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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 returns to Osaka, Japan, for RIZIN.25, which is headlined by a title bout featuring Mikuru Asakura and Yutaka Saito for the RIZIN featherweight championship. Asakura is riding an eight-fight winning streak and has compiled a 7-0 record within the Rizin organization. Now, he prepares for the biggest fight of his career in an effort to capture the Rizin gold. His opponent, Saito, is a seasoned MMA veteran who has compiled an 18-4-2 record and is coming off a devastating knockout victory via soccer kicks over Kazumasa Majima. He plans to play spoiler and hand Asakura his first defeat in the promotion while capturing the league’s featherweight championship in the process.

Bryony Tyrell, mother of two with a master’s in nursing and a degree in molecular biology, worked the ICU by day, navigating the challenges of the NHS, and at night transformed into one of Britain’s leading cage fighting prospects.

Cage Warriors 142 took place Saturday, August 13, 2022 with 14 fights at Ebbw Vale Centre in Ebbw Vale, Wales.

UFC Fight Night 40: Brown vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event held on May 10, 2014, at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2 took place on April 9, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event was headlined by a Quarterfinal of the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. The headliner will be a rematch between former Bellator Light Heavyweight World Champion Ryan Bader and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida.

LFA 171 took place Friday, November 3, 2023 with 13 fights at Ginasio do Polvilho in Cajamar, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

CFFC 127 took place Friday, November 3, 2023 with 10 fights at Horseshoe Casino & Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi.

LFA 170 took place Friday, October 27, 2023 with 11 fights at Dobson Arena in Vail, Colorado.

Invicta FC 54 took place Friday, October 27, 2023 with 5 fights at Citizens House of Blues in Boston, Massachusetts.

ONE Friday Fights 88: Pompet vs. Ortikov was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on November 22, 2024, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is expected to be headlined by a 130-pounds muay thai bout between Pompet P.K.Saenchai and Aslamjon Ortikov.

ONE Friday Fights 38: Otop vs. Musaev was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on October 27, 2023, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. A bantamweight muay thai bout between Otop Or.Kwanmuang and Ilyas Musaev served as the event headliner.

BKFC Prospect Series 2 took place Saturday, October 14, 2023 with 10 fights at Liverpool Olympia in Liverpool, England, UK.

LFA 197 took place Friday, November 22, 2024 with 14 fights at Ginásio do Povilho in Cajamar, São Paulo, Brazil.

UFC Fight Night 39: Nogueira vs. Nelson was a mixed martial arts event held on April 11, 2014, at du Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira headlined this event.

UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 22, 2022, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A UFC Lightweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev headlined the event. Oliveira was stripped of the title at UFC 274 when he failed to make weight for his attempted title defense against former interim champion (also former WSOF Lightweight Champion) Justin Gaethje.

A documentary about the confluence of Christianity and mixed martial arts, including ministries which train fighters. The film follows several pastors and popular fighters in their quest to reconcile their faith with a sport that many consider violent and barbaric. Faith is tried and questions are raised. Can you really love your neighbor as yourself and then punch him in the face?

UFC on Fox 11: Werdum vs. Browne was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 19, 2014, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. The event was headlined by a heavyweight number one contenders bout between Fabrício Werdum and Travis Browne.

UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Procházka was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 1, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Dominick Reyes and former Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka served as the main event.

In Tokyo's Saitama Super Arena, RIZIN warriors clash on December 31 for 師走の超強者祭り. Featherweight contender Shaydullaev meets Mikuru Asakura in a title fight. Bantamweight rivals Naoki Inoue and Danny Sabatello battle. Atomweight stars Seika Izawa and RENA fight for supremacy. Lightweight champion Roberto "Satoshi" Souza defends against Shunta Nomura.