Pride Fighting Championships
Japanese mixed martial arts promotion
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| December 31 2024 | Kyoji Horiguchi successfully defends his title by defeating Nkazimulo Zulu at Rizin 49 |
| December 31 2024 | Roberto de Souza successfully defends lightweight title by defeating Vugar Karamov at Rizin 49 |
| December 31 2024 | Kleber Koike Erbst becomes the Featherweight Champion of Rizin Fighting Federation |
| December 31 2024 | Rizin 49 held at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan |
| November 17 2024 | Rizin Landmark 10 takes place at Nagoya International Exhibition Hall in Nagoya, Japan |
| September 29 2024 | Roberto de Souza successfully defends lightweight title by defeating Luiz Gustavo at Rizin 48 |
| September 29 2024 | Naoki Inoue becomes the Bantamweight Champion of Rizin Fighting Federation |
| September 29 2024 | Rizin 48 hosted at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan |
| April 29 2024 | Chihiro Suzuki successfully defends title by defeating Masanori Kanehara at Rizin 46 |
| March 2024 | RIZIN.tv became a subscription-based service, including access to past events. |
| February 2024 | Rizin announced the launch of a new international streaming service called RIZIN.tv. |
| December 31 2023 | Kai Asakura from Japan defeats Juan Archuleta at Rizin 45 in Saitama, Japan, winning the championship after 161 days |
| December 31 2023 | Kyoji Horiguchi becomes the Flyweight Champion of Rizin Fighting Federation |
| November 4 2023 | Chihiro Suzuki from Japan becomes champion at Rizin Landmark 7 in Baku, Azerbaijan |
| July 30 2023 | Seika Izawa successfully defends title by defeating Claire Lopez at Super Rizin 2 |
| July 30 2023 | Vugar Karamov from Azerbaijan defeats Mikuru Asakura at Super Rizin 2 in Saitama, Japan |
| July 30 2023 | Juan Archuleta from the United States defeats Hiromasa Ougikubo at Super Rizin 2 in Saitama, Japan |
| July 30 2023 | During Super Rizin 2, the promotion announced their first international event, Rizin Landmark 7, to be held in Azerbaijan on November 4, marking the first major MMA event in the country. |
| 2022 | In Summer, Sakakibara produced the Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Takeru PPV broadcast using Rizin's graphics and visual presentation. |
| 2022 | Starting with Super Rizin & Rizin 38, Integrated Sports began producing English-language PPVs of Rizin events for FITE. |
| 2022 | Rizin began broadcasting events via Pay-Per-View on their streaming service RIZIN STREAM PASS and other streaming platforms in Japan. |
| 2022 | The Match 2022 event held at Tokyo Dome with a record attendance of 56,399 spectators |
| December 31 2022 | Kyoji Horiguchi vacates another championship |
| December 31 2022 | Rizin 40 Women's Super Atomweight tournament: Seika Izawa from Japan defeats Park Si-woo from Korea |
| December 31 2022 | Rizin hosted a crossover Bellator vs Rizin card at Rizin 40 during the traditional New Year's Eve event, with all five Bellator representatives winning their matches. Manny Pacquiao also publicly announced signing with Rizin for a boxing exhibition match. |
| October 23 2022 | Kleber Koike Erbst from Brazil becomes champion at Rizin 39 in Fukuoka, Japan |
| September 2022 | Floyd Mayweather returned to Rizin to co-promote and headline the inaugural Super Rizin card. |
| May 2022 | Fuji Television dropped Rizin from its broadcasting lineup due to several controversies. |
| April 17 2022 | Roberto de Souza successfully defends lightweight title by defeating Johnny Case at Rizin 35 |
| April 17 2022 | Seika Izawa becomes the Women's Super Atomweight Champion of Rizin Fighting Federation |
| April 17 2022 | Juntaro Ushiku successfully defends title by defeating Yutaka Saito at Rizin 35 |
| 2021 | Rizin conducted its second kickboxing Grand Prix tournament, continuing to diversify its event portfolio. |
| December 31 2021 | Roberto de Souza successfully defends lightweight title by defeating Yusuke Yachi at Rizin 33 |
| December 31 2021 | Rizin 33 Bantamweight tournament: Hiromasa Ougikubo from Japan defeats Kai Asakura from Japan |
| November 11 2021 | Rizin Trigger 1st became the promotion's first event featuring matches inside a cage, instead of the traditional roped ring. |
| October 24 2021 | Juntaro Ushiku starts his Featherweight title reign, holding the championship until October 23, 2022. |
| June 27 2021 | Rizin 29 bantamweight event held, with Taiju Shiratori from Japan winning the competition |
| June 13 2021 | Roberto de Souza begins his Lightweight championship reign, setting a record of 4 consecutive title defenses as of the current date. |
| June 13 2021 | Roberto de Souza becomes the Lightweight Champion of Rizin Fighting Federation |
| March 21 2021 | Ayaka Hamasaki defeats Kanna Asakura at Rizin 27 |
| 2020 | Rizin Fighting Federation continues to host major mixed martial arts events across various venues in Japan |
| 2020 | Rizin continued streaming events on FITE TV in North America and Europe. |
| December 31 2020 | Kyoji Horiguchi begins a new championship reign, this time holding the title until December 31, 2022. |
| December 31 2020 | Ayaka Hamasaki starts another Women's Super Atomweight title defense, maintaining the championship until April 17, 2022. |
| December 31 2020 | Kyoji Horiguchi competes at Rizin 26, continuing his involvement with the organization |
| December 31 2020 | Ayaka Hamasaki from Japan defeats Miyuu Yamamoto at Rizin 26 in Saitama, Japan |
| November 21 2020 | Yutaka Saito from Japan defeats Mikuru Asakura at Rizin 25 in Osaka, Japan |
| August 10 2020 | Kai Asakura from Japan defeats Hiromasa Ougikubo at Rizin 23 in Yokohama, Japan |
| December 31 2019 | Manel Kape from Portugal defeats Kai Asakura at Rizin 20 in Saitama, Japan |
| December 31 2019 | Ham Seo-hee from Korea competes at Rizin 20 in Saitama, Japan |
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