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/focusfights
(Original Airdate: Jul. 21st, 2026)
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0:00 Tribute to Hannah "Hanarchy" Rapp
5:05 Extended Disclaimer & Plug
7:55 Show Open
8:50 Previewing & Discussing SUPER RIZIN 5
27:05 Sabatello KOs Kashimura (Who can The Italian Gangster defend his title again next?)
36:55 Dautbek decks Hagiwara (+ a preview of Karshyga x Ren Hiramoto)
44:41 Tilenov lands a headache maker on Shinobu Ota (What's full steam ahead for Yrysbek?)
52:49 Erson Yamaoto def. HIROYA Kondo in an overwhelming fight (What's next for these battle tested Flyweights?)
59:37 Johnny Case cracks TENYA's code (Could Hollywood next be in title contention?)
1:04:34 The 1st 2 Fights in the "Invisible" Super Atomweight Grand Prix (Oshima heelhooks Ye Ji Lee, Si Woo beats Suda & HIME def. Ayane Hirata via UD; Is Saori fast-tracked to the title fight due to the finish/Should HIME & Si Woo fight next/What about the losers?)
1:16:26 SHOJI Maruyama def. Genji Umeno in a fun old guy fight (Is the retirement road getting tighter for YABAI DAROU?)
1:26:04 Yota "Rice" Hayashi crushes Shinji Sasaki's dreams while thoughts of a Welterweight Division gain traction (Could a possible Damien Brown x Patricky Pitbull fight + Hayashi be key to RIZIN sowing the seeds at 170 lbs/77kg?)
1:36:09 HINOTORI lights up Jae Hun Lee with a 1st Class Ass Kicking (Is Kyohei Takagi a future star & should J.H.L. face Tatsuki Shinotsuka next?)
1:45:44 The Best of the Rest (3 Prelims & the Lone Kickboxing Bout)
1:54:52 Summarizing RIZIN LANDMARK 15 (Fight & Performance of the Night)
1:59:18 Previewing RIZIN 54 & The Rest of RIZIN's 2026 Schedule
2:15:31 Taylor Lang makes a BIG career announcement w/new management
2:19:25 Plugs, Shout-Outs & Show Close
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With all the fallout from #RIZIN_LANDMARK15 now in the rear view, our crew will discuss all the chaos & happenings that went down from an exciting 12 fight Main Card & breakdown future matchups in addition to RIZIN’s big early morning announcement.
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GoFundMe Page for Hannah “Hanarchy” Rapp (any amount would help): https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-and-love-for-hannah-rapp
Be sure to check out these great platforms:
(Azure Blue)
https://twitter.com/azurebluesy
https://youtube.com/@azureblueyukiko4102
https://www.instagram.com/azurebluegirl
(Taylor “Clubber” Lang)
https://www.instagram.com/taylorlangmma
https://twitter.com/TaylorLangMMA
https://www.facebook.com/TaylorLangMMA
https://youtube.com/@TaylorLangMMA
(Andrew Benjamin)
https://www.instagram.com/abenja1
https://twitter.com/abenja1
https://twitter.com/wearerizinpod
https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182
(JayWolf)
https://twitter.com/Jayyolf1
(Todd Atkins)
https://www.instagram.com/toddatkinsshow_/
https://twitter.com/ToddAtkinsMMA/
https://youtube.com/@TODDATKINSNETWORK
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-todd-atkins-show/id1651930986
Catch the rebroadcast of RIZIN LANDMARK 15 over on RIZIN.TV: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/videos/rizin-landmark-15-vod-07-18-2026-11-17-56
Be on the lookout for more RIZIN info:
https://linktr.ee/rizinffofficial
https://rizin.tv
And, be sure to check out our pages & Chris’ pages as well:
And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours:
https://linktr.ee/focusfights
https://focusfightsproject.podview.com/
https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject
https://discord.gg/Mj96eEkEF9 (The Focus Fights Audio Slugout Discord Server)
https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/
http://twitter.com/JChrishGary
https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992
