TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE:

• ​0:00 Disclaimer & Legalese
• ​1:09 Show Intro & Rundown
• ​2:33 Interview w/“Wild” Chris Russo
• ​1:04:55 Russo & ROW Epilogue
• ​1:06:40 RIZIN LANDMARK 16 Quick Hitz Review
• ​1:13:30 Interview w/“The Black Panther” Kevin (Kam) Rhoades
• ​2:26:09 Rhoades Epilogue & Happenings in Kickboxing/Muay Thai
• ​2:28:10 Reason for Hiatus
• ​2:33:30 Plugs & Show Outro

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• ​0:00 Extended Disclaimer & Legal
• ​2:24 RIZIN LANDMARK 15 Ad by J. Christian Gary
• ​4:53 Show Open (J. Chrish introduces Azuré Blue aka Yukiko Azuré)
• ​10:22 Taylor “Clubber” Lang joins the proceedings
• ​10:52 Thoughts about the Main Event
• ​12:52 Thoughts on the Prelims & the Lone Kickboxing Bout (Especially about HIME vs. Ayane Hirata)
• ​24:34 Danny Sabatello 2nd Title Defense vs. Jinnosuke Kashimura
• ​36:13 Karshyga Dautbek vs. Kyohei Hagiwara
• ​43:26 Shinobu Ota vs. Yrysbek “Demolition” Tilenov
• ​55:44 HIROYA Kondo vs. Erson “Badman” Yamamoto (2 -.500 Fighters looking to correct their paths)
• ​1:09:14 Johnny “Hollywood” Case vs. TENYA Yoshimura (2 fighters off of missed weight opportunities, both need to be on weight more than they need a win)
• ​1:22:17 The “invisible” Women’s Atomweight Championship Grand Prix (Saori Oshima vs. Ye Ji Lee & Si Woo Park vs. Moeri Suda)
• ​1:36:09 Genji Umeno vs. “Samurai” SHOJI Maruyama (Will The Dangerous One have a wild scrap with a Samurai?)
• ​1:46:37 Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Hyuga Miyagawa (Will Kaibatsu-kun get a dominant win?)
• ​1:54:55 “Torao Supernova” Shinji Sasaki vs. Yota “RICE” Hayashi (RIZIN needs more talent above Lightweight. Should these 2 fit the bill?)
• ​2:07:25 Kyohei “HINOTORI” Takagi vs. Jae Hoon Lee (Can HINOTORI get a big win against an ungrateful KMMA Upstart?)
• ​2:16:24 What is the one Main Card Fight the panel isn’t looking forward to & what’s the best Undercard Fight to look out for?
• ​2:26:00 Shout-Outs, Final Thoughts & Plugs
• ​2:38:23 Show Close & Final Plug

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RIZIN LANDMARK 14 is THIS WEEKEND! (Tonight, actually.)

But before all the chaos goes down in Hiroshima, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary & his panel of Esteemed Guests (Canadian MMA Fighter Taylor “Clubber” Lang & Yukiko Azuré aka Azuré Blue) break down all the happenings of the fights & what will go down not just on this event but in the Main Event Title Fight & the “invisible” Women’s Atomweight Grand Prix itself.

You can check out RIZIN LANDMARK 15 in HIROSHIMA for $20 on RIZIN.TV (or $17 via the RIZIN PREMIUM PASS): https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-landmark-1

Be sure to check out these great platforms:

(Azure Blue)

https://x.com/azurebluesy

https://youtube.com/@azureblueyukiko4102

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(Taylor “Clubber” Lang)

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https://x.com/TaylorLangMMA

https://www.facebook.com/TaylorLangMMA

https://youtube.com/@taylorlangmma

(Andrew Benjamin)

https://www.instagram.com/abenja1

https://x.com/abenja1

https://x.com/wearerizinpod

https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182

(JayWolf)

https://x.com/Jayyolf1

And, be sure to check out our pages (including our new site for this podcast) & Chris’ pages as well:

And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours:

https://linktr.ee/focusfights

https://focusfightsproject.podview.com/

https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject

https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/

⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary

https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992

https://cash.app/$JChrisGary

The quote that J. Chrish referenced to Azuré at the 2:37:15 mark: https://youtu.be/hfOsrX263iY?t=41&is=ZCiKJcflO-aw7j4n

