Focus Fights Audio

0:00 Disclaimer + "The Other Side of RIZIN" by Eiichi Saeki 1:48 Show Intro, Memorial Day Shout-out & Plug to Put The Show Over 4:15 Brief Talk of RIZIN's 1st International Show + Why Kyung Pyo Kim isn't on the "RIZIN in KOREA" Card 7:38 Rundown of the Structure of the show & the Japan x Korea Format 11:03 Roberto Satoshi de Souza vs. Won Bin Ki [Non-Title Main...

DUE TO SOME LANGUAGE & CONTENT MENTIONED, LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED. After a phenomenal (for the most part) event in front of over 40,000 people at the World Famous Tokyo Dome, this episode not only recaps the atmosphere of what went down at RIZIN Otoko Matsuri, but also puts over potential happenings & what lies ahead for the RIZIN Fighting Federation as a whole. Our “Chillmeister”...

For the first time since the summer of 2021 & in front of what will be a packed house of right around 50,000 people, the RIZIN Fighting Federation — Japan’s premier combat sports promotion — will take its talents & action to the World Famous Tokyo Dome on May 4th for a night of Superior Ruleset Action known as “RIZIN: Otoko Matsuri!” In this preview podcast, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary &...

(This episode was originally released in Oct. 2022.) 0:00 Interval Intro (+ Eiichi Saeki’s “Judgement”)  1:37 Celine Haga (JMMA/European WMMA Pioneer; FactoryX Muay Thai Competitor)  48:12 Referencing why Haga didn’t fight Emily Whitmire + plugging her next fight  50:40 “The Diamond Dawg” J. Wayne Leggett (Cage Announcer for FURY Fighting Championships/Texas All-Star Wrestling Hall of Famer)  1:56...

TIMESTAMPS ARE BELOW! The start to the RIZIN Fighting Federation's 10th Anniversary is This Saturday! And J. Christian Gary, Mike Soltez (aka ike from Ohio) & JayWolf had an extensive preview to put it over detailing every fight on the show's Main Card! Also, to kick off the proceedings, Chris & Jay talk about the life, legacy & impact of "Big" George Foreman. -------...

TIMESTAMPS ARE LISTED BELOW! First off, we apologize for the lack of doing new episodes on this platform. As you'll hear at the start of the episode, Chris just felt a bit stressed about the world around him & wanted to speak up for himself to y'all. Secondly, as you'll hear, we have a stacked episode for the 1st Focus Fights Audio of 2025. After Chris' speech, we speak with Hawaiian MMA Star...

First off, we apologize for the lack of communication between our last episode, our “Bloodsport” Review with Joseph Matos, and now nearing the end of 2024. It’s not because our host, “Da Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary, is busy. It’s just because…. well, doing this podcast starts to feel like a chore at times. We hope that more folks will start to listen to & appreciate this show, because regardle...

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The year was 2008. A black president was elected into the White House for the 1st time, the U.S. was going through a recession, Houston went through Hurricane Ike & Da Mysterious Q was just starting to learn to ropes of professional wrestling under Tugboat Taylor. 16 years later, Q — the native of New Orleans, Louisiana by way of California — has recently returned from a 1 year absence due to...

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FURY FC 87 will take place on Mar. 10th at Imagen Venues in Houston, Texas with the Main Card airing live on the UFC Fight Pass. If you want to buy tickets ti check out the event in-person, click HERE . Aside from that, check out their links: https://www.facebook.com/furyfc https://www.instagram.com/furyfighting/ https://twitter.com/FuryFightingTX https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1g9M5m_6tqAjwkJ...

In this special edition of "#FocusFightsAudio Presents", our "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary ( @ChrisGary92 / @JerryCG92 / @CG92BlImp on YouTube) spoke with Former WWE Employee turned Podcaster, Content Creator & Journalist Marie Shadows of Wrestle Tales TV. In this interview (recorded on Jan. 14th), Marie & Chris talk about what got Marie into Pro Wrestling, what has...

