(TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE!)

• ​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.

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