RisingOn

Versus.Co., Ltd. was established in 2005 to find talented fighters in the West Japan area (Kansai). They held their first event, "POWERGATE The Unknowns Strike Back", on June 19, 2005 at Flamingo the Arusha in Osaka.[1]

Since September 2006, some events featured the use of a hexagonal cage,[2] as well as prohibiting strikes to the head of a downed opponent. Additionally, kickboxing matches were also featured.

In 2008, Versus.Co.,Ltd. announced that they would hold tournaments to sanction the first champions at lightweight (70 kg) and middleweight (83 kg). The tournament was named the "Kaiser Grand Prix",[3] and champions were called "Kaiser" in reference to the German word for emperor. On April 13 and June 22, Keisuke Sakai and Zenta Yamazaki won the middleweight and lightweight tournaments to become the inaugural champions in their respective divisions.[4][5]

On March 17, 2007, Versus.Co.,Ltd. announced that they would promote the featherweight tournament to sanction the first champion at 65 kg.[6] On August 25, Daikai Ozaki won the tournament to become the first featherweight champion.[7] Ozaki defended his title 4 times and retained it until PowerGate closed.

In December 2009, Versus.Co.,Ltd announced to finish the series of PowerGate events and to start the new event series. It was named "RisingOn", and the first event was held on December 29, 2009. From this event, the octagon cage is used.[8] Hiroshi Shiba who won the lightweight title on June 28, 2009 and Daikai Ozaki who won the featherweight title on August 25, 2007 were sanctioned as the first champion of RisingOn.

On August 8, 2010, Hiroki Tanaka became the first champion of RisingOn at welterweight, and from Soo-Chol Kim from South Korea became the third champion at featherweight as the first non-Japanese fighter.[9]

PowerGate used its original weight division system as follows, but this is not used anymore. The champions were called "Kaiser".

#1

Weight Division	Weight	No.	Name of Champion	Nationality
Super heavyweight	Unlimited	-	-	-
Heavyweight	105 kg (231.5 lb)	-	-	-
Cruiserweight	95 kg (209.4 lb)	-	-	-
Light heavyweight	85 kg (187.4 lb)	-	-	-
Middleweight	80 kg (176.4 lb)	1st	Keisuke Sakai[10]	Japan
Welterweight	75 kg (165.3 lb)	-	-	-
Lightweight	70 kg (154.3 lb)	2nd	Hiroshi Shiba[11]	Japan
Featherweight	65 kg (143.3 lb)	1st	Daikai Ozaki[12]
Bantamweight	60 kg (132.3 lb)	-	-	-

#2

Weight Division	Weight	No.	Name of Champion	Nationality
Heavyweight	Unlimited	-	Vacant	-
Cruiserweight	100 kg (220.5 lb)	-	Vacant	-
Middleweight	86 kg (189.6 lb)	-	Vacant	-
Welterweight	79 kg (174.2 lb)	1st	Hiroki "Goodman" Tanaka	Japan
Lightweight	72 kg (158.7 lb)	1st	Hiroshi Shiba	Japan
Featherweight	65 kg (143.3 lb)	3rd	Soo-Chol Kim	South Korea
Bantamweight	58 kg (127.9 lb)	-	Vacant	-
Flyweight	51 kg (112.4 lb)	1st	Hidenobu Izena	Japan

Bouts take 3 rounds and each round takes 3 minutes. Intervals of rounds take 1 minute.

Bouts are done on the square ring which has sides of 4 meters or the hexagonal ring which has a diameter of 6 meters.

Fighters must wear tights, leggings, or kickboxing shorts.　They can be both of short or long. No shoes.

Passive actions, Headbutts, Elbow strikes, Knee strikes without knee-pads, Hitting to opponent's head on the ground position, Stomping, Buster, Knee strikes to the opponents on the ground.

A bout take 2 rounds and each round takes 5 minutes, but championships take 3 rounds.

Bout are done in the octagon cage.

Fighters must wear short tights, short leggings or kickboxing shorts.

Passive actions, Headbutts, Elbow strikes, Knee strikes without knee-pads, Hitting to opponent's head on the ground position, Stomping, Buster, Knee strikes to the opponents on the ground.