McKee, Juan Archuleta and Kyoji Horiguchi, and current champion Patricio Freire, fighting against Rizin representatives Koji Takeda, Soo Chul Kim, Hiromasa Ougikubo and champions Kleber Koike Erbst and Roberto de Souza. The card saw Bellator MMA fighters Gadzhi Rabadanov, former champions A.J. The card saw fighters from each promotion fight each other. Rizin FF, an event hosted by Rizin which crossovered with Bellator MMA as part of Rizin 40 and the traditional New Year's Eve mega event. On November 11, 2021, Rizin broke the tradition of Pride and Dream by for the first time holding an event in a cage instead of the traditional roped ring at the Rizin Trigger 1st event.Īt Decemsaw Bellator MMA vs. The match ended up with Nasukawa knocked out two minutes into the first round. and undefeated Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa. In 2018, it was announced that the main event for the traditional New Year's Eve card (Rizin 14) was going to be a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. Rizin's presentation is modeled after major sporting events, such as the UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup. Initial plans were to do at least four events per year, as opposed to the more frequent scheduling of other promotions, in order to build up the excitement and anticipation. Amongst the veterans in the Japanese scene, Tsuyoshi Kosaka would face James Thompson, and Akebono Tarō would face Bob Sapp. Kron Gracie (whose father Rickson competed at the inaugural PRIDE event) was announced to participate against Asen Yamamoto. The 8-man bracket was officially finalized on November 30, 2015, with other bouts also being announced shortly thereafter. Most notably, King Mo was announced to represent Bellator in the tournament. Initial signees included Kazushi Sakuraba, Shinya Aoki, as well as female competitors Gabi Garcia and Rena Kubota.Ī Grand Prix tournament was announced (held at 100 kg or roughly 220 lbs), with champions and competitors from Bellator, KSW, Jungle Fight, BAMMA, and King of Kings. Sakakibara held a press conference on October 8, 2015, with Nobuhiko Takada and other former Pride FC employees to formally announce the launch of "Rizin Fighting Federation". On September 19, 2015, during Bellator MMA & Glory: Dynamite 1, it was announced that Sakakibara had signed former Pride Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko to headline a New Year's Eve Show in Tokyo for his new MMA promotion. Three years after Dream folded, rumors began circulating that Pride and Dream founder Nobuyuki Sakakibara would return to the industry after an interview with Bellator MMA President Scott Coker was released. However, FEG eventually had its own financial issues and went bankrupt in 2012, as a result. As a response, most of DSE's former staff, fighters and executives joined Fighting and Entertainment Group, the promoters of K-1, to organize a successor, which became known as Dream. Dream Stage Entertainment was bought by Zuffa-UFC's holding company-which initially promised to keep the event running, but eventually cancelled the plans, laid off most of the staff and just absorbed Pride's best fighters. By 2007, however, Pride closed its doors due a scandal showing its ties to the yakuza causing a financial crisis in the company. Pride differentiated itself from the UFC with its focus on spectacle and entertainment, as well a more permissive ruleset. Its events were broadcast to millions through free-to-air and pay-per-view television, and it filled sport stadiums with hundreds of thousands of spectators. The organization quickly rose up to become the world's most popular MMA promotion and helped to popularize the sport in Japan and in the world.
In 1997, Pride Fighting Championships was founded in Japan, promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment. The promotion's name is a combination of "Raijin", the Japanese god of lightning the word "rising", meaning "to prosper and thrive" and the letter, 'Z', meaning "ultimate". Rizin has also promoted kickboxing matches, with two "Grand Prix" tournaments in 20. Rizin is considered Japan's top MMA promotion. The organization also promotes "Grand Prix", single-elimination tournaments where fighters have to fight multiple opponents in the same night. Rizin Fighting Federation (stylised as RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION and also known as Rizin FF) is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara.įounded to be the spiritual successor of Pride FC and Dream, Rizin carries much of the philosophy and ambition of its two predecessors: its events are promoted as larger-than-life events with elaborate opening ceremonies and fighter entrances, its matches are fought in a roped ring and it has a ruleset inherited from Pride and Dream.
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