{"id":815775,"date":"2026-07-22T04:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/815775\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T04:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:10:09","slug":"pfl-rizin-make-mma-history-with-double-title-fight-at-super-rizin-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/815775\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL, Rizin make MMA history with double title fight at Super Rizin 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Professional Fighters League and Rizin Fighting Federation announced a cross-promotional featherweight championship bout headlining Super Rizin 5 on Sept. 10 in Osaka, underscoring a rare title-stakes collaboration. Rizin featherweight champion Rajabali Shaidullaev (19-0) meets A.J. \u201cMercenary\u201d McKee, with both organizations\u2019 belts on the line at Kyosera Dome Osaka. Event details identify PFL vs. Rizin at Super Rizin 5 as a union of top-tier MMA promotions. Rizin CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara described the setup as unprecedented due to both titles being contested simultaneously. PFL CEO John Martin emphasized bringing elite fighters together and backing McKee\u2019s bid for dual belts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Professional Fighters League and Rizin Fighting Federation announced a cross-promotional featherweight championship bout headlining Super Rizin 5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,390978,85,390979],"class_list":["post-815775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-rizin-fighting-federation","tag-sports","tag-super-rizin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}