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• ​0:00 Extended Disclaimer
• ​2:23 RIZIN LANDMARK 14 English Trailer (w/Michael Schiavello)
• ​4:00 Show Open
• ​12:47 Taylan Yuasa vs. Haruto Kikuchi + Prelim Talk
• ​20:59 Thoughts on the RIZIN LANDMARK 14 Event on paper
• ​25:19 Hiromasa Ogikubo x Makoto “SHINRYU” Takahashi + talk of the venue
• ​40:29 Tony Laramie x Yuki Motoya
• ​51:32 Takakenshin x Ryo Sakai
• ​1:04:56 “Black Panther” BeyNoah x Bilal Kai Haga
• ​1:15:46 Yusuke Yachi x ISAO Kobayashi (also a reference to Hana Kimura & Mental Health Awareness)
• ​1:26:40 Daichi Tomizawa x Rui Kato
• ​1:32:29 NAOKI “The Joker” Tanaka x Kasei Kuroi
• ​1:37:25 Seiya Inoue x Koki “Playboi” Akada (+ Lack of WMMA Fights in this show & putting over the Maya Stewart interview)
• ​1:44:39 3 Fights worth watching from RIZIN LANDMARK 14 (sans the last 2 fights)
• ​1:47:21 The Maya Stewart Interview
• ​2:30:51 Plugs, Grips, Shoutouts & Show Close

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With the RIZIN Fighting Federation nearing the mid-way point of 2026, the green cage is set to make a stop at Xebio Arena in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

In this preview, we’ll put over all the excitement to come from RIZIN LANDMARK 14 including Hiromasa Ogikubo’s 1st Flyweight Championship defense vs. Makoto “SHINRYU” Takahashi, Yuki Motoya vs. “The Canadian Wildman” Tony Laramie, “Black Panther” BeyNoah vs. Bilal Kai Haga, Yusuke Yachi vs. ISAO Kobayashi, Taylan Yuasa vs. Hayato Kikuchi & a whole lot more!

We’ll also have an interview with American WMMA Standout Maya Stewart as she prepares for upcoming fight at Tuff-N-Uff 154 this weekend vs. ONE FC Muay Thai Champion Smilla “The Hurricane” Sundell.

You can check out the event LIVE from Sendai on Jun. 6th (late primetime hours of Jun. 5th in North America) on RIZIN.TV: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-landmark-14

And, check out Maya’s bout vs. Sundell before that on the UFC Fight Pass: https://welcome.ufcfightpass.com/region/united-states

Check out these great platforms:

(JayWolf)

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(Charles “C.J.” Jewett)

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(Todd Atkins)

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https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/

https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShow

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986

(Andrew Benjamin)

https://www.instagram.com/abenja1

https://x.com/abenja1

https://x.com/wearerizinpod

https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182

Be sure to check out Maya ⁠on her Social Platforms:

https://www.facebook.com/mayasamuels777

https://instagram.com/maya.e.stewart/

Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server⁠ & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit⁠…..

And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours:

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https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject

https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/

⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary

https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992

https://cash.app/$JChrisGary

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• ​0:00 Extended Disclaimer/Legalese
• ​2:24 Show Intro Running Down the Aspects of RIZIN 53
• ​8:13 Running Down the Prelims (or "Why Soul Hamaguchi TKO'ing Haruto Sunada was more interesting?")
• ​11:45 Luiz "KILLER" Gustavo TKOs Ilkhom Nazimov (Gustavo's the new RIZIN Lightweight Champ! What's next for him & how will Ilkhom return?)
• ​28:40 Why Ren Hiramoto vs. KOUZI felt like a bastardized sparring session? (And what's next for both men?)
• ​35:48 Ryo Takagi KOs Kaiwen Li (Should Takagi be considered more of a stud option next?)
• ​43:10 Shinobu Ota seriously submits KINTARO (Will Ota crack that ceiling soon?)
• ​45:40 Kate "LOTUS" Oyama def. Katie Perez (Should there be more fights at Atomweight ahead with the title vacated?)
• ​56:11 Sho Patrick Usami savagely KO's Tatsuya "YANBO" Saika (Rafael Barbosa wants to fight Usami next. Will it happen? Also, should YANBO just give up?)
• ​1:06:06 Ryan Cafaro submits Koyomi Matsushima with a Dragon Sleeper (Should Cafaro face Ren Hiramoto next?)
• ​1:19:56 Daiki "LIGHTYEAR" Tsubota smoked out "YABAI DAROU" Genji Umeno (What's next for these 37 year old fight vets?)
• ​1:26:47 Ryoma "JOLLY" Shishimoto submits Kenshin Kodama (Is JOLLY a future star in the making? Also, is Kodama long for the MMA World?)
• ​1:34:40 Joe Hiramoto submits Seiya Ameyama (Is Joe starting to outshine his older brother? Also, what's next for Ameyama after an 0-2 RIZIN Start?)
• ​1:45:13 Koki Nakagawa survives multiple nut-shots to beat Jake "The Outlaw" Wilkins (Listen to the banter for yourself. No context.)
• ​1:58:40 Summary of RIZIN 53 (Fight of the Night/Performance of the Night) & a brief RIZIN LANDMARK 14 Preview
• ​2:05:30 Plugs, Shout-outs & Show Outro

