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.
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.
HULL'S Olympic champ Luke Campbell takes on fearsome Vasyl Lomachenko in London tonight. The London 2012 gold medallist Campbell headed over the Atlantic for his last contest back in March and saw off Adrian Yung with an emphatic fifth round stoppage. But this is a whole other league as Cool Hand returns to the O2 to take on the man widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. Double Olympian Loma dispatched with Anthony Crolla in brutal fashion back in April and will look to add the vacant WBC lightweight title to his extensive belt collection.
UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 20, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Sean Strickland and former KSW Welterweight Champion Dricus du Plessis headlined the event.
Catch GBM's first installment of 'The Heist', an explosive eight-man super-middleweight tournament with huge prize money on offer for the winner.
Nicklaus Flaz (15-2, 10 KOs) is out to make a statement as he faces unbeaten Olympian Delante “Tiger” Johnson (16-0, 7 KOs) in a high-stakes welterweight clash. Confident after a strong camp in Puerto Rico, Flaz vows to expose Johnson’s inexperience in the pro ranks and deliver a career-defining performance. For Johnson, it’s another chance to prove his elite pedigree and edge closer to world-title contention.
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.
Ben Crocker (13-0) and Stelios Papadopoulos (15-1-2) meet for the IBF European Super Lightweight strap at Brentwood Centre, the headline fight on a Top Tier Boxing card. Crocker won a tight points decision when the pair met in April over eight rounds.
Top German heavyweight Agit Kabayel (26-0) fights in his home country for the first time since 2023, as he looks to continue his winning run against the dangerous Damian Knyba (17-0) in Oberhausen.
Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue faces Alan Picasso in the headline bout of 'Ring V: Night of the Samurai'.
UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 3, 2022, at Accor Arena in Paris, France. A heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa headlined the event.
UFC Fight Night 232: Allen vs. Craig was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 18, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A middleweight bout between former LFA Middleweight Champion Brendan Allen and Paul Craig headlined the 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.
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.
Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.
Jake Paul (7-1, 4 KOs) faces Andre August (10-1-1 5 KOs) in an eight-round cruiserweight fight at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, FL.
Kevin Lele Sadjo (20-0, 18 KOs) defends his WBO WBO Intercontinental super middleweight title against Abraham Buonarrigo (12-4, 9 KOs).
The highly anticipated rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol is set to headline an action-packed night of boxing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 22, 2025. The bout, a clash for the undisputed light heavyweight title, follows their razor-close first encounter in October, where Beterbiev edged out Bivol via split decision to claim all four belts. With their rivalry heating up and the stakes higher than ever, this showdown promises fireworks as both fighters aim to leave no doubt about who reigns supreme at 175 pounds.
Callum Simpson defends his European, British & Commonwealth Super Middleweight Titles against Troy Williamson in a headline showdown at the First Direct Bank Arena in Leeds.
Witness the clash of two young knockout sensations go head-to-head for the prestigious Australian Super Welterweight Title. Nikita Tszyu faces reigning Australian champ Dylan Biggs at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, Australia.