We are Rizin

In an NYCC edition of WAR, Andrew talks to David Sangiao-Parga, the author of the book Blood in the Holler. Plot: The world of pro wrestling is about to change. Eric "Jiggolo" Johnson can sense it, but he's already on his way out. On the way to what he expects will be one of his last big shows, he and the wrestlers he's traveling with come into conflict with a family of meth dealers in rural West...

Andrew & Christian welcome back Erik Hammer who takes on Calvin Tankman at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9. Hammer is currently undefeated in Bloodsport. Hammer talks about his opponent, preparing for a monster like him, memories of Antonio Inoki, traveling to North Korea, what is a pro wrestler, and more! Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9 will be available on FiteTV+

Andrew is joined by NJPW's and Team Filthy member Royce Isaacs ロイス・アイザックス to talk about his upcoming match at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9 against Johnny Bloodsport aka John Morrison. Isaacs talks about his time in DDT, Morrison's online trash talk, his Bloodsport experience, if he's coming back to Japan, how he plans to train for John Morrison, and more! Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9 will...

Andrew & Christian welcome back to the show NJPW's Alex Coughlin アレックス・コグリン who takes on fellow Young Lion Yuya Uemura at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9. Coughlin talks about the match, his history with this Uemura, Great Muta, the Android nickname, Slap Fight, and more! Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9 will be available on FITE TV+: https://www.fite.tv/watch/josh-barnet... Follow Alex Coughlin...

Andrew & Christian welcome back to the show Hirotaka Nakada 中田大貴 who will be taking on Kisa Miyake at Pancrase 331. Topics include his return to Pancrase, his thoughts on his opponent, Pancrase FW championship, Krav Maga, other fighters at HEARTS, and more! Pancrase 331 along with Pancrase 332 will air live on March 26 Sunday and will be available live with English commentary by subscribing to...

Andrew welcomes back to the show Grant Bogdanove who will be one half of the English commentary for UNRIVALED GRAPPLING 2 airing live from Japan this weekend. Bogdanove talks about the unique rules for the gi and nogi matches, some of the matches on the show, if he will fight in Rizin in 2023, future of grappling business and more! UNRIVALED GRAPPLING 2 will be available on FITE.TV. Watch Unrivale...

Andrew welcomes back to the show Naoki Inoue 井上直樹 who will be fighting Kenta Takizawa at RIZIN 40. Inoue talks about the fight, his meniscus injury, the road to recovery, going to UFC at a young age, what is next for him in 2023, and answers fan questions! Follow Naoki Inoue on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaokiInoueMMA IG: https://www.instagram.com/naokiinouemma

Andrew welcomes back to the show Ren Hiramoto 平本蓮 who is fresh off his win over Satoshi "Dominator" Yamasu at RIZIN LANDMARK 4. Hiramoto talks about the fight, his injury, the new weight that was announced before the fight, of course Mikuru Asakura, BREAKING DOWN, and the one person who he respects in MMA. Check out the fight on RIZIN's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCXi2......

Andrew & Christian talk to Toshiomi Kazama 風間敏臣 & Hirotaka Nakada who will both be fighting at PANCRASE 323 Saturday Sept 11 this weekend. NOTE: DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IT IS AUDIO ONLY Both fighters talk about their upcoming fights, their previous wins at 321, Nakada's newly earned nickname, training with AJPW Triple Crown Champion Jake Lee, if Nakada might step in the professional wres...

Andrew welcomes back to the show Kazuma Kuramoto 倉本一真 to talk about his participation in the RIZIN BW GP. He takes on Alan Yamaniha in the opening round. He talks about his match, his first RIZIN match, a possible rematch with Ryo Okada, and predicts the number of suplexes he will do in the match. You can buy Rizin 29 through Live-Now: https://www.live-now.com/en-int/playe... Follow Kazuma Kur...

Andrew & Christian welcome to the show Hirotaka Nakada 中田大貴 to talk about his upcoming fight against Issei Tamura at Pancrase 321. Topics include this huge event in this early career, the first finish of his pro career, the government response to the pandemic in Japan, fighting Shibatar, and what he wants to do after this fight. You can buy the show with English commentary here: https://tiget....

In our first interview with a QUINTET competitor, Andrew talks to Team Fairtex's Kazuko Sakamoto. Sakamoto is a grappler from Imanari Dojo. Interview topics include transitioing from gi to no-gi grappling, training under Masakazu Imanari, the "Kazuko Lock," being an older grappler, preparing for QUINTET, what she wants to accomplish in her grappling career, the IBJJF allowing leglocks, women in Ja...

