We cover combat sport events and prospects from around the globe. The Global MMA Scene will be emphasized. (No A.I. use goes into our content. PERIOD!)
Joined March 2018
- Tweets14.1K
- Following649
- Followers478
- Likes49K
Pinned Tweet
*blows dust off* It’s been a while since we posted anything here. So, here’s the deal.
Our podcast (#FocusFightsAudio with @ChrisGary92) now has a Twitter Account to their own. Give @FocusFights_AUD a follow.
We have links for y’all to check us out: linktr.ee/focusfights
Focus Fights retweeted
Je suis sur les lieux.
J'ai essayé la roulette et j'ai gagné un totebag ! Est ce que j'ai eu de la chance ou est ce que j'aurais ou avoir mieux ?
#RIZIN55
Focus Fights retweeted
A friendly reminder that RIZIN has not only the most fun Featherweights outside The UFC, but the best 145lb talent too.
Chihiro Suzuki, Kyoma Akimoto, and Razhabali Shaydullaev are who I'm referring to & all fight at RIZIN's NYE Card.
Kazuki Aimoto fights tonight, future star.
Focus Fights retweeted
WHY #RIZIN55 IS THE CARD OF THE WEEKEND?
Considering low-tier UFC card, just take a couple of reasons why it's worth to watch the upcoming RIZIN show, last stop before NYE.
1. It has high profile fights. Top 3 bouts with flyweight title, (probably) a title eliminator in bantamweight, and a clash of currently one of the best Korean fighters with DEEP GP winner and former RIZIN title challenger. + Kim vs. Zhumagazy, which is pretty low only because no Japanese here. Level-wise, each of these fights could be at least co-main event on every card this weekend.
2. It's well matchmaked - beside of fights from point 1, we have grappler vs. wrestling world champion clash (Kashimura vs Ota), hard hitters collision (Meheula vs Aimoto), and tough wrestling test for ONE Championship tourney winner Kaiwen Li, who will take on former RIZIN champ Ushiku. Even HW (which is basically a slop) fight looks like potential violent thing - strong Samoan Mac Papalii will take on former Tristar Gym trainee Yukinori Akazawa. + prospects taking on veterans (Chiharu vs. former ONE title challenger Hiroaki Suzuki, back-from-retirement Taichi Nakajima vs. Mizoguchi).
3. It has a lot of great prospects - DEEP's Kazuki Aimoto is the one, others are Pancrase neo-blood tourney wnnder, former MT fighter, unbeaten in MMA Takumi Hamada, DEEP Future King tourney winner Rio Kimura, Fighting Nexus champ Chiharu, unbeaten former ONE fighter Tsukasa Mizoguchi, and former Japanese wrestling national team member Yajuro Yamasaki.
Wish you good Saturday (I'm gonna watch #OKTAGON97) , but real deal is coming tomorrow. Watch it on @RIZINTV_.
Focus Fights retweeted
A RIZIN/Ki MMA event in Hawaii in 2027 makes... way too much sense given the players involved. Nobu, Scott Coker, Rich Chou, T. Jay Thompson, and so on.
🗣️ RIZIN could potentially make its Hawaii 🇺🇸 debut in 2027 or 2028, and Abijah Kaleo Meheula wants to make it clear that he’s calling for that opportunity!
“RIZIN in Hawaii maybe like late 2027 or maybe early 2028. So, I'm calling for that. like you know it's only right bro like as soon as I win this fight that's the first thing I'm calling for.”
Abijah Kaleo Meheula returns this Sunday for #RIZIN55 taking on Japanese prospect Kazuki Aimoto.
🔗 youtu.be/KT7Qg2x7K6A?is=dHED…
Focus Fights retweeted
I locked myself away in the MMA vaults this past month and curated EVERYTHING you need to know to be prepared for this spectacular event. Join me as I drop the fight lore you need 📚🔍🕵️♂️.
noxtalksmma.substack.com/p/t…
Focus Fights retweeted
Rise up.
Doubt is a fatal influence.
Once it enters the mind, it must be uprooted and crushed at once.
Left unanswered, it spreads and consumes everything. Treat it as an enemy within.
Hesitation in destroying it is itself a form of defeat.
Remain vigilant.
Strike early.
Focus Fights retweeted
Super pumped for #RIZIN55 👹🔥🎌 Just watched the weigh-ins & everyone “ just cleared desu” weight, did their “fighting pose” & “face off”😄 The Main Card & Main Event will be bangers🔥🔥Worth the all-nighter 👊🏼👹 @RIZINTV_ @rizin_PR
abc presents #RIZIN55 🥜
📝 OFFICIAL FIGHT ORDER ANNOUNCED! 📝
⑬ 🇯🇵 Makoto Shinryu 🆚 Tony Laramie 🇨🇦
⑫ 🇯🇵 Naoki Inoue 🆚 Yrysbek Tilenov 🇰🇬
⑪ 🇯🇵 Ryuya Fukuda 🆚 Soo Chul Kim 🇰🇷
⑩ 🇯🇵 Jinnosuke Kashimura 🆚 Shinobu Ota 🇯🇵
⑨ 🇺🇸 Abijah Kaleo Meheula 🆚 Kazuki Aimoto 🇯🇵
…and MORE! 🔥
📡 Advance PPV (10% OFF) until 11/7 11:59pm!
[ #RIZIN55 | Watch on #RIZINtv | 11/8 Sun 12am ET ]
Focus Fights retweeted
Mac Papalii, who will make his RIZIN debut at RIZIN.55, said he was disappointed that his previous fight was canceled, but is happy to be here now.
[ #RIZIN55 | Watch on #RIZINtv | 11/8 Sun 12am ET ]
#macpapalii #yukinoriakazawa #rizin
Focus Fights retweeted
For a guy who was given no chance, Tony Laramie is taking destiny into his own hands with title shot at Rizin 55 -- new piece here. sports.yahoo.com/mma/article…
Focus Fights retweeted
榊原社長によると、試合はありませんがサバテロが #RIZIN55 に向けて、1人でアメリカから向かってきています😳✈️
youtube.com/live/skau9Aq1aoE…より
Focus Fights retweeted
Since this is going down today here's a little info:
I had offered to take over the whole program in the US - Training, classes, running local shows, and more. I could tell that there was a very expensive asset here that wasn't being fully used, but knew with the right direction, it could be a crown jewel for them.
Unfortunately, the cost versus debt was so bad it would seem, that closing it was the best move in their eyes.
What could have been...
Onward though, as always.
Focus Fights retweeted
Well, how about that. Seo Hee Ham isn't done just yet. Another fighter who lost precious years of their career in ONE.
Focus Fights retweeted
Day - 2 before #RIZIN55
Le Japon m'avait tellement manqué. Tokyo est très différent de Fukuoka mais je m'y plait beaucoup.
Vous avez des recommandations particulières ?