While 2023 is winding down as the final fight cards of the year take center stage, there's still some drama taking place outside the ring/cage/fight surface. None of that pales in true comparison to the situation involving Scott Kent, the primary promoter & CEO of Lion Fight (aka Lion Fight Promotions ), and his inability to pay his fighters with some them going weeks, months, even years w...

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To make a long story short, Chris' old CPU crapped out on him, so he had to make due with what he got. In this case, put on 2 interviews from 6+ months ago and reveal the progress on those involved (the interviewees in this case being Reality of Wrestling star Josiah Jean & Combate Global Fighter Carlos Puente Jr.) and put out an interview with Former UFC Fighter & Houston Fight Media...

We don't do this normally, but after just doing the Review of RIZIN LANDMARK 5 & Preview for RIZIN 42 a week ago, we had to drop back & do another episode the following week to talk about RIZIN 42! Our own "Chillmeister" Chris Gary returns with JayWolf & Tsar Boris to talk about the 13 Fight Card from the Tri-Main Event to Opening Bout and all the goings-on in-between fro...

First off, Feliz Cinco de Mayo! We hope y'all are enjoying this festive holiday responsibly. Secondly, with RIZIN LANDMARK 5 now in the rear-view mirror, RIZIN 42 less than 24 hours away & his usual co-host (Andrew Benjamin of the WeAreRIZIN Podcast) deciding that THIS weekend was the right time to be in Japan, our own "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary decided that there needed to...

It's a new year (2023) & despite the fact that it's now nearly 4 months into the year, we felt it was only right to kick this year off with a mega episode of Focus Fights Audio. In this episode, we'll be speaking with WrestleRave Champion Aaron Mercer as he was preparing for his Title Defense vs. Dragon Gate Star Big R Shimizu (interview was done on Jan. 9th), heavy hitting RIZIN &...

With RIZIN 39 just hours away, the Superior Ruleset beckons with more exciting action to behold. Prior to the event, our own “Chillmeister” Chris Gary spoke with 3 fighters who compete at that event: Hirotaka Nakada (vs. Takahiro Ashida), Trent Girdham (vs. Genji Umeno) & Boyd Allen (vs. Yusuke Yachi) as each of them will hope to bring some exciting action to the Marine Messe Arena at Fukuoka...

With this taking place 3 weeks ago and prior to the release of the most recent episode of this podcast, we couldn’t pass this one up. Combat Sports Icon Antonio Kanji Inoki passed away due to natural causes on Oct. 1st at the age of 79 & on this special edition of this podcast, we do not want to focus on how Inoki died or even of his numerous accomplishments in Combat Sports. Instead, we want...

The summer has come & gone and the fall is now dawning on us all. With that, our own “Chillmeister” Chris Gary hosts this jam-packed edition of Focus Fights Audio that just happens to be so big that it’s our 3rd 2-Parter. For starters, we honor the memory of Canadian MMA Pioneer Elias “The Spartan“ Theodorou with a traditional 10 bell salute & tribute.  Then, to kick off Part 1, Chris...

Due to a policy on one of these platforms that states that you can't upload a 4+ Hour Long Podcast Episode, this episode was split in half. In the 2nd Part of this 2 Part RIZIN Fighting Federation-Based episode of Focus Fights Audio, our own "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary spoke with 3 of the competitors who will be competing at RIZIN 37 on July 31st. First, he’ll be speaking with outlandish comp...

Due to a policy on one of these platforms that states that you can't upload a 4+ Hour Long Podcast Episode, this episode had to be split in half. In Part 1 of this 2 Part RIZIN Fighting Federation-Based episode of Focus Fights Audio, our own "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary spoke with LFA Veteran and "proud nerd" Andrew Tenneson as well as 2 Fight UFC Veteran Luiz "Besouro" Dutra Jr.  While b...