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Focus Fights Audio

Focus Fights Audio

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Since 2018, we at Focus Fights have done our best to showcase the Global Fight Scene at large. Now, we talk about those fighters & personalities we’re showcasing. Our own “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary speaks to top prospects & names big and small in and around the fight world to get their thoughts on happenings related to them & their careers. There will also be time where Chris will talk on his own accord about things. (AKA “Shooting the $#!+” in his terms.) If you want to check us out & follow what we have in store, be sure to check out our Linktree Page: https://linktr.ee/focusfightsFocus Fights Audio
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  • #FocusFightsAudio Ep. #52 (RIZIN LANDMARK 14 Review w/JayWolf & NoxTalksMMA)

    #FocusFightsAudio Ep. #52 (RIZIN LANDMARK 14 Review w/JayWolf & NoxTalksMMA)
    Jun 22 2026
    Originally Recorded on: Jun. 11th, 2026(TIMESTAMPS ARE AVAILABLE!)​0:00 Disclaimer & Legal​1:05 Belated Juneteenth Message + bashing Josh Hokit’s behavior, criticizing the UFC’s recent events & bashing naysayers​9:12 Show Open​12:36 Overall Thoughts on RIZIN LANDMARK 14​17:28 Summary of the Prelims​27:11 Is SHINRYU/Laramie a done deal after their respective wins? (Plus, the futures of Hiromasa Ogikubo & Yuki Ito.)​49:12 Takakenshin’s weight issues despite the win over Ryo Sakai​1:01:25 Nox & JayWolf puts over the UFC White House event (days before it actually happened)​1:07:20 The RIZIN Lightweight Division glows with BeyNoah & Yusuke Yachi picking up wins. (What’s next for Bilal Kai Haga & ISAO Kobayashi?)​1:19:10 Can J-Kick Crossover build toward RIZIN’s Future after NAOKI Tanaka & Daichi Tomizawa both won? ​1:27:11 Troll Encounter #1 (Name REDACTED)​1:29:30 Seiya Inoue KO’s Koki “Playboi” Akada back to factory settings! (What’s next for Inoue after that stellar opening & what’s next for the 0-4 Akada?)​1:36:33 Troll Encounter #2 (Just a bunch of grunting.)​1:37:06 Talk about GLORY’s “Collision” Event & 1 Night Tournaments​1:40:39 Best Fights & Performances from RIZIN LANDMARK 14​1:45:10 Putting over the 2026 RIZIN Super Atomweight Grand Prix & the updated bouts​1:55:45 Brief RIZIN LANDMARK 15 Preview (sans the just-announced Danny Sabatello vs. Jinnosuke Kashimura fight)​2:13:38 Plugs, Shoutouts & Show Close—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————With #RIZIN_LANDMARK14 officially in the rear view, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary & his crew of Esteemed Guests will discuss the fallout of what happened at Xebio Arena in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.This will also include:Will SHINRYU & Tony Laramie potentially collide for the RIZIN Flyweight Title?Does a middling Takakenshin have what it takes to be a Heavyweight Champion?Who will BeyNoah face next?Does Yusuke Yachi still have anything left in the tank?Are J-Kick crossovers good for RIZIN’s progression?And more!You can check out the replay of RIZIN LANDMARK 14 here: https://www.rizin.tv/f...Check out these great platforms:(Dean “Honey Badger” Burley)https://youtube.com/@front_range_fightershttps://www.instagram.com/americana_gis(NoxTalksMMA)https://noxtalksmma.substack.com/https://x.com/NoXTalksMMAhttps://www.instagram.com/noxtalksmma/https://youtube.com/@noxtalksmma(Azure Blue)https://x.com/azurebluesyhttps://youtube.com/@azureblueyukiko4102(JayWolf)https://x.com/Jayyolf1(Charles “C.J.” Jewett)https://sogo-kaku.comhttps://instagram.com/sogokakuhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1PAMjLBVmR/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shu-hiratas-lets-talk-japanese-fight-sports-with/id1553715823(Todd Atkins)https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/https://x.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/https://youtube.com/@ToddAtkinsShowhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986(Andrew Benjamin)https://www.instagram.com/abenja1https://x.com/abenja1https://x.com/wearerizinpodhttps://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182Join 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/focusfightshttps://substack.com/@focusfightsprojecthttps://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/⁠http://twitter.com/JChrishGaryhttps://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992https://cash.app/$JChrisGary
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    2 hrs and 26 mins
  • #FocusFightsAudio Ep. #51 (#RIZIN_LANDMARK14 Preview + Maya Stewart Interview)

    #FocusFightsAudio Ep. #51 (#RIZIN_LANDMARK14 Preview + Maya Stewart Interview)
    Jun 5 2026

    (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

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    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
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    2 hrs and 44 mins
  • #FocusFightsAudio Ep. #50 (RIZIN 53 Review w/Mr. Ohio & JayWolf)

    #FocusFightsAudio Ep. #50 (RIZIN 53 Review w/Mr. Ohio & JayWolf)
    May 22 2026

    (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

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    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 & ⁠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
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    2 hrs and 13 mins
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