We are Rizin

In this non-RIZIN edition of We are RIZIN, Andrew is joined by his friend and Godzilla expert, Dylan McLoughlin, to discuss the movie Godzilla Final Wars. The movie stars Don Frye and Masakatsu Funaki with cameos by Gary Goodridge and Ray Sefo.

Andrew and Christian review and recap the AWESOME RIZIN 19 show from October 12 in Osaka. They gave over all the fights, give their favorite fights, performance of the nights, possible future match ups, if the losers are "RIZIN worthy," and look at the LW GP semi final matchups. Andrew and Christian go on a HUGE rant on RIZIN's intermission problem and what could be done to curb future intermissions. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

Andrew & Christian along with special guest John Hyon Ko of Kumite TV preview the entire of RIZIN 19 from Osaka!

Andrew and Christian talk to returning guest Johnny "Hollywood" Case about his participation in the RIZIN 19 LW GP. Topics include how he is preparing for the tournament, thoughts on Roberto de Souza's striking, who the biggest threat in the tournament to him is, and Andrew asks the 10 Bernard Pivot questions from Inside the Actor's Studio.

In this rare interview, Andrew & Christian talk to Hiroto Uesako who takes on Luiz Gustavo in the LW GP. Topics include how he got into MMA, why he moved up to lightweight, his thoughts on his opponent, and his love of fashion.

Andrew and Christian talk to the Bellator representative in the RIZIN lightweight GP, Patricky "Pitbull' Freire. Topics include how Pitbull go started in MMA, representing Bellator in this tournament, what his brother plans to do with the Bellator LW title, his opponent Tatsuya Kawajiri, fighting in Japan for the first time, and what he does when he's not training. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

Andrew and Christian talk to RIZIN fan favorite and student of Wanderlei Silva, Luiz "Killer" Gustavo about his upcoming fight in the RIZIN LW GP. He takes on Hiroto Uesako. Topics include how he got into MMA, how he became a favorite student of Wanderlei Silva, why he wants to stick with RIZIN, his fight against Mikuru Asakura, his opponent, who he sees as his biggest threat, and what he does outside the ring. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

Andrew and Christian are joined by special guest Zachary Shiloh to discuss Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 2 show. They go over all the fights, pick their favorites, their least favorite, and future matchups and wrestlers they would like to see at a Bloodsport show.

Andrew and Christian preview the Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 2 card. They look at all the matches and give predictions on the winners and how they win. After, they briefly look at the two tournament matches for the RISE kickboxing finals.

In this highly anticipated interview, Andrew interviews "The Warmaster" Josh Barnett, who takes on Chris Dickinson at Bloodsport 2. Topics include if there will be more Bloodsport shows in the future, if wrestling a performance art, the RevPro incident, thoughts on his opponent, heavy metal bands, when he will fight in Bellator, and if RIZIN has made him any offers.

Andrew talks to the amateur wrestling expert Rory Gulak, who takes on Matt Makowski at Bloodsport 2 Saturday. Topics include how he transitioned from hardcore to mat based wrestling, thoughts on his opponent, how he plans to win, Netflix shows, the RevPro referee incident, is wrestling a performance art, and other topics

Andrew and Christian talk to JR Kratos who takes on Erik Hammer at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 2 Saturday. Topics include how Kratos got into wrestling, his opponent, the car accident he was in recently, the first Bloodsport show, if pro wrestling is a performance art, the RevPro incident and other topics.

Andrew talks with RISE and SHINE wrestler Lindsay Snow. She takes on former MMA fighter and judoka Sumie Sakai. Topics include how Snow got into pro wrestling, tattoos, her opponent, the incident where a wrestler shot on her, is wrestling a performance art, BJJ, and the RevPro incident.

