#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #51 (#RIZIN_LANDMARK14 Preview + Maya Stewart Interview)

#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #51 (#RIZIN_LANDMARK14 Preview + Maya Stewart Interview)

(TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE) * 0:00 Extended Disclaimer * 2:23 RIZIN LANDMARK 14 English Trailer (w/Michael Schiavello) * 4:00 Show Open * 12:47 Taylan Yuasa vs. Haruto Kikuchi + Prelim Talk * 20:59 Thoughts on the RIZIN LANDMARK 14 Event on paper * 25:19 Hiromasa Ogikubo x Makoto “SHINRYU” Takahashi + talk of the venue * 40:29 Tony Laramie x Yuki Motoya * 51:32 Takakenshin x Ryo Sakai * 1:04:56 “Black Panther” BeyNoah x Bilal Kai Haga * 1:15:46 Yusuke Yachi x ISAO Kobayashi (also a reference to Hana Kimura & Mental Health Awareness) * 1:26:40 Daichi Tomizawa x Rui Kato * 1:32:29 NAOKI “The Joker” Tanaka x Kasei Kuroi * 1:37:25 Seiya Inoue x Koki “Playboi” Akada (+ Lack of WMMA Fights in this show & putting over the Maya Stewart interview) * 1:44:39 3 Fights worth watching from RIZIN LANDMARK 14 (sans the last 2 fights) * 1:47:21 The Maya Stewart Interview * 2:30:51 Plugs, Grips, Shoutouts & Show Close ———————————————————————————————————————————————— With the RIZIN Fighting Federation nearing the mid-way point of 2026, the green cage is set to make a stop at Xebio Arena in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. In this preview, we’ll put over all the excitement to come from RIZIN LANDMARK 14 including Hiromasa Ogikubo’s 1st Flyweight Championship defense vs. Makoto “SHINRYU” Takahashi, Yuki Motoya vs. “The Canadian Wildman” Tony Laramie, “Black Panther” BeyNoah vs. Bilal Kai Haga, Yusuke Yachi vs. ISAO Kobayashi, Taylan Yuasa vs. Hayato Kikuchi & a whole lot more! We’ll also have an interview with American WMMA Standout Maya Stewart as she prepares for upcoming fight at Tuff-N-Uff 154 this weekend vs. ONE FC Muay Thai Champion Smilla “The Hurricane” Sundell. You can check out the event LIVE from Sendai on Jun. 6th (late primetime hours of Jun. 5th in North America) on RIZIN.TV: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-landmark-14 And, check out Maya’s bout vs. Sundell before that on the UFC Fight Pass: https://welcome.ufcfightpass.com/region/united-states Check out these great platforms: (JayWolf) https://x.com/Jayyolf1 (Charles “C.J.” Jewett) https://sogo-kaku.com https://instagram.com/sogokaku https://www.facebook.com/share/1PAMjLBVmR/?mibextid=wwXIfr (Todd Atkins) https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/ https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/ https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShow https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986 (Andrew Benjamin) https://www.instagram.com/abenja1 https://x.com/abenja1 https://x.com/wearerizinpod https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182 Be sure to check out Maya ⁠on her Social Platforms: https://www.facebook.com/mayasamuels777 https://instagram.com/maya.e.stewart/ Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server⁠ & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit⁠….. And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours: https://linktr.ee/focusfights https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/ ⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992 https://cash.app/$JChrisGary

#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #50 (RIZIN 53 Review w/Mr. Ohio & JayWolf)

(TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE!) * 0:00 Extended Disclaimer/Legalese * 2:24 Show Intro Running Down the Aspects of RIZIN 53 * 8:13 Running Down the Prelims (or "Why Soul Hamaguchi TKO'ing Haruto Sunada was more interesting?") * 11:45 Luiz "KILLER" Gustavo TKOs Ilkhom Nazimov (Gustavo's the new RIZIN Lightweight Champ! What's next for him & how will Ilkhom return?) * 28:40 Why Ren Hiramoto vs. KOUZI felt like a bastardized sparring session? (And what's next for both men?) * 35:48 Ryo Takagi KOs Kaiwen Li (Should Takagi be considered more of a stud option next?) * 43:10 Shinobu Ota seriously submits KINTARO (Will Ota crack that ceiling soon?) * 45:40 Kate "LOTUS" Oyama def. Katie Perez (Should there be more fights at Atomweight ahead with the title vacated?) * 56:11 Sho Patrick Usami savagely KO's Tatsuya "YANBO" Saika (Rafael Barbosa wants to fight Usami next. Will it happen? Also, should YANBO just give up?) * 1:06:06 Ryan Cafaro submits Koyomi Matsushima with a Dragon Sleeper (Should Cafaro face Ren Hiramoto next?) * 1:19:56 Daiki "LIGHTYEAR" Tsubota smoked out "YABAI DAROU" Genji Umeno (What's next for these 37 year old fight vets?) * 1:26:47 Ryoma "JOLLY" Shishimoto submits Kenshin Kodama (Is JOLLY a future star in the making? Also, is Kodama long for the MMA World?) * 1:34:40 Joe Hiramoto submits Seiya Ameyama (Is Joe starting to outshine his older brother? Also, what's next for Ameyama after an 0-2 RIZIN Start?) * 1:45:13 Koki Nakagawa survives multiple nut-shots to beat Jake "The Outlaw" Wilkins (Listen to the banter for yourself. No context.) * 1:58:40 Summary of RIZIN 53 (Fight of the Night/Performance of the Night) & a brief RIZIN LANDMARK 14 Preview * 2:05:30 Plugs, Shout-outs & Show Outro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Original Recorded on: May 14th, 2026 After the chaos of RIZIN 53, our "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary, JayWolf & Mike "Mr. Ohio" Soltez review the 11 Fight Madness, break down all of what went down in Kobe & briefly preview RIZIN LANDMARK 14 taking place in a few weeks. You can catch the encore presentation of RIZIN 53 over on RIZIN.tv: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-53 Check out these great platforms: (JayWolf) https://x.com/Jayyolf1 (Charles “C.J.” Jewett) https://sogo-kaku.com https://instagram.com/sogokaku https://www.facebook.com/share/1PAMjLBVmR/?mibextid=wwXIfr (Todd Atkins) https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/ https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/ https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShow https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986 (Andrew Benjamin) https://www.instagram.com/abenja1 https://x.com/abenja1 https://x.com/wearerizinpod https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182 Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server⁠ [https://discord.gg/xcTsZgEWBA] & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit⁠ [https://www.reddit.com/r/RizinFF]….. And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours: https://linktr.ee/focusfights https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/ ⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992 https://cash.app/$JChrisGary

#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #49 (RIZIN 53 Preview w/JayWolf & Mike "Mr. Ohio" Soltez)

(TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE) 0:00 Show Intro & Extended Disclaimer 2:23 RIZIN 53 English Language Trailer w/Michael Schiavello (Partial Interpretation by J. Christian Gary) 4:45 J. Chrish Welcomes in the show, goofs a bit & introduces ayWolf & Mr. Ohio while discussing RIZIN’s Card Strength vs. the UFC & Combate Global 19:00 Breaking Down the Prelims 25:16 Ilkhom Nazimov's 1st Lightweight Title Defense vs. Luis “KILLER” Gustavo 38:12 The Returns of Ren Hiromoto & KOUZI in a Standing Rules Bout 50:07 Ryo Takagi Faces Chinese Veteran Kaiwen Li in Featherweight 1:00:06 Yuto “KINTARO” Hokamura Battles 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist Shinobu Ota 1:08:52 Hometown Favorite Kate “LOTUS” Oyama Meets International Debutant “La Máquina Asesina” Katie Perez 1:24:59 Former King of Pancrase Champion Tatsuya “YANBO” Saika Takes on “Savage” Sho Patrick Usami 1:34:26 Ryan Kim Cafaro and Koyomi Matsushima Make Their RIZIN Debuts against each other 1:51:17 Daiki “LIGHTYEAR” Tsubota Faces Dangerous Kickboxing Crossover “YABAI-DAROU” Genji Umeno 1:55:11 BREAKING DOWN Veteran Ryoma “JOLLY” Shishimoto Meets K-1 Veteran Kenshin Kodama in the latter’s MMA Debut 2:01:59 Seiya Ameyama Tests Joe Hiramoto's Rising Potential 2:05:15 American Unknown Jake “The Outlaw” Wilkins (not mentioned: son of Wellington Wilkins Jr.) Battles Koki Nakagawa in Show Opener 2:13:35 Panelists Pick Top Fights to Watch and Final Thoughts 2:26:30 Plugs, Goofs & Show Outro ———————————————————————————————————————————————— RIZIN 53 is This Weekend (about 24 hours away as of this release). Before the action takes place in the ring at GLION Arena in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, the panel of JayWolf, Mike “Mr. Ohio” Soltez & our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary put over the 11 main card fights (10 MMA & 1 Standing Rules Bout) to talk about the critiques, pros & cons of the action taking place. You can watch all the action go down on RIZIN.TV for $20 (Stand-Alone) or via the RIZIN Premium Pass (for $17): https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-53 Check out these great platforms: (JayWolf) https://x.com/Jayyolf1 (Charles “C.J.” Jewett) https://sogo-kaku.com https://instagram.com/sogokaku https://www.facebook.com/share/1PAMjLBVmR/?mibextid=wwXIfr (Todd Atkins) https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/ https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/ https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShow https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986 (Andrew Benjamin) https://www.instagram.com/abenja1 https://x.com/abenja1 https://x.com/wearerizinpod https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182 Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server⁠ & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit⁠….. And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours: https://linktr.ee/focusfights https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/ ⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992 https://cash.app/$JChrisGary

