Topic: Rizin Fighting Federation
https://next-episode.net/rizin-fighting-federation
Managed to get this added, doesn't seem to be showing when the past event (31.12.2020) was on when the next will air. Its a decent replacement for japans pride fighting championships and seems to be slowly making it way up.
This is evident by ufc's recent signings: Rizin light heavyweight champ Jiri Prochazka (who has already defeated Volkan Oezdemiri by tko in ufc) and Rizin bantamweight champion Manel Kape.
Its also worth noting some former ufc names have made the jump in the opposite direction namely: Diego Brandao, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović (Now retired) Kyoji Horiguchi, C.B. Dollaway and Takanori Gomi.
Its also worth noting that Heath Herring has a 2 fight stint and even Jairzinho Rozenstruik had a fight in Rizin prior to being signed by UFC.