Andrew and Christian talk to retired MMA fighter and CHIKARA wrestler "Weapon X" Matt Makowski, who takes on Rory Gulak at Bloodsport 2. Topics include how Makowski got into CHIKARA, if pro wrestling is a performance art or sport, the recent REVPRO referee incident, his opponent Rory Gulak,

In this interview, Andrew & Christian talk to FIP Champion Anthony Henry. Henry takes on Zachary Wentz at Bloodsport 2. Topics include the EVOLVE show that was shown on the WWE Network, if we might see Henry in WWE at some point, iif he considers wrestling a performance or a sport, thoughts on Zachary Wentz, and if he would return to MMA.

In this Bloodsport interview, Andrew & Christian talk to SHIMMER Champion Nicole Savoy, who faces Allysin Kay. Topics include how she got started in wrestling, the state of women's wrestling, competing in AEW, catch wrestling, her opponent Allysin Kay, her prepartion for the match, and video games such as Monster Hunter World.

In this first in a series of interviews with the combatants from GCW Presents Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 2 show coming up on September 14, Andrew and Christian talk to Erik Hammer. Hammer faces JR Kratos. Topics include how he became a pro wrestler, starting in Japan as a pro wrestler, meeting Antonio Inoki, why he doesn't consider pro wrestling a performance art, how we plans to beat JR Kratos, his fitness club, and catch wrestling.

In this post fight interview Andrew Christian talk to Victor Henry about his win at RIZIN 18. They talk about submission he won with, a Todd (Hello Japan!) Moore story before his infamous fight with Shinya Aoki, what he did after winning, Kai Asakura vs Kyoji Horiguchi, and a host of other topics.

Andrew & Chrisitan review the memorable RIZIN 18 show from Nagoya. The two go over all the fights, deem who is RIZIN worthy, who is not, some of the controversial decisions the judges made, thoughts on Ben Nguyen as guest commentator, and if Yutaro Muramoto is a snack.

In this interview with RIZIN lightweight Damien "Beatdown" Brown about the upcoming RIZIN lightweight Grand Prix. Brown talks about why he wants in, thoughts on the possible competitors, and why he would be a good match up for each. If you are interested in seeing Brown in the tournament, let RIZIN officials know! Be respectful and contact RIZIN through Twitter and Facebook to let them know you want to see Beatdown in it!

In this post fight interview with Switzerland's Stephanie Egger, Andrew and Christian talk with the fighter about her win over King Reina. Also discussed is her participation in this years ADCC in California.

In this special edition of We are RIZIN, Andrew & Christian review the much talked about main event of RIZIN 18, where Kai Asakura SHOCKED the world by knocking out RIZIN & Bellaotr Bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi. We discuss the fight, our reactions, what should be done for both fighters with this outcome, the non-title aspect of the fight. and Christian SLAMS the fans who are turning on Horiguchi because of the loss. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

In this interview with Trent Girdham, Christian talks with the Australian fighter about his upcoming fight at RIZIN 18 against Victor Henry. Topics include how he got started in the fight game, why if you're a fighter you should be "happy" fighting, and what he would do if he wasn't a fighter.

In this preview of the RIZIN 18 card in Nagoya, Andrew and Christian go over all the fights on the card. They give their picks on who will win, how they can win, and what might be next for the winners and losers. Check out the show live on FITE.TV this Saturday!

In this interview with one of the other fighters from Michigan and Scorpion Fighting Systems, Andrew talks to Tabatha "Batgirl" Watkings who makes her RIZIN debut against Ai Shimizu at RIZIN 18. Topics include her opponent, how she has grown as a fighter, being on the same card as her teammate Alesha Zappitella, and what she does outside fighting.

In this interview, Andrew and Christian talk to 1 of 3 fighters from Michigan who will be fighting on RIZIN 18. The two talk to Alesha "Half Pint" Zappitella about her RIZIN debut against Kanna Asakura. Topics include how she got into MMA, her wrestling background, her thoughts on her opponent, having her teammate Tabitha Watkins on the same card, and her thoughts on her opponent.