#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #48 (Shooting the S#!T with Ryan Cafaro, Katie Perez & Jake Babian; #RIZIN53 x #MVPMMA1)

For the 1st time in a while (but really, it's been 5 months), we -- being Focus Fights Audio -- are pivoting our focus to chatting with fighters rather than putting over a specific fight card . (That will be for the next episode.) In this episode, our "Chillmeister" J. Christian Gary spoke with two competitors who will be on the upcoming RIZIN 53 Card on May 10th at GLION Arena in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Ryan Cafaro, who will face Koyomi Matsushima, and Katie Perez, who will face Kate "LOTUS" Oyama) as well as someone who will be fighting on the upcoming Debut MMA Event for Most Valuable Promotions, May 16th at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, USA (Jake Babian). Also, prior to the episode, there’s a couple of tributes to late British Wrestling Fan Marc Izard & WCW Alum Mark Hildreth aka “Van Hammer.” ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The GoFundMe Campaign for Marc Izard: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring-marc-izard-home-to-the-uk-a-true-wrestling-fan Natalya Neidhart on Marc Izard’s passing: https://x.com/natbynature/status/2049112796504207461 Words from Marc Izard’s sister: https://x.com/perchedtoprope/status/2049080626448314470 News on Van Hammer’s passing: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/wrestler-van-hammer-dead-wcw-37039923 You can check out RIZIN 53 on May 10th here: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-53 Also, the MVP MMA Event on May 16th: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/82718858?s=i&trkid=13747225&shareType=Title&shareUuid=DFC70946-3228-4D25-A729-80D1663E6BE5 Be sure to check out the fighters on their respective platforms: (Ryan Kim “Korean Thunder” Cafaro) https://www.instagram.com/ryancafaromma https://x.com/ryancafaromma https://www.facebook.com/ryan.k.cafaro https://linktr.ee/RyanCafaroMMA (“La Maquina Asesina” Katie Perez) https://www.instagram.com/katiemaquinaasesina https://x.com/kmaquinaasesina https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063552884375 (“The Barbabian” Jake Babian) https://www.instagram.com/thebarbabian170 https://www.facebook.com/jake.t.babian https://x.com/thebarbabian https://youtube.com/@jakebabian1032 Check out these great platforms: (Charles “C.J.” Jewett) https://sogo-kaku.com https://instagram.com/sogokaku https://www.facebook.com/share/1PAMjLBVmR/?mibextid=wwXIfr (Todd Atkins) https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/ https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/ https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShow https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986 (Andrew Benjamin) https://www.instagram.com/abenja1 https://x.com/abenja1 https://x.com/wearerizinpod https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182 Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server⁠ [https://discord.gg/xcTsZgEWBA] & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/RizinFF/s/J73vumINuk]⁠….. And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours: https://linktr.ee/focusfights https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/ ⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992 https://cash.app/$JChrisGary Songs Used: TSUBAKI - “Zarma Dub [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dm264448kg168m18fi415/Tsubaki-7-Zarma-Dub.mp3?rlkey=7v1qaec67ip0fpeniz1o9dsa1&st=44iyjdey&dl=0]” Dwayne Swazye & MVP - “Show Respect [https://soundcloud.com/dwayneswayze/show-respect-dwayne-swayze-stu-bangas-m-v-p?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=3FB5D7A0879F45629A5A269341F5F35F&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing]” The poem spoken by J. Chrish at the end: https://x.com/schwingitt/status/2048980146875486529

