The year 2017 will be the 3rd year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2017 started with Rizin Fighting Federation 5 in Yokohama. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Fuji Television. In North America and Europe Rizin FF 5 will be available on FITE TV.

Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced that Rizin will do 5 events in 2017: April, July, October, and the usual December 29th and 31st show.

He also announced that they will do 2 Grand Prix this year. One is men, other is women. He stated the women grand prix will be at Atomweight due to the fact Rena Kubota will be in the grand prix. Kyoji Horiguchi will compete in the men tournament which take place at Bantamweight 61 kg.

Rizin's Bantamweight grand prix will begin on July 30th at the Saitama Super Arena, with the first four opening rounds bouts of the tournament bracket. The remaining four opening bouts will take place in the autumn. Similar to the last year GP, the quarterfinals are scheduled for Dec. 29. The semifinals and finals will be held on the same night, Dec. 31, at Saitama Super Arena.

Rizin Fighting Federation 5 - Sakura was an mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on April 16, 2017 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Rizin Fighting Federation 6: RIZIN World Grand Prix 2017 Opening Round Part 1 will be a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on July 3, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Rizin FF 7: RIZIN World Grand Prix 2017 Opening Round Part 2 will be a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation in October of 2017 in Japan.

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