LIVENOW AND RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION STRIKE DEAL TO BRING MMA CONTEST TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE

RIZIN.26 competition will broadcast live from Saitama Super Arena on December 31 on LIVENow to a global audience (excluding Japan)

14 bouts on the card with highly anticipated rematch between Bantamweight champions Kai Asakura and Kyoji Horiguchi

Top ranked Ayaka Hamasaki and Miyuu Yamamaoto will face off for the vacant women’s Super Atomweight Championship title.

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Fans of mixed martial arts can end the year with RIZIN.26, watching the entire New Year’s Eve event live on LIVENow. This year’s contest will be headlined by two world title fights. RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Kai Asakura and former RIZIN and Bellator Bantamweight Champion Kyoji Horiguchi will meet for the most anticipated rematch in Japanese history. While top ranked Ayaka Hamasaki and Miyuu Yamamoto will battle it out for the Super Atomweight Championship title.

Former welterweight Frank Trigg, an inductee of the UFC Hall of Fame, and Joe Ferraro will provide the commentary for the event remotely. Confirmed fights are as follows:
• Kai Asakura vs Kyoji Horiguchi - 61kg RIZIN Bantamweight Championship
• Tenshin Nasukawa vs TBA - RIZIN Kickboxing Rules
• Hideo Tokoro vs Shinobu Ota - 61kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Ayaka Hamasaki vs Miyuu Yamamoto - 49kg RIZIN Super Atomweight Championship
• Takanori Gomi vs Kouzi - RIZIN Special Standing bout Rules
• Kanna Asakura vs Ai Shimizu - 49kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Yuki Motoya vs Naoki Inoue - 61kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Ren Hiramoto vs Kyohei Hagiwara - 68kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Sudario Tsuyoshi vs Minowaman - 120kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Ulka Sasaki vs Kenta Takizawa - 61kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Mikuru Asakura vs Satoshi Yamasu - 68kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Kleber Koike vs Kyle Aguon - 67kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Kazuma Kuramoto vs Taiyo Nakahara - 63kg RIZIN MMA Rules
• Nadaka Yoshinari vs Phetmalai Phetjaroenvit - 50kg RIZIN Kickboxing Rules

LIVENow is home to amazing live experiences and aims to entertain, engage and educate. Sports, concerts, workouts, stand-up comedy, inspirational speakers and more are broadcast to screens around the world. Passionate about sharing events as they happen, LIVENow gives fans exclusive access to live-streams that can be enjoyed at home and with friends via group viewing option Watch Together.

RIZIN.26 costs £17.99/$25 and starts at 2100PST (30/12)/0000ET/0500GMT on LIVENow.

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