That resulted in ‘The Count’ stepping in with little preparation time. The title shot was all set to go to Chris Weidman, only for ‘The All-American’ to be forced out on around three weeks’ notice due to injury. ĭoors are expected to open at 12:00PM with Opening Ceremony at 2:00PM on Thursday, December 31st at the Saitama Super Arena.Given what led up to his title shot, which came at UFC 199 in the summer of 2016, it’s still easy to understand why ‘The Count’ was literally given zero shot of winning the middleweight crown in his battle with then-champion Luke Rockhold.įirstly, Bisping was not supposed to be in the fight in the first place. RIZIN.26 will be televised LIVE on FUJI TV from 6:00pm to 11:45 pm, while the entire event will be available on SkyperfectTV, and LIVENow PPV streaming at the following link. Nadaka Yoshinari vs Phetmalai Phetjaroenvit - 50kg RIZIN Kickboxing Rules (Elbows allowed) Kazuma Kuramoto vs Taiyo Nakahara - 63kg RIZIN MMA Rules (Elbows allowed) Kleber Koike vs Kyle Aguon - 67kg RIZIN MMA Rules (Elbows allowed) Mikuru Asakura vs Satoshi Yamasu - 68kg RIZIN MMA Rules (Elbows allowed) Ulka Sasaki vs Kenta Takizawa - 61kg RIZIN MMA Rules (Elbows allowed) Sudario Tsuyoshi vs Minowaman - 120kg RIZIN MMA Rules (No Elbows allowed) Ren Hiramoto vs Kyohei Hagiwara - 68kg RIZIN MMA Rules (Elbows allowed) Yuki Motoya vs Naoki Inoue - 61kg RIZIN MMA Rules (Elbows allowed) Kanna Asakura vs Ai Shimizu - 49kg RIZIN MMA Rules Takanori Gomi vs Kouzi - RIZIN Special Standing bout Rules Hideo Tokoro vs Shinobu Ota - 61kg RIZIN MMA Rules (Elbows allowed)Īyaka Hamasaki vs Miyuu Yamamoto - 49kg RIZIN Super Atomweight Championship (Elbows allowed) Tenshin Nasukawa vs TBA - RIZIN Kickboxing Rules Kai Asakura vs Kyoji Horiguchi - 61kg RIZIN Bantamweight Championship (Elbows allowed) He used to be the Fireball kid, but now he’s just a Saggyball pops.” Confirmed fights “It took long to get this confirmed but I think this will be a fun fight.” “Gomi was a great fighter. Mayweather will be fighting in Japan next year too.” “There’s going to be a weight difference so I’m okay with this kid wearing head gear and smaller gloves” “I have always been interested in boxing, so I’m kind of excited. “I don’t even know who this kid is, I don’t follow such a terrible sport”. I’ll try not to get in the way of the young kids trying to do their thing but I think it’ll be a good workout.”. “I’d like to show the best I could do as a fighter in my 40’s. Joe Ferraro has done play-by-play commentary for RIZIN since the 2016 Openweight Grand Prix, as well as hosting MMA podcasts, doing commentary for various promotions and hosting shows. Frank Trigg, who twice competed in front of the Japanese audience under PRIDE, challenged for the UFC Welterweight championship twice with his fierce rival, Matt Hughes - with the second of their two fights being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame for its intense back and forth action. įrank Trigg and Joe Ferraro will be providing the commentary for this event remotely. Additionally, due to the government restricting the operations for trains on NYE, the event will end by 10:30 pm.Īdditionally, RIZIN 26 will be streaming exclusively on LIVENow. RIZIN CEO Sakakibara also mentioned that tickets have already sold out as expected. 10,000 spectators will be allowed inside to attend the event due to the governmental requirements on the COVID-19 pandemic. RIZIN.26 will be taking place on December 31st (Thur) at the Saitama Super Arena. Frank Trigg and Joe Ferraro will be commentating the event on LIVENow joining the live event remotely. Top pound-for-pound kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa returns and “Fireball Kid” Takanori Gomi will face Kouzi. TOKYO – December 21st, RIZIN announced 2 bouts, bringing the total number of confirmed bouts to 14 to close out 2020.
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