Andrew & Christian welcome back to the show Zachary Shiloh, the host of BLK Lion's Airspace to talk Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 4 & 5 shows. The trio talk about all the matches, the decision to announce Bloodsport 5 matches after Bloodsport 4, the "Lucha Underground-ish" fight club set design, the awesome Superbeast/Bad Dude Tito match, the announced Bloodsport 6 main event, and a little Wrestlemani...

Andrew & Christian welcome back to the show Josh Barnett who is on hand to talk about Bloodsport 4 & 5, problems in pro wrestling today, why Bloodsport wrestlers get more bookings after competing, his Bellator status, Fedor, and much more. Check out Bloodsport 4 & 5 at https://www.bloodsport.watch/ ​ Follow We are RIZIN Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeareRizinPod

Andrew & Christian are joined by New Japan Pro Wrestling Young Lion Alex Coughlin. Coughlin will be competing at Bloodsport 4 against JR Kratos. Coughlin talks about being a Young Lion at the LA Dojo, his match against JR Kratos, training under Katsuyori Shibata, why 2021 will be his year, fan questions, and much more! Follow Alex Coughlin on social media: Twitter: @AlexCoughlin93 Instagram: @some...

Andrew & Christian talk to Gil Guardado who makes his pro wrestling debut at Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 4 this weekend 2/13 against Diego Perez. Guardado talks about getting into MMA, his upcoming pro wrestling match, Xtreme Couture, if wrestling is a sport or performance art, returning to competitive MMA, and how COVID affected the Xtreme Couture gym. Follow Gil on social media: Twitter/Instagram:...

From our pandemic backlog, Andrew & Christian talk to UWFi wrestler Mark Fleming. Fleming talks about his career, coming up in the territory era, training under Lou Thesz, UWFi, the problem with pro wrestling nowadays, and many more topics. You can buy his book "It's Wrestling, Not Rasslin'!" through Crowbar Press here: http://www.crowbarpress.com/cbp-books/23-mf.html

Andrew & Christian talk to MarQ from WMMANews to discuss his documentary Girls, Grappling, and Grit, a film on the growing women's amateur wrestling scene. If you are interested in seeing the film reach out to MarQ on social media at WMMANews on Twitter.

Andrew and Christian are joined by MarQ of WMMANews to talk about the women's MMA fights at RIZIN 26. Follow Marq on Twitter: WMMANews Follow We are RIZIN at: Twitter: WeareRizinPod Listen to us on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast ... ) Soundcloud (@user-112624935) Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

Andrew welcomes back to the show Naoki Inoue, who takes on Yuki Motoya at Rizin 26. Inoue talks about his upcoming fight, training at Sonic Squad, if he should be next in line for the title, and his pick of Horiguchi/Kai. Follow Naoki Inoue on social media: Twitter/Instagram: naokiinouemma Follow his Youtube channel, 魅津希と井上直樹 /MIZUKI & NAOKI INOUE at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCln1....

Andrew welcomes to the show Kazuma Kuramoto who will be making his RIZIN debut at RIZIN 26 against Taiyo Nakahara. Kuramoto talks about his fight, how many times he plans to German suplex Nakahara, how the German suplex became a trademark move of his, why he doesn't get tired in fights, his first loss, his MMA future, if wrestling is the best base for fighting, and a number of other topics. Thank...

Andrew welcomes to the show the very controversial and outspoken former K1 kickboxer now RIZIN MMA fighter Ren Hiramoto. Hiramoto is making his MMA pro debut against Kyogei Hagiwara at RIZIN 26. Hiramoto talks about his transition to MMA, his thoughts on his opponent (and it's not positive), his comments on transgender discrimination, what his goals are as an MMA fighter, his thoughts on Yutaka Sa...

Andrew with translator LJ talk to the Japanese Muay Thai Phenom Nadaka Yoshinari (吉成 名高). Yoshinari is one of the kickboxers in the world and he is one of a few non-Thai fighters to win a Lumpinee Stadium championship. He fights Phetmalai Phetjaroenvit at RIZIN 26. Yoshinari talks about how he got into kickboxing, kickboxing in Thailand vs kickboxing in Japan, which weight class he thinks he'l...

Andrew & Christian welcome to the show Billy Nayden of MMA-Prospects.com to talk his RIZIN rankings, how the rankings are made, problems with the current MMA ranking system for UFC, and his thoughts on RIZIN in 2020. Follow Nayden on Twitter: @bnayden Check out his RIZIN rankings at https://mma-prospects.com/rizin/ Photo courtesy of RIZIN FF.

Andrew is joined by Zachary Shiloh to review Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 3. They go over all the matches, pick their favorite matches, look at Jon Moxley works the Bloodsport style, and how the wrestlers overall adapted to a shoot fighting style. You can order the show on Fite. TV Follow Zachary Shiloh on Twitter: BLKLion130 Listen to his podcast, "BLK Lion's Airspace" on Apple Podcasts: https://pod...