https://cash.app/$JChrisGary
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0:00 Extended Disclaimer & Legal
2:24 RIZIN LANDMARK 15 Ad by J. Christian Gary
4:53 Show Open (J. Chrish introduces Azuré Blue aka Yukiko Azuré)
10:22 Taylor “Clubber” Lang joins the proceedings
10:52 Thoughts about the Main Event
12:52 Thoughts on the Prelims & the Lone Kickboxing Bout (Especially about HIME vs. Ayane Hirata)
24:34 Danny Sabatello 2nd Title Defense vs. Jinnosuke Kashimura
36:13 Karshyga Dautbek vs. Kyohei Hagiwara
43:26 Shinobu Ota vs. Yrysbek “Demolition” Tilenov
55:44 HIROYA Kondo vs. Erson “Badman” Yamamoto (2 -.500 Fighters looking to correct their paths)
1:09:14 Johnny “Hollywood” Case vs. TENYA Yoshimura (2 fighters off of missed weight opportunities, both need to be on weight more than they need a win)
1:22:17 The “invisible” Women’s Atomweight Championship Grand Prix (Saori Oshima vs. Ye Ji Lee & Si Woo Park vs. Moeri Suda)
1:36:09 Genji Umeno vs. “Samurai” SHOJI Maruyama (Will The Dangerous One have a wild scrap with a Samurai?)
1:46:37 Hiroaki Suzuki vs. Hyuga Miyagawa (Will Kaibatsu-kun get a dominant win?)
1:54:55 “Torao Supernova” Shinji Sasaki vs. Yota “RICE” Hayashi (RIZIN needs more talent above Lightweight. Should these 2 fit the bill?)
2:07:25 Kyohei “HINOTORI” Takagi vs. Jae Hoon Lee (Can HINOTORI get a big win against an ungrateful KMMA Upstart?)
2:16:24 What is the one Main Card Fight the panel isn’t looking forward to & what’s the best Undercard Fight to look out for?
2:26:00 Shout-Outs, Final Thoughts & Plugs
2:38:23 Show Close & Final Plug
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RIZIN LANDMARK 14 is THIS WEEKEND! (Tonight, actually.)
But before all the chaos goes down in Hiroshima, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary & his panel of Esteemed Guests (Canadian MMA Fighter Taylor “Clubber” Lang & Yukiko Azuré aka Azuré Blue) break down all the happenings of the fights & what will go down not just on this event but in the Main Event Title Fight & the “invisible” Women’s Atomweight Grand Prix itself.
You can check out RIZIN LANDMARK 15 in HIROSHIMA for $20 on RIZIN.TV (or $17 via the RIZIN PREMIUM PASS): https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-landmark-1
Be sure to check out these great platforms:
(Azure Blue)
https://x.com/azurebluesy
https://youtube.com/@azureblueyukiko4102
https://www.instagram.com/azurebluegirl
(Taylor “Clubber” Lang)
https://www.instagram.com/taylorlangmma
https://x.com/TaylorLangMMA
https://www.facebook.com/TaylorLangMMA
https://youtube.com/@taylorlangmma
(Andrew Benjamin)
https://www.instagram.com/abenja1
https://x.com/abenja1
https://x.com/wearerizinpod
https://youtube.com/@wearerizinpodcast5159
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-rizin/id1520266182
(JayWolf)
https://x.com/Jayyolf1
And, be sure to check out our pages (including our new site for this podcast) & Chris’ pages as well:
And, you can check out Chris’ Handles as well as ours:
https://linktr.ee/focusfights
https://focusfightsproject.podview.com/
https://substack.com/@focusfightsproject
https://www.facebook.com/JChristianGary1992/
http://twitter.com/JChrishGary
https://www.instagram.com/christiangary1992
https://cash.app/$JChrisGary
The quote that J. Chrish referenced to Azuré at the 2:37:15 mark: https://youtu.be/hfOsrX263iY?t=41&is=ZCiKJcflO-aw7j4n
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0:00 Disclaimer & Legal
1:05 Show Open & Rundown
4:35 Johnny “Hollywood” Case (Fight vs. TENYA, returning off of disappointing results, the ramifications of the new Ali Revival Act
47:17 “La máquina asesina/The Assassin Machine” Katie Perez (Aftermath of her fight vs. Kate LOTUS, fighting in RIZIN compared to elsewhere, being creative in the age of A.I.)
