Makhachev goes two-division; Machado Garry is next
The new welterweight king defends for the first time at UFC 330.
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Takeru announces retirement after avenging Rodtang
Days after winning the ONE interim title, a cervical injury ends his career.
Tokyo Dome: Inoue beats Nakatani to stay undefeated
The Monster prevails in a generational showdown before ~55,000 fans.
Round-by-round: Gaethje stuns Topuria at the White House
Our round-by-round recap of the historic White House main event.
K-1 World GP 2026 — 90kg World Tournament
A K-1 card built around the 90kg world tournament; Lukas Achterberg won the final by first-round KO.
RISE ELDORADO 2026
A major RISE card at Ryogoku Kokugikan; in the main event Koki Ozaki beat Shiro to become the new bantamweight champion.
ONE Samurai 1: Rodtang vs Takeru 2
Takeru avenged his loss to Rodtang with a 5th-round TKO to win the ONE Interim Flyweight kickboxing title — his final great fight before retirement.
RIZIN 54
A summer card built around the semifinals of the RIZIN Japan Heavyweight Grand Prix.
UFC 330: Makhachev vs Machado Garry
Makhachev makes the first defense of his welterweight title; the co-main is a women's strawweight title fight.
UFC at the White House: Topuria vs Gaethje
A historic card on the White House South Lawn; Gaethje stopped Topuria in the 4th to take the lightweight title.
Usyk vs Verhoeven
A spectacle staged at the Pyramids; boxing's Usyk stopped kickboxing king Verhoeven in the 11th round.
Inoue vs Nakatani
One of the biggest cards in Japanese boxing history (~55,000 fans); Inoue beat Nakatani by decision to stay undefeated.
Tariq Osaro
A Nigerian-Dutch heavyweight known as 'Cookie' and a former Glory interim heavyweight champion; won by decision at Glory 107 in April 2026.
Rico Verhoeven
The 'King of Kickboxing' with Glory's longest reign and a record 13 defenses; vacated the title in Nov 2025 and lost a boxing crossover to Usyk in May 2026.
Rui Okubo
A young star who became the inaugural Krush Flyweight Champion in just his fourth pro fight, regarded as one of K-1's most skilled technicians.
Kan Nakamura
A heavy-handed knockout artist out of BK GYM; the 8th RISE Lightweight Champion and RISE World Series 2025 winner, he relinquished his title in January 2026.
Taiju Shiratori
A tall southpaw known as 'The Kick Prince' who has won titles in multiple RISE divisions and added the ISKA World Light Welterweight belt in May 2026.
Shiro
A masterful technician and inaugural RISE World Bantamweight Champion; lost the title by decision to Koki Ozaki at RISE ELDORADO in March 2026.
Takeru Segawa
The only three-division K-1 champion in history; won the ONE Interim Flyweight kickboxing title by stopping Rodtang in April 2026, then retired in May 2026 due to a cervical disc injury.
Shinya Aoki
A Japanese MMA legend renowned as a submission master and a former two-time ONE Lightweight World Champion; still active in ONE Championship.