#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #47 (RIZIN LANDMARK 13 Review w/JayWolf & JustBleedFan)

(Original Air-Date: Apr. 15th, 2026) (TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE) * 0:00 Intro & Extended Disclaimer * 2:22 Show Intro + Running Down the Week in Combat Sports (Jiri Losing, Tenshin Winning, Miyuu's Boxing Debut, BLACK COMBAT, Combate Global, etc.) * 8:18 JChrish & JayWolf bash the trolls * 9:53 JChrish talks to JustBleedFan about RIZIN Alums in action + the Prelims * 12:14 Brief Review of the Prelims/All-Japan Undercard * 14:36 The Differences Between RIZIN's PPVs & UFC Cash Grabs on Paramount+ * 16:42 A brief preview of 2 upcoming interviews * 18:21 Thoughts on the Prelims/All-Japan Undercard * 25:51 Shaydullaev KOs Kubo AGAIN (Who should Shay steamroll next? Should Kubo have just given up?) * 36:36 Sabatello beats Goto (Should the "Get The Finish" Mentality apply to both Sabatello AND Hiromasa Ogikubo?) * 54:50 Horie beat Patricky PITBULL in a fun fight (What's next for Horie? Is PITBULL's Career Clock ticking?) * 1:02:37 Kaleo KOs Kyohei, gets a No Contest for missing weight (What's next for Kyohei? Should missed weight fighter's highlight be talked about?) * 1:12:18 Azizbek KOs Ryuya (Is Temirov the next Eastern European Badass in RIZIN? Is Fukuda still a contender?) * 1:18:21 Makoto SHINRYU forces "King Shaka" Zulu to tap out (Can Makoto tap out Ogikubo the same way?) * 1:27:18 Natasha Kuziutina taps out Ayaka Hamasaki (Could the next RIZIN Super Atomweight Champion be the Russian Ronda Rousey with King Mo's help as Seika vacates her title to be a mom?) + Taio Asahisa KOs Singpayak * 1:34:51 Majima taps out Gallagher (Kazumasa can still get it done! Also, what's next for The Strabanimal?) * 1:40:07 Nurkhan Zhumagazy def. TENYA Yoshimura (Is Nurkhan still a star on the rise? What's next for TENYA despite the weight miss & backlash from Pancrase?) * !:44:44 RIZIN Japan vs. The World Summary, Final Thoughts, Fight/Performance of the Night & Upcoming RIZIN Schedule * 1:54:45 Does the previous week's bevy of fight kinda resemble WrestleMania like atmosphere? (This was recorded BEFORE Josh Barnett pulled the plug on his version of GCW's Bloodsport.) * 2:00:00 Plugs & Show Outro ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Follow all of what ⁠RIZIN has in store here: https://linktr.ee/rizinffofficial (Japanese) https://linktr.ee/RIZINtv (English) Join like-minded Fight Fans on both the ⁠RIZIN FF Fans Discord Server [https://discord.gg/xcTsZgEWBA]⁠ & ⁠r/RIZINFF Subreddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/RizinFF/]⁠….. And, you can check out Chris & JayWolf’s Handles as well as ours & the others we put over: https://linktr.ee/focusfights https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/ ⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGary https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992 https://twitter.com/JayYolf1 https://twitter.com/WeAreRIZINPod http://twitter.com/abenja1 http://instagram.com/abenja1 ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Song Used: Numtack05’s “RIZIN Theme Remix” (https://youtu.be/WcxWBLVRISU?si=G6zzdZA6SmtKYW4R)