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RIZIN 26 NYE Preview It’s that time of year again with just a few more days until the RIZIN New Year’s Eve extravaganza of JMMA wonderment live from Saitama Super Arena. The event will be internationally broadcast on LIVE NOW on Thursday January 31 starting at around 1PM in Japan. Make that 12-15 hours earlier in the U.S, or I guess about half that in Europe. After a rough year, RIZIN has put together a pretty damn good show, especially considering the difficulty of getting foreign fighters into Japan due to pandemic restrictions. Also, they’ve significantly dropped the PPV price compared to their last few offerings and have brought back the English commentary team of Joe Ferraro and Frank Trigg. These are all good things and RIZIN should definitely be praised after some fundraising pleas and pricing decisions I found in questionable taste earlier in the year. ....
MMA Fighting Share this story Esther Lin, MMAFighting 2020 has been a difficult year for most fighters, but perhaps no fighter lost more professionally than Tony Ferguson. At the beginning of the year, Ferguson was set to finally face longtime rival Khabib Nurmagomedov for the undisputed lightweight title. Then COVID-19 hit the world and Khabib was forced out of their planned fight. Instead, Ferguson opted to face Justin Gaethje for another interim title, but this time, things did not go his way and he was stopped in the fifth round. It was Ferguson’s first loss in eight years, and to make matters worse in the aftermath of Khabib’s retirement, the title picture for the vacant belt appears to be taking shape without including Ferguson. ....