Andrew and Christian talk to DEEP Bantamweight champion in this incredible interview. We talk about his upcoming fight against Trent Girdham at RIZIN 18, training under Josh Barnett, skateboarding, the weird picture DEEP used for promoting his DEEP BW title fight, and pro wrestling.

In this interview, Andrew & Christian talk to the one and only, kickboxing legend John Wayne Parr. The interview covers Parr's upcoming fight at RIZIN 18 against Danilo Zanolini, Parr's potential 100th win in Japan, the craziest experience he had with a Japanese fan, answering listener questions, the two recent deaths in boxing, future stars at his gym, and his upcoming fight against Anthony Mundine in Australia.

In this interview, Andrew talks to Justin "Tank" Scoggins on his upcoming fight against Kazuma Sone at RIZIN 18. The interview also covers Scoggins leaving Twitter, fighter's using social media, going into this fight with a losing streak, his buddy Jarred Brooks fighting on the card, and his thoughts on his opponent who also has a karate background.

In this post fight interview with Johnny Case, Andrew and Christian talk to lightweight fighter about his brutal win over Satrou Kitaoka. They discuss the stoppage, the ref seemingly ignoring Kitaoka's condition, the two recent boxers who died, the condition of Case's elbow, and some of Case's favorite movies. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

In this post fight interview with Jake Heun, Andrew talks with the RIZIN fighter about his win over Vitaly Shemetov at RIZIN 17. Also in the interview, Heun talks about his epic Saturday Night Fever entrance, receiving a yellow card, and what's next for him in RIZIN. The interview features a guest appearance with light weight fighter "Ill" Will Brooks. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

Andrew and Chris Gary review the great RIZIN 17 card that happened at the famous Saitama Super Arena. The two go over all the fights, talk about their favorite fights, Ulka Sasaki and Jake Heun's epic entrances, Heun vs. Shemetov, and what should be done with King Reina, Shemetov, and Yusuke Yachi. At the end, they go over listener feedback about the show. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

In this J. Christian Gary solo edition of We are RIZIN, Gary goes over all the fights for RIZIN 17 and gives his picks on who he thinks will win each one.

Andrew and special guest Bruno Massami preview the RIZIN 17 card! The two look at all the matches, pick their winners, talk about intermissions, and the decision by Fuji TV to not air this show live. NOTE: Christian had major reception issues so he pops in and out and unfortunately had to bow out eventually. I apologize for the tech issues and that Christian wasn't around to give his thoughts. His thoughts will be uploaded separately in his own episode.

Jake Heun once again returns to the show to talk about his highly anticipated match up with Vitaly Shemetov. Andrew and Christian talk with Heun about the fight and why it's the "people's main event."

In this interview with Johnny "Hollywood" Case, Andrew and Christian talk with the lightweight fighter about his opponent Satoru Kitaoka. Also discussed is PFL, what he does outside the fight game, training at the MMA Lab for his previous fight, the RIZIN LW tournament, and a host of other topics.

In this Shooting the Shit Edition, a drunk Andrew and sober Christian go over the important matches of the RISE Semi Finals, Tito Ortiz vs Alberto El Patron, a potential Julia Budd vs Gabi Garcia, the Bellator FW tournament, Pernell Whittaker, Andrew's ROAD FC woes, and Andrew rants about MMA on screen graphics.

In this post fight interview with Bellator fighter Lindsey VanZandt, Andrew talks with the atomweight fighter about her win over RENA. Also discussed is how she celebrated the win and how she has already been asked to rematch RENA in Japan. Photo courtesy of Bellator

In this interview, Andrew talks with "The Soul Assassin" Kevin Ross about his fight with Daiki Watabe at RIZIN 17. Among the topics discussed are his thoughts on his opponent, coming back from an ACL injury, his "Platoon" tattoo, if wins and loses matters, and a host of other topics. It's a very philosophical interview. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF. NOTE: This interview was recorded before Ross had to pull out of the fight due to a hand injury.

