As with Japan’s combat sports tradition, a major martial arts event will be held on New Year’s Eve to end 2020. Pandemic travel restrictions have limited the foreign talent for the card, but RIZIN.26 still ended up as a quality event filled with many of the top Japanese stars.
Headlining the event is a rematch between two top tier fighters in Kyoji Horiguchi and Kai Asakura. The pair of Japanese fighters are not just among the two of the best outside the UFC, but they’re arguably in the top 10 or 15 in the world, regardless of promotion.