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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

RIZIN 51 took place on September 28, 2025 at IG Arena in Nagoya, Japan.

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

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

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

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.

RIZIN 15 live from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The promotion returns to Yokohama for the first time in two years with many of the biggest stars in the promotion. The inaugural Rizin light heavyweight title will be on the line when 2015 RIZIN Heavyweight GP winner King Mo meets the man he defeated to win the grand prix, Jiří Procházka. In the night’s co-headliner, RIZIN bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi takes on former UFC flyweight Ben Nguyen. Since leaving the UFC with a 7-1 record, Horiguchi has won eight straight fights, including stoppages over Bellator champ Darrion Caldwell, former consensus No. 1 flyweight Ian McCall, and former King of Pancrase Shintaro Ishiwatari.

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.

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 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 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.

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