claudia Gadelha and Livinha Souza. Her third stumble came in a recent trilogy fight with perhaps the only woman that can be considered her equal, Seo Hee Ham. Now, Hamasaki puts her belt on the line in a rematch against Kanna Asakura.

Rizin World Grand Prix 2017 Opening Round Part 1 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on July 30, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

RIZIN LANDMARK 8 in SAGA took place Saturday, February 24, 2024 with 14 fights at Saga Arena in Saga, Japan.

RIZIN hold its first event of the year on May 6, with RIZIN 10 in the promotion’s second trip to the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan. Japan’s best MMA fighter today, Kyoji Horiguchi, continues to set out to prove his worth on the world stage when he takes on the former consensus No.1 flyweight in the world, Ian McCall. In the co-headliner of the evening, teenage kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa returns to the ring against WSOF flyweight champion Yusaku Nakamura. The 19-year-old super prospect Nasukawa has defeated all 29 opponents in his pro career across MMA, kickboxing and Muay Thai rules, including 23 victories by way of stoppage.

RIZIN LANDMARK 7 in Azerbaijan was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at the National Gymnastic Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Lightweight champion Roberto "Satoshi" de Souza's return match will be against K-Taro Nakamura in a lower weight class!

SUPER RIZIN.4 takes place on July 27, 2025, at Saitama Super Arena (Stadium Version) in Saitama, Japan. The main event features Mikuru Asakura taking on Kleber Koike. The card also includes Naoki Inoue facing Ryuya Fukuda for the RIZIN Bantamweight title. Inoue, a 28-year-old submission expert, clashes with 31-year-old DEEP two-division champion Fukuda.