1:43:55 Katie Perez’s Next Scheduled Fight (& Why Her Last Fight Got Scrapped)
1:46:26 Snippet of a future interview w/“The Black Panther” Kam Rhoades (Why 2 Fighters fighting for their country’s championship in another country is wrong?/What will it take for American Muay Thai to get a proper push?)
2:18:31 The Next FFA Episode
2:19:22 Plugs, Shoutouts & Show Close
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On this episode of Focus Fights Audio, our “Chillmeister” J. Christian Gary spoke to the following:
Johnny “Hollywood” Case on his upcoming fight with TENYA Yoshimura, refocusing himself after coming off of back-to-back disappointing results & his thoughts on the revised Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act wreaking havoc on fight sports (boxing, in particular)….
“La máquina asesina” Katie Perez on her loss to Kate “LOTUS” Oyama & what she learned, the difference between fighting in RIZIN and fighting elsewhere around the world & having a creative mindset in the age of Artificial Intelligence….
And, “The Black Panther” Kam Rhoades (in a snippet of a future interview) on why American Muay Thai needs a proper push in addition to having championship fights & respectable oversight management on North American soil.
You can check out Johnny’s next fight at RIZIN LANDMARK 15 in HIROSHIMA this weekend on RIZIN.TV: https://www.rizin.tv/featured-category/events/rizin-landmark-15
Katie’s next fight will be on Aug. 8th in Owensboro, Kentucky for ARENA WARS Fighting Series: https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/68x2gm5rjg
And, the Kam Rhoades interview will be up in due time.
Be sure to check out the fighters on their respective platforms:
(“La Maquina Asesina” Katie Perez)
https://www.instagram.com/katiemaquinaasesina
https://x.com/kmaquinaasesina
https://www.facebook.com/share/1LFfCZeCtD/?mibextid=wwXIfr
(Johnny “Hollywood” Case)
https://instagram.com/hollywoodjohnnycase
https://x.com/HollywoodCase
https://www.facebook.com/HollywoodCase
https://JohnnyHollywoodCase.com
(“The Black Panther” Kam Rhoades)
https://facebook.com/beanie.rhoades
https://youtube.com/@blackpantherkev
https://www.instagram.com/blackpantherkev_elite/
https://linktr.ee/BlackPantherKev
Check out these great platforms:
(Dean “Honey Badger” Burley)
https://youtube.com/@front_range_fighters
https://www.instagram.com/americana_gis
(Azure Blue)
https://x.com/azurebluesy
https://youtube.com/@azureblueyukiko4102
https://www.instagram.com/azurebluegirl
(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
https://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/@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
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
Song Used:
Z-Ro - “Kneel Down (https://youtu.be/mG6uz-5VUQI?is=r0nojXcP3ptt6WB4)” (Instrumental)
Dwayne Swayze - “Fly Away (https://youtu.be/9jrlxDuyxRE?is=UFHW4BgJemeCaX1Q)”
Who has been a guest on Focus Fights Audio
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Stephane "SMASH" Coignon
JayWolf
Isha
Mike 'Mr Ohio' Soltez
Derek King
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YouTube views
1,243,625,895
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Spotify
3.7 / 5
3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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Quality
63
Social presence
91
YouTube
93
Engagement
50
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