Berjan Peposhi

RISE WORLD SERIES 2024 FINAL, an explosive kickboxing event, takes place at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, showcasing the highly anticipated GLORY RISE Featherweight Grand Prix. The tournament features an eight-man bracket with top competitors like Japan’s Kento Haraguchi, Portugal’s Miguel Trindade, Australia’s Chadd Collins, and Mexico’s Abraham Vidales battling for the featherweight crown. This collaboration between RISE and GLORY brings together elite fighters from around the globe, including Thailand’s Petchpanomrung Kiatmoo9 and Korea’s Sung Hyun Lee, competing in a series of intense superfights. The main event highlights the Grand Prix final, where the semifinals’ victors face off in a 3-round clash with a potential extension round. With 16 fights on the card, this event promises a night of high-level striking action, streamed live on ABEMA for fans worldwide.

RISE’s biggest match of the year, “ELDORADO,” takes place on Saturday, March 28, at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. Top RISE all-stars shaping the current era of striking martial arts—including Shirō, Kento Haraguchi, Taiju Shiratori, and Ryūjin Nasukawa—will gather under one roof. The main event is a supreme title clash: RISE World Bantamweight Champion Shirō faces the 8th RISE Bantamweight Champion Koki Osaki. The two first met in October 2022, when Shirō won by an extension decision. Since then, Osaki has built a winning streak and earned another shot, making this a long-awaited revenge match. Will the champion remain an unbreakable wall, or will the challenger’s three-year determination finally claim the world belt?