RIZIN 2 - World Grand Prix Results & Discussion

Fighting Federation 2
September 25, 2016
Saitama Super Arena
Saitama, Japan

Results:

Kron Gracie  def  Hideo Tokoro Sub, 9:40 R1  
Rena Kubota  def  Miyuu Yamamoto Sub, 4:50 R1  
Mirko Filipovic  def  Hyun Man Myung Sub, 2:20 R1  
Baruto Kaito  def  Kazuyuki Fujita Unanimous Dec  
Daron Cruickshank  def  Andy Souwer Sub, 4:10 R1  
Erson Yamamoto  def  Kizaemon Saiga Split Dec  
Jiří Procházka  def  Mark Tanios Unanimous Dec  
V. Moldavsky  def  Karl Albrektsson Unanimous Dec  
Amir Aliakbari  def  João Almeida KO/TKO, 2:25 R1  
Szymon Bajor  def  T. Aukštuolis Unanimous Dec  
Charles Bennett  def  Minoru Kimura KO/TKO, 0:07 R1  
Kanako Murata  def  Kyra Batara Unanimous Dec  
Gabrielle Garcia  def  D. Yarbrough Sub, 2:42 R1


Openweight GP:
Baruto Kaito (1-0)               vs.       (15-11) Kazuyuki Fujita
Main Card | Grand Prix 1/8 Final | Openweight 

Main Card:
Kron Gracie (2-0)                vs.         (33-28) Hideo Tokoro
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Andy Souwer (1-0)              vs.  (17-8 ) Daron Cruickshank
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70kg)

Kizaemon Saiga (2-1)          vs.         (0-1) Asen Yamamoto
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Gabi Garcia  (2-0)                vs.    (1-0) Destanie Yarbrough
Main Card | Female Openweight

Rena Kubