The heir apparent to the iconic PRIDE Fighting Championships, RIZIN Fighting Federation continues on the tradition of Japanese MMA in style.
RIZIN is a promotion with a flair for the dramatic and a penchant for action-packed events.
Below are divisional rankings for the promotion generated by the MMA-Prospects team, led by contributor Billy Nayden. The following is a best approximation of the RIZIN roster, which includes fighters competing on non-exclusive contracts.
Because RIZIN is a federation, MMA-Prospects went to great lengths to measure fighter’s accomplishments outside the RIZIN ring. While promotional record is important, MMA-Prospects strongly considered RIZIN championships, finishing fights, and record in all professional MMA fights in the past two years as measurement tools in our objective ranking process.
MMA-Prospects understands that many of these fighters’ resumes are difficult to compare, and thus the margin between fighters ranked a spot below or spot above is oftentimes very slim.
These rankings are current as of October 1, 2020, and will be updated as RIZIN continues to promote events, sign new fighters, and remove fighters from the roster.
Women’s super atomweight – 108 lbs / 49 kilos
Seo Hee Ham has vacated the RIZIN atomweight title and signed with rival promotion ONE Championship. Credit: RIZIN FF Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Ayaka Hamasaki 🇯🇵 (Japan)20-3 6-1 W, Maesawa 2. Miyuu Yamamoto 🇯🇵 (Japan)6-4 6-4 W, Amp the Rocket 3. Kanna Asakura 🇯🇵 (Japan)17-4 9-2 W, Furuse 4. Amp the Rocket 🇹🇭 (Thailand)5-3 0-2 W, Sato 5. Ai Shimizu 🇯🇵 (Japan)5-0 2-0 W, Nguyen 6. Emi Tomimatsu 🇯🇵 (Japan)15-17 0-1 L, Kubota 7. Saori Ishioka 🇯🇵 (Japan)15-12 0-1 L, Yamamoto 8. Nanaka Kawamura 🇯🇵 (Japan)3-5 0-0 W, Sakamoto
Women’s Strawweight – 112.4 lbs / 51 kilos
Rena Kubota raises her arm in victory. Credit: RIZIN FF Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Rena Kubota 🇯🇵 (Japan)11-3 7-2 W, Tomimatsu
Women’s Flyweight – 121.3 lbs / 55 kilos
Kana Watanabe (right) lands a body kick. Credit: Keisuke Takazawa Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Kana Watanabe 🇯🇵 (Japan)9-0-1 3-0 W, Joanne 2. Shizuka Sugiyama 🇯🇵 (Japan)19-6-1 0-2 W, Arai
Strawweight – 112.4 lbs / 51 kilos
Namiki Kawahara scores a DEEP championship win. Credit: DEEP Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Namiki Kawahara 🇯🇵 (Japan)7-3-2 0-1 W, Ochi 2. Haruo Ochi 🇯🇵 (Japan)19-9-2 1-0-1 L, Kawahara 3. Yutaro Muramoto 🇯🇵 (Japan)7-5-2 0-1 W, Ayuta
Flyweight – 121.3 lbs / 55 kilos
Tatsuki Saomoto wins in the ZST cage. Credit: Tatsuki Saomoto, Facebook Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Tatsuki Saomoto 🇯🇵 (Japan)15-2 1-0 W, Nakamura 2. Makoto Takahashi 🇯🇵 (Japan)11-1-1 1-0 W, Ito 3. Yusaku Nakamura 🇯🇵 (Japan)16-8-1 1-3 L, Saomoto 4. Takaki Soya 🇯🇵 (Japan)11-4-1 2-0 W, Muramoto 5. Seiichio Ito 🇯🇵 (Japan)12-4-2 0-2 L, Takahashi
Bantamweight – 134.5 lbs / 61 kilos
