Craig Jones Invitational: Day 1

Krush 173 event took place on April 29, 2025, at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, promoted by K-1 Japan Group. This kickboxing showcase features Kenshin Kodama facing Kuto Ueno in a super featherweight (-60kg) main event. The co-main event pits Takahito Niimi against K. Sekiguchi in a flyweight (-57.5kg) bout. Other notable fights include T. Tsukamoto vs. Hiroto Iwasaki, Kenta Tagami vs. Masaki Oishi, and Yuya Hayashi vs. Eruto, spanning 12 bouts across various weight classes.

KSW 102 took place Saturday, January 25, 2025 with 9 fights at Radomskie Centrum Sportu in Radom, Poland.

Featherweight Calvin Kattar vs. Arnold Allen Welterweight Max Griffin vs. Tim Means Heavyweight Jared Vanderaa vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta Middleweight Josh Fremd vs. Tresean Gore Light Heavyweight Dustin Jacoby vs. Khalil Rountree Jr.

RIZIN 28 will mark RIZIN's first event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Undefeated kickboxing star Tenshin Nasukawa will fight one bout against three separate opponents and the bantamweight grand prix will get underway, all at RIZIN 28. The show also features a featherweight contest between Mikura Asakura and Kleber Koike Erbst and a clash for the vacant Rizin lightweight world title between Tofiq Musayev and Roberto de Souza.

UFC Fight Night 239: Tuivasa vs. Tybura was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 16, 2024, at the UFC Apex facility, in Las Vegas, NV, United States. A heavyweight bout between Tai Tuivasa and Marcin Tybura was scheduled for UFC 298 but the bout was moved in order to headline this event.

Lightweight champion Roberto "Satoshi" de Souza's return match will be against K-Taro Nakamura in a lower weight class!

UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 7, 2021, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States. An interim UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between former title challenger Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane headlined the event.

Asakura takes center stage in a featherweight clash with Daniel Salas. Salas seeks to shock the Japanese crowd when he takes on Asakura, who has won 13 of his 14 pro bouts.

RIZIN 22 is heavy on quality kickboxing and women’s MMA, while also featuring a lightweight showdown between Yusuke Yachi and Roberto de Souza. The lineup also includes Ayaka Hamasaki, Kanna Asakura, Naoki Inoue, Yoshinari Nadaka and Rui Ebata.

RIZIN 23 serves to crown a new bantamweight champion when Hiromasa Ougikubo meets Kai Asakura in the headliner. The undercard is full of prospects, including Kazumasa Majima, Makoto Takahashi and Tatsuki Saomoto. Kickboxing fans will be treated to a rematch between Taiga and Kento Haraguchi, plus the return of KAITO.

Jared Cannonier vs. Sean Strickland (Middleweight) Arman Tsarukyan vs. Damir Ismagulov (Lightweight) Amir Albazi vs. Alessandro Costa (Flyweight) Alex Caceres vs. Julian Erosa (Featherweight) Drew Dober vs. Bobby Green (Lightweight) Michał Oleksiejczuk vs. Cody Brundage (Middleweight)

RIZIN 44 live from Saitama Super Arena, Japan. The fight card has well over 11 matches and will have Juntarou Ushiku vs Kyohei Hagiwara as main event of the evening, finishing the entire lineup with a bang!

RIZIN LANDMARK 6 live from the Dolphins Arena in Nagoya, Japan. The card features the return of former UFC fighter Rogerio Bontorin, who was tagged with a flying knee in his promotional debut.

RIZIN will present its second “LANDMARK” event, showcasing five matchups between MMA and kickboxing rulesets. In the main event, former K-1 Japan kickboxer Ren Hiramoto will search for his first MMA win when facing Chihiro Suzuki.

RIZIN 34 will be the first numbered event of the year, live from Maruzen Intec Arena in Osaka, Japan. This event will feature a 17-fight card from the Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. In the main event, flashy featherweight Kyohei Hagiwara will meet former DEEP Impact Champion Satoshi "DOMINATOR" Yamasu.

RIZIN TRIGGER 3rd will kick off a doubleheader of events, live from the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan. A rematch between RIZIN vet Yusuke Yachi and returning talent Luiz Gustavo headlines the event, pitting the lightweights up against each other nearly four years after their first meeting. This eight-bout show takes place inside a cage.

RIZIN 35 live from the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan. The event is just 10 bouts in total but includes a solid three-fight lineup of title bouts at the top of the card. In the main event, Roberto Satoshi Souza will look to defend his RIZIN belt and avenge his sole pro loss when he fights Johnny Case.

RIZIN holds its first event in nearly two months. RIZIN 36 live from the Okinawa Arena in Okinawa, Japan, for a card that has seen some late changes. RIZIN’s card is headlined by Ren Hiramoto and Hiroaki Suzuki. That wasn’t the original main event, but it was put into that spot after former bantamweight champion Kai Asakura was forced out of his bout against Yang Ji-yong.

RIZIN LANDMARK vol.3 live from Japan. The top fight of the card is currently scheduled to be a clash between featherweights Kleber Koike and Kyohei Hagiwara. Koike, a former KSW Champion, has yet to lose since joining RIZIN in late 2020. He scored his fourth consecutive submission win for the promotion in February, catching Ulka Saski with a rear naked choke in the main event of a “TRIGGER” card. On the other hand, Hagiwara will be fighting to bounce back from a loss. He had a two-fight winning streak snapped in his last appearance, as Satoshi Yamasu submitted him in the main event of RIZIN 34 in March.

Featherweight champion Chihiro Suzuki's first defense will be against Masanori Kanehara from Japan!