We are Rizin

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.

In this interview, Andrew talks to Tim Eschtruth, who takes on Erson Yamamoto at RIZIN 16. Topics include how Eschtruth went from judo to MMA, being a 36-year-old fighter in a young man's sport, his love of tabletop games, preparing for the fight, among many other topics!

In this post fight episode of We are RIZIN, Andrew talks to Damien Brown, fresh off his win at RIZIN 15 against Koji Takeda. Topics discussed include analyzing the fight, Brown's future with RIZIN, Jason Knight, Will Brooks, Brown's new gym, and veterans issues in Australia. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

In this long edition of the We are RIZIN podcast, Andrew and Christian along with special guest Joseph Matos discuss the RIZIN 15 show from Yokohama Arena. Were they happy with the show or did they find it underwhelming? Along with that, they discuss potential future matchups, fight of the night, performance of the night, who should not return in RIZIN, and other JMMA news including Daron Cruickshank's video controversy. NOTE: We recorded this through Discord for the first time. There is a slight echo at times and sometimes the audio levels change but it should be a higher quality audio than when we usually record through Skype. Apologies for any issues you might hear. Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF

In this continuation from ep 41, Andrew and Christian preview the RIZIN 15 show from Yokohama Arena. They look at all the fights, make predictions, talk about which fights they are looking forward to the most. Andrew makes his case for why he doesn't think Taiga is as good as he used to be. Christian makes a case for King Mo. To hear the rest of their hot takes, make sure to listen!

In this non-RIZIN episode of We are RIZIN, Andrew and Christian talk about Josh Barnnett's UWFi inspired Bloodsport show, which featured Josh Barnett vs Minoru Suzuki in the main event. They also talk about ONE FC's New Era show, their first show in Japan. They also talk about the hype behind the show, if RIZIN has anything to worry about, and the dismal ratings the show got on Japanese TV. They finally cap off by talking about the awesome grappling event Quintet Fight Night 3 show, featuring teams of all women.

In this episode of We are RIZIN, Andrew and Christian talk to the one and only Lenne Hardt, English ring announcer for RIZIN FF. We talk about how she got involved in the crazy world of MMA in PRIDE, her voice acting career in video games and animes, companies that hire impersonators, her favorite fights, her process as a ring announcer, and the RIZIN 15 show coming up Sunday. This is an interview that cannot be missed!

In this interview, Andrew talks with Ben "10" Nguyen who will be debuting at RIZIN 15 versus Kyoji Horiguchi. They talk about his opponent, going from South Dakota to Australia, the UFC Flyweight division, what happened after he was released from UFC, the infamous viral video that go him signed to UFC, video games and which ones he is playing, being a Twitch streamer, and his favorite memes.

Andrew interviews RIZIN 15 fighter Damien "Beatdown" Brown who will be taking undefeated Japanese fighter Koji Takeda. Topics include what are his thoughts on his opponent, a RIZIN Lightweight tournament, how much longer he plans to fight, why he doesn't watch movies, the opening of his gym, Diego Brandao, and other topics.

In this special interview, Andrew talks with the legend Dan "The Beast" Severn. Topics discussed the differences in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, why he doesn't watch NCAA wrestling, wrestling in UWFi, the Bloodsport show and his match with Frank Mir, and the current well being of Don Frye.