In this post-fight interview with Jake "Starlord" Heun, Andrew talks with the Alaskan fighter about his win over Roque Martinez. Other topics include touring Japan, getting his dick bitten by a deer, and pro wrestling. Photo courtesy RIZIN FF.

In this non-RIZIN edition of We are RIZIN, Andrew, Christian and special guest Teeptothejunk review the awesome Bellator 222 show from MSG. They look at some of the important prelim matches including RENA's fight, discuss the future of Aaron Pico and his opponent Adam Borics. For the main card the three discuss Gucci 2 belts, Dillon Danis, and if Juan Archuleta should be the next Bellator BW contender. At the end three hold a retrospective on King Mo, who recently retired. Photo courtesy of Bellator.

In this interview, Andrew talks to Lindsey VanZandt who takes on RENA at Bellator 222. Topics include how she got into MMA, her thoughts on RENA, and how she was supposed to fight RENA initially at a RIZIN show.

In this Bellator edition of We are RIZIN, Andrew & Christian preview Friday's Bellator 222 card w/ guest TeeptotheJunk. They look at the most important fights on the prelims including RENA's fight and Pico taking on a undefeated prospect. For the main card they look at all the fights including special attention given to the second encounter between Kyoji Horiguchi and Darrion Caldwell w/ Caldwell's BW belt on the line.

In the long awaited RIZIN 16 review show, Andrew, Christian and MLW's Dylan Fox go over the entire show from RIZIN's debut in Kobe. They look at the attendance and TV ratings and analyze if it could be considered a success. As well all the fights are discussed, Andrew PRAISES Kengo, discuss who should be the next Super Atomweight #1 contender, talk about the baffling Yusuku Nakamura vs Topnoi match, and the panel throws love at Kan Nakamura.

In this interview, Andrew talks to Darrion Caldwell who defends his Bellator bantamweight belt against Kyoji Horigucho at Bellator 222 at MSG. Sorry for the audio quality as it was over the phone and I had only 10 minutes to talk to him. Thank you to the fans who submitted questions. Unfortunately in the interest of time I neglected to mention your names. Thanks to TeepTotheJunk, Armaan Younis, and Best Top Lists BG for submitting questions.

In this Shooting the Shit Edition of We are RIZIN, Andrew and Christian talk about the AEW Double or Nothing show, UFC releases and who would make a great or not so great addition to RIZIN, and the new main event of RIZIN 16.

In this huge edition of We are RIZIN, Andrew & Christian are joined by MLW's The Eastern Lariat podcast co-host Dylan Fox. The three discuss the upcoming RIZIN 16 Kobe show. All the fights are discussed including the kickboxing fights that feature virtual unknowns, if Ahmed Ferradji really did get scared to fight Tenshin or if it's possible that there is more to the story, and why RIZIN chose Kobe of all places to have a show.

In this interview, Andrew talks with Kana "The One Man Riot" Hyatt who takes on Mamoru "Fullswing" Uoi at RIZIN 16. Topics include how he got into fighting, preparing for his opponent, training at Team Bodyshop with A.J. McKee, training differently as he gets older and other topics.

In this first ever interview with a fighter from Thailand, Andrew talks to Topnoi Tiger Muay Thai who will be facing Yusaku Nakamura at RIZIN 16 in Kobe. Topics include how he got started as a fighter, training under George Hickman at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, wanting to face Tenshin Nasukawa, and what he has in store for his opponent. Thank you to Che of Tiger Muay Thai for translating during the interview. Apologies the audio isn't up to par at first. It does get better as the interview progresses.

In this interview, Andrew talks to Jake "The Honeybear" Heun about his heavyweight versus Roque Martinez at RIZIN 16. They discuss the fight, switching camps from Thailand to Australia, fighting in Siberia, his tattoos, Top Gun 2, and other topics.