Kai Asakura (left) batters Kyoji Horiguchi in a non-title Upset of the Year candidate. Credit: RIZIN FF Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Kai Asakura (c) 🇯🇵 (Japan)16-2 8-1 W, Maruyama 2. Kyoji Horiguchi 🇯🇵 (Japan)28-3 9-1 L, Asakura 3. Hiromasa Ougikubo 🇯🇵 (Japan)20-5 2-2 L, Asakura 4. Victor Henry 🇺🇸 (USA) 20-4 2-0 W, Kanehara 5. Shintaro Ishiwatari 🇯🇵 (Japan)26-8-4 4-2 L, Ougikubo 6. Yuki Motoya 🇯🇵 (Japan)25-8 4-3 W, Uoi 7. Mamoru Uoi 🇯🇵 (Japan)22-9-5 1-1 L, Motoya 8. Ulka Sasaki 🇯🇵 (Japan)22-8-2 1-2 L, Asakura 9. Masanori Kanehara 🇯🇵 (Japan)27-14-5 0-1 L, Henry
Featherweight – 147.7 lbs / 67 kilos
Mikuru Asakura (left) lands flush on Yusuke Yachi. Credit: RIZIN FF Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Mikuru Asakura 🇯🇵 (Japan)13-1 7-0 W, Salas 2. Yutaka Saito 🇯🇵 (Japan)18-4-2 1-0 W, Majima 3. Vugar Keramov 15-3 1-0 W, Aguon 4. Kyle Aguon 🇬🇺 (Guam)13-9 0-1 L, Keramov 5. Jin Aoi 🇯🇵 (Japan)8-3-1 1-0 W, Boku 6. Takahiro Ashida 🇯🇵 (Japan)24-10-2 1-0 W, Hagiwara 7. Tetsuya Seki 🇯🇵 (Japan)13-6-1 1-0 W, Kanda 8. Koya Kanda 🇯🇵 (Japan)5-3 0-1 L, Seki 9. Kazumasa Majima 🇯🇵 (Japan)14-2 0-1 L, Saito 10. Ali Abdulkhalikov 🇷🇺 (Russia)8-1 0-1 W, Begidov
Lightweight – 160.9 lbs / 73 kilos
Tofiq Musayev is crowned RIZIN’s lightweight king. Credit: RIZIN FF Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Tofiq Musayev (c) 🇦🇿 (Azerbaijan)18-3 5-0 W, Freire 2. Koji Takeda 🇯🇵 (Japan)11-1 1-1 W, Kawana 3. Roberto Souza 🇧🇷 (Brazil)10-1 3-1 W, Yachi 4. Takasuke Kume 🇯🇵 (Japan)24-6-3 1-0 W, Kitaoka 5. Juri Ohara 🇯🇵 (Japan)27-18-3 1-0 W, Yachi 6. Luis Gustavo 🇧🇷 (Brazil)10-2 2-2 L, Freire 7. Yusuke Yachi 🇯🇵 (Japan)21-11 5-5 L, Ohara 8. Satoru Kitaoka 🇯🇵 (Japan)42-21-10 2-6 L, Kume 9. Hiroto Uesako 🇯🇵 (Japan)16-9 1-1 L, Yachi 10. Daron Cruickshank 🇺🇸 (USA) 22-13 5-4 L, Yamauchi
Welterweight – 176.4 lbs / 80 kilos
Keita Nakamura earns a RIZIN victory. Credit: DUX CARVAJAL Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Keita Nakamura 🇯🇵 (Japan)35-11-2 1-0 L, Larkin 2. Ryuichiro Sumimura 🇯🇵 (Japan)15-8 0-1 W, Watanabe 3. Marcos Souza 🇧🇷 (Brazil)9-2 1-1 W, Neto
Light Heavyweight – 205 lbs / 93 kilos
Ivan Shtyrkov stands over a vanquished foe in the RIZIN cage. Credit: RIZIN FF Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Ivan Shtyrkov 🇷🇺 (Russia)17-1-1 1-0 W, Pasternak 2. Jake Heun 🇺🇸 (USA) 15-9 3-1 W, Ishii 3. Christiano Frölich 🇧🇷 (Brazil)10-5 0-1 L, Albrektsson 4. Vitaly Shemetov 🇷🇺 (Russia)24-13 0-2 L, Biyong
Heavyweight – 220.5 lbs / 100 kilos
Shoma Shibisai wins a custom rules match in Ganryujima. Credit: Ganryujima, FITE Fighter Nationality Record RIZIN Record Last Fight 1. Shoma Shibisai 🇯🇵 (Japan)6-2 1-1 W, Shemetov 2. Hideki Sekine 🇯🇵 (Japan)8-5 0-1 L, Sakai 3. Sudario Tsuyoshi 🇯🇵 (Japan)1-0 1-0 W, James 4. Sergey Shemetov 🇷🇺 (Russia)11-8 0-1 L, Shibisai 5. Dylan James 🇺🇸 (USA) 0-1 0-1 L, Tsuyoshi
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