SUPER RIZIN.4 takes place on July 27, 2025, at Saitama Super Arena (Stadium Version) in Saitama, Japan. The main event features Mikuru Asakura taking on Kleber Koike. The card also includes Naoki Inoue facing Ryuya Fukuda for the RIZIN Bantamweight title. Inoue, a 28-year-old submission expert, clashes with 31-year-old DEEP two-division champion Fukuda.
Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.
Bellator 295: Stots vs. Mix was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. The event was headlined by the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix Final between Bellator bantamweight interim champion Raufeon Stots and Patchy Mix.
UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 15, 2022 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze headlined the event.
UFC on ESPN 66: Machado Garry vs. Prates was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 26, 2025, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. A welterweight bout between Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates served as the event headliner.
UFC on ESPN 67: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 3, 2025 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. A bantamweight bout between former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen and former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo headlined the event.
SHOOT BOXING 2025 act.2 takes place on April 12, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This kickboxing showcase features Koyata Yamada defending his Japan Featherweight title against Kaname Kawakami in a decisive third clash as the main event. The co-main event pits Kaito Ono against Angelos Giakoumis in an international featherweight bout. Other fighters include Hiroki Kasahara vs. Jack in a revenge match, plus Yuki Kasahara, Kotaro Yamada, and Kyo Kawakami across the card.
RISE WORLD SERIES / SHOOTBOXING-KINGS 2022 takes place on December 25, 2022, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. This kickboxing event features Kento Haraguchi facing Serhiy Adamchuk in a RISE vs. GLORY superfight as the main event. Other key matchups include Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9 vs. Kosei Yamada in Yamada’s retirement bout, Kaito Ono vs. Stoyan Koprivlenski, and Taiju Shiratori vs. Ilias Banniss. Additional fighters like Shiro Matsumoto, Chadd Collins, and Tessa de Kom compete across RISE and Shootboxing rules. It’s a historic collaboration between RISE, GLORY, and Shootboxing, broadcast live on ABEMA.
ONE Fight Night 30: Kryklia vs. Knowles was a combat sports event produced by ONE Championship that took place on April 5, 2025, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. A ONE Heavyweight Muay Thai World Championship bout between current champion (also current ONE Light Heavyweight Kickboxing World champion) Roman Kryklia and promotional newcomer Lyndon Knowles headlined the event.
Paulo Costa vs. Marvin Vettori (Middleweight) Grant Dawson vs. Rick Glenn (Lightweight) Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Joselyne Edwards (Bantamweight) Alex Caceres vs. Seung Woo Choi (Featherweight) Dwight Grant vs. Francisco Trinaldo (Welterweight) Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Ike Villanueva (Light Heavyweight)
UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 4, 2024, at the Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Alexandre Pantoja and Steve Erceg headlined the event.
K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1. The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, December 7, 2002 in front of 74,500 spectators. It was the tenth K-1 World Grand Prix final, involving ten of the world's top fighters (two being reservists), with all bouts fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs). The eight finalists had almost all qualified via preliminary events, while two additional fighters were invited as reserve fighters (for more detail on this see bulleted list below). In total there were ten fighters at the event, representing eight countries.
UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 7, 2025, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. A UFC Bantamweight Championship rematch between current champion Merab Dvalishvili and former champion Sean O'Malley headlined this event. A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current two-time champion Julianna Peña and the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist in judo Kayla Harrison co-headlined this event.
PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1 took place on April 3, 2025, at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida. This mixed martial arts event features the opening round of the Welterweight and Featherweight divisions in PFL’s single-elimination world tournament. The main event pits former Bellator Welterweight Champion Jason Jackson against Andrey Koreshkov, while the co-main event showcases Jesus Pinedo vs. Adam Borics in featherweight action. Other notable bouts include Magomed Umalatov vs. Logan Storley and Jeremy Kennedy vs. Movlid Khaybulaev on the main card, with prelims featuring Gabriel Braga vs. Frederik Dupras and Nathan Kelly vs. Tae Kyun Kim.
UFC on ESPN 31: Font vs. Vera was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 30, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A bantamweight bout between Rob Font and Marlon Vera headlined the event. At the weigh-ins, Font weighed in at 138.5 pounds, two and half pounds over the division non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at a catch-weight with Font forfeiting 20% of his purse to Vera.
UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 22, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada. A heavyweight bout between Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes headlined the event.
The event was expected to be headlined by a 145 lbs UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion José Aldo and top contender Conor McGregor. Aldo pulled out of the bout and a interim championship bout between Chad Mendes and McGregor took place at this event. The UFC received official medical confirmation from several doctors that Aldo did not have a broken rib as he claimed and the biggest problem was the weight cutting process being complicated by the injury. This was confirmed when a release of an Xray tied to an old injury was released by Aldo's camp. The co-main event featured a 170 lbs UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Robbie Lawler and top contender Rory MacDonald. 145 lbs: Dennis Bermudez vs. Jeremy Stephens | 170 lbs: Gunnar Nelson vs. Brandon Thatch | 135 lbs.: Thomas Almeida vs. Brad Pickett
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 6, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Aljamain Sterling and former UFC Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo (also 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) headlined the event.
The American Gladiators Documentary, a two-part 30 for 30 ESPN film directed by Ben Berman, takes an unconventional approach to the epic tale of the famed reality-competition show. From its humble beginnings in small-town Erie, PA to international stardom, the show's most charismatic figures finally tell their stories. But what begins as a traditional sports documentary soon gives way to bigger themes of greed, divergent narratives, and ultimately questions how history itself is written.
In Grenoble's Gypsy community, a young kick-boxing champion learns about manhood from his gay elder brother.