Kicking of the tournament with an intense fight. An interview with James Thompson.

Kicking of the tournament with an intense fight. An interview with James Thompson.

To give a polished, samurai spirit like performance. An interview with Jiri Prochazka.

To give a polished, samurai spirit like performance. An interview with Jiri Prochazka.

Through victory or defeat, the heart of a fighter will shine through. An interview with Brett McDermott.

Through victory or defeat, the heart of a fighter will shine through. An interview with Brett McDermott.

The Fight that was my turning point. Takeru / Ken Hasegawa

At this segment, we asked the fighters, people involved which fight they fought or saw became their turning point for their career.

「I want to show my technique」An exclusive interview with Miyata Kazuyuki

Miyata Kazuyuki will be facing Hinata under MIX rules. He promises that he will make it through the 1st round and finish the fight within a minute into round 2.

Fighting Miyata Kazuyuki under MIX rules!An exclusive interview with Hinata.

Hinata directly contacted RIZIN Executive Committee Chairman Nobuyuki Sakakibara on Twitter! He declared that he could finish a fight with KO by throwing kicks every 3 seconds!

I will entertain fans even in K-1 rules! Exclusive interview with Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura.

Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura will be facing K-1 star HIROYA under K-1 rules. He says “I’ll throw strikes at him which are not on the book”.

I will expose everything I’ve got and show you a “war”. Exclusive interview with Tsuyoshi Kosaka.

Kosaka volunteered to be the first fight of the night on December 29th where the historical event kicks off. “I didn’t want anybody else to take that spot” he said during the interview.

“I want people to be my fans after that fight”. An exclusive interview with Ken Hasegawa.

Ken Hasegawa will be fighting Brennan Ward on New Year’s Eve. “I want people from all over the world to know that there are strong heavy weight class fighters in Japan”, stated Hasegawa while talking about his hopes and goals for the upcoming event.

New K-1 fighters challenging NYE. Exclusive interview with HIROYA.

HIROYA will be entering the RIZIN ring under K-1 rules. He claims to show a simple performance “I’ll make the crowd go crazy with just punches and kicks”.