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Original Recorded on: May 14th, 2026

After the chaos of RIZIN 53, our "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary, JayWolf & Mike "Mr. Ohio" Soltez review the 11 Fight Madness, break down all of what went down in Kobe & briefly preview RIZIN LANDMARK 14 taking place in a few weeks.

You can catch the encore presentation of RIZIN 53 over on RIZIN.tv: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-53

Check out these great platforms:

(JayWolf)

https://x.com/Jayyolf1

(Charles “C.J.” Jewett)

https://sogo-kaku.com

https://instagram.com/sogokaku

https://www.facebook.com/share/1PAMjLBVmR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

(Todd Atkins)

https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/

https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/

https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShow

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986

(Andrew Benjamin)

https://www.instagram.com/abenja1

https://x.com/abenja1

https://x.com/wearerizinpod

https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182

Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server⁠ & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit⁠…..

And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours:

https://linktr.ee/focusfights

https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject

https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/

⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary

https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992

https://cash.app/$JChrisGary

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0:00 Show Intro & Extended Disclaimer

2:23 RIZIN 53 English Language Trailer w/Michael Schiavello (Partial Interpretation by J. Christian Gary)

4:45 J. Chrish Welcomes in the show, goofs a bit & introduces ayWolf & Mr. Ohio while discussing RIZIN’s Card Strength vs. the UFC & Combate Global

19:00 Breaking Down the Prelims

25:16 Ilkhom Nazimov's 1st Lightweight Title Defense vs. Luis “KILLER” Gustavo

38:12 The Returns of Ren Hiromoto & KOUZI in a Standing Rules Bout

50:07 Ryo Takagi Faces Chinese Veteran Kaiwen Li in Featherweight

1:00:06 Yuto “KINTARO” Hokamura Battles 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist Shinobu Ota

1:08:52 Hometown Favorite Kate “LOTUS” Oyama Meets International Debutant “La Máquina Asesina” Katie Perez

1:24:59 Former King of Pancrase Champion Tatsuya “YANBO” Saika Takes on “Savage” Sho Patrick Usami

1:34:26 Ryan Kim Cafaro and Koyomi Matsushima Make Their RIZIN Debuts against each other

1:51:17 Daiki “LIGHTYEAR” Tsubota Faces Dangerous Kickboxing Crossover “YABAI-DAROU” Genji Umeno

1:55:11 BREAKING DOWN Veteran Ryoma “JOLLY” Shishimoto Meets K-1 Veteran Kenshin Kodama in the latter’s MMA Debut

2:01:59 Seiya Ameyama Tests Joe Hiramoto's Rising Potential

2:05:15 American Unknown Jake “The Outlaw” Wilkins (not mentioned: son of Wellington Wilkins Jr.) Battles Koki Nakagawa in Show Opener

2:13:35 Panelists Pick Top Fights to Watch and Final Thoughts

2:26:30 Plugs, Goofs & Show Outro

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RIZIN 53 is This Weekend (about 24 hours away as of this release). Before the action takes place in the ring at GLION Arena in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, the panel of JayWolf, Mike “Mr. Ohio” Soltez & our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary put over the 11 main card fights (10 MMA & 1 Standing Rules Bout) to talk about the critiques, pros & cons of the action taking place.

You can watch all the action go down on RIZIN.TV for $20 (Stand-Alone) or via the RIZIN Premium Pass (for $17): https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-53

Check out these great platforms:

(JayWolf)

https://x.com/Jayyolf1

(Charles “C.J.” Jewett)

https://sogo-kaku.com

https://instagram.com/sogokaku

https://www.facebook.com/share/1PAMjLBVmR/?mibextid=wwXIfr

(Todd Atkins)

https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/

https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/

https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShow

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986

(Andrew Benjamin)

https://www.instagram.com/abenja1

https://x.com/abenja1

https://x.com/wearerizinpod

https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182

Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server⁠ & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit⁠…..

And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours:

https://linktr.ee/focusfights

https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject

https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/

⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary

https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992

https://cash.app/$JChrisGary