Pitbull will now face Rizin lightweight champion Roberto de Souza in the main event. McKee vs. Pitbull was scheduled as part of the opening round of the Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix.

Bellator x Rizin 2 viewing information. Date: July 29 | Start time: 11 p.m. ET (main card) Location: Saitama Super Arena -- Saitama, Japan TV channel: Showtime Predictions . Patricky Pitbull vs ...

RIZIN's Roberto de Souza has a chance to hold two belts from two different promotions. Before he fights, Bellator x RIZIN 2 features several big bouts. Here's a breakdown of the undercard.

Headlining the upcoming Bellator-Rizin supercard on New Year’s Eve, A.J. McKee plans to end 2022 in style. The Dec. 31 event will pit five fighters from Bellator against five of Rizin’s top ...

Kyoji Horiguchi (30-5, 19 finishes) enters Saturday’s cross-promotional Bellator MMA vs. Rizin FF (8 p.m., Showtime) event in an unusual position. The Rizin bantamweight champion is representing ...

In this series, we will cover the most influential professional MMA promotions on a global and domestic (U.S.) scale. We continue our series with Rizin Fighting Federation, a new promotion out of ...

Muhammed Lawal finished off Rizin FF 2 in spectacular style on Thursday, with a thunderous knockout of Jiri Prochazka securing the heavyweight tournament title in Saitama, Japan. Lawal, who beat ...

RIZIN will crown a new flyweight champion after the departure of Kyoji Horiguchi, and 10 fighters have been announced for the 125-pound grand prix. The first round of the tournament will take ...

Nkazimulo Zulu (16-7-1), who challenged Kyoji Horiguchi for the RIZIN belt in 2024, will meet Yuki Ito (18-6) to advance in the tournament. Fellow ex-title contender Makoto Shinryu (19-4-1, 1 no ...

Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2017 - Bantamweight Tournament: Final Round pits Kyoji Horiguchi vs Shintaro Ishiwatari fight in Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama, Japan on Dec 31, 2017.

Sept. 25's first round of the Rizin World Grand Prix, an open-weight tournament with prize money totaling $500,000, brought together a smorgasbord of mostly unheralded fighters from different ...