The calendar is fairly sparse in these waning days of 2022. However, two promotions have determined to hitch forces to provide us a heck of a present earlier than the curtain falls on the yr.
Bellator vs. RIZIN can be coming at you from Japan within the early morning hours of December 31. In case you can’t catch the festivities reside, you possibly can watch it on tape delay afterward within the day by way of Showtime.
The present will function 5 fights pitting Bellator fighters versus counterparts from RIZIN. The headliner is an absolute banger with submission aces AJ Mckee and Roberto Satoshi (RIZIN’s light-weight champ) going at it. The co-main has Bellator featherweight champ going through RIZIN featherweight champ Kleber Koike Erbst.
Earlier than these fights perennial Bellator contender Juan Archuleta will face former ROAD FC bantamweight champion Soo Chul Kim.
Rounding out the cardboard is RIZIN bantamweight champ, and former Bellator and UFC title challenger, Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo and Koji Takeda vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov.
The occasion is preceded by RIZIN 40. That occasion contains fighters that ought to be acquainted to UFC followers: John Dodson, Rogerio Bontorin, Noaki Inoue and Johnny Case.
RIZIN 40 begins at 5 a.m. ET and is straight away adopted by Bellator vs. RIZIN. Within the US Bellator vs. RIZIN airs, by way of tape delay, at 8 p.m. ET on Showtime.
Battle Card
Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN FF
Light-weight: AJ Mckee Jr. vs. Roberto de Souza
Featherweight: Patricio Freire vs. Kleber Koike Erbst
Bantamweight: Juan Archuleta vs. Soo Chul Kim
Flyweight: Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Hiromasa Ougikubo
Light-weight: Koji Takeda vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov
RIZIN 40
Atomweight championship event remaining: Seika Izawa vs. Si Woo Park
Heavyweight: Tsuyoshi Sudario vs. Junior Tafa
Bantamweight: Naoki Inoue vs. Kenta Takizawa
Bantamweight: Yuki Motoya vs. Rogerio Bontorin
Light-weight: Luiz Gustavo vs. Johnny Case
Flyweight: Hideo Tokoro vs. John Dodson
Light-weight: Noah Bey vs. Sho Patrick Usami
Stay Stream
Within the US Bellator vs. RIZIN will air, by way of tape delay, on Showtime at 8 p.m. ET. Showtime is at the moment providing 30 days free service, then $3.99 a month for six months. Showtime normally prices $10.99 a month.
Showtime can be streamed on TV streaming companies Amazon FireTV, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, XBOX One and good TVs from LG and Samsung.
The app will also be put in on Apple, Android and Amazon cellular gadgets.
Showtime will also be bundled with subscriptions to Paramount+, Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV and conventional TV cable suppliers.
Bellator vs. RIZIN will air on-line by way of FITE.television for a lot of territories the world over (excluding the US). The occasion, which is packaged with RIZIN 40, prices $14.99.
Fite.television will be considered on the next gadgets:
Internet browsers
All main trendy browsers together with Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge.
Cellular gadgets and tablets
Set up the FITE app from the iOS App Retailer, Android Google Play or Amazon.
Sensible TVs
Samsung TV
LG TV
Vidaa or VEWD by way of Hisense TV and chosen TiVO containers
Vizio SmartCast TVs
Netgem Set-High Field
AT&T TV System
Gaming consoles and streaming gadgets
Amazon Fireplace TV
Apple TV
Chromecast
Optimus Stream
Ps 4
Roku
Xbox One
Xfinity Flex and X1 TV Field