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#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #41 (RIZIN New Year's Super Powerhouse Festival Preview w/JayWolf)

#FocusFightsAudio Ep. #41 (RIZIN New Year's Super Powerhouse Festival Preview w/JayWolf)

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 (Original Air Date: Dec. 23rd, 2025)TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE!​0:00 Intro & Disclaimer​2:22 Show Open & putting over the previous night’s WeAreRIZIN Podcast + the gifts JayWolf received​8:50 Brief talk of the RIZIN KOSHIEN Tournament Final​18:22 Brief talk of Ryan Bader vs. Alexander Soldatkin being cancelled (saving us from a boring Heavyweight Title Fight)​20:22 Razhabali Shaydullaev vs. Mikuru Asakura (Will Mikuru be steamrolled?)​34:26 Roberto Satoshi de Souza (C) vs. Ilkhom Nazimov (Lightweight Championship; Bout Changes, Pt. 1)​45:48 Seika Izawa (C) vs. RENA Kubota (Women’s Super Atomweight World Championship; Will Seika move up or move on if she wins?)​53:00 Speculation on the potential capacity for Saitama Super Arena on NYE​1:05:10 Hiromasa Ougikubo vs. Yuki Motoya (Flyweight Grand Prix Final with the vacant Flyweight Championship on the line)​1:09:54 Kleber Koike vs. Vugar Karamov (Battle of 2 former RIZIN Featherweight Champions)​1:14:47 Juntaro Ushiku vs. Ren “YA-MAN” Sugiyama (+ Why this bout got canceled on Christmas Night…..)​1:24:52 Ryuya Fukuda vs. Tatsuya Ando (Potential Flyweight Contender Fight #1)​1:33:41 Putting over Lyric Swinton & Black Girl Wrestling 10-Hour Relief Telethon​1:35:39 Suguru Nii vs. Kyouma Akimoto (Will a 19 year old Phenom take advantage of a legend’s absence?)​1:44:34 HIROYA Kondo vs. Makoto “SHINRYU” Takahashi (Potential Flyweight Contender Fight #2)​1:52:54 Jose “Shorty” Torres vs. “Mr. Twister” Joji Goto (Will Torres be able to survive Goto’s finishing prowess?)​1:59:44 “The Smiling Sniper” Yuta Kubo vs. Karshyga Dautbek (Can Kubo put his gimmicks aside in his most important fight in RIZIN?)​2:05:01 “Black Panther” BeyNoah vs. Tatsuya “Yanbo” Saika (Lightweight Bout Change #2; Will Saika be easy prey for Noah Bey?)​2:11:55 Ryusei “Catfish” Ashizawa vs. Ryoma “JOLLY” Shishimoto (Will Ryusei get a dub over a known unknown from BREAKING DOWN?)​2:23:25 JayWolf does filler as J. Chrish stalls for time.​2:26:24 J. Chrish opens his commemorative package (in a pious mood) from Takashi Furuhata & Andrew Benjamin.​2:33:21 Overall thoughts about RIZIN Circa 2025.​2:44:10 Shoutouts, plugs, playing the Lenne Hardt clip (twice) & outro/parting words/farewell greetings until January.The RIZIN Fighting Federation is ready to close out 2025 with a blast as the “New Year’s Super Powerhouse Festival” is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated events of the year. (Well, sans a few issues. Then again, it wouldn’t be fight sports without them.)Still, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary & “RENA Apologist” JayWolf cover all the build-up to the show, put over the 5 big title fights set to go down & talk about the things that excited them from The Superior Ruleset this year.RIZIN’s New Year’s Super Powerhouse Festival will take place LIVE from the Saitama Super Arena Dec. 30th at 11 PM EST/8 PM PDT on RIZIN.TV! (Get the PPV here: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-year-end-super-powerhouse-matsuri)Check out Lyric & Dani’s “Unfortunately Infinite Holiday Extravaganza” for Black Girl Wrestling & donate to their pledge: https://www.youtube.com/live/7nDyqL2y4tQ?si=mHNDT7I5KUT2ZZNIhttps://www.pledge.to/bgw-holiday-2025If you've enjoyed what we've dished out, be sure to check out our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/focusfightsBe sure to contribute to Chris' platforms here: JChristianGary1992 (Facebook)@JChrisGary (Twitter)@ChristianGary1992 (Instagram)$JChrisGary (J. Chrish’s CashApp) Join the ⁠⁠RIZIN FF Fan Discord Server⁠⁠ to get in tough with like-minded fight fans from around the world!@jayyolf1 (Twitter)And don’t forget to check out all of what RIZIN has in store: https://linktr.ee/RIZINtvSong Used: Numtack05’s “RIZIN Theme Remix” (https://youtu.be/WcxWBLVRISU?si=G6zzdZA6SmtKYW4R)Thumbnail Art via Roy Ink on IG: https://twitter.com/rizintv_/status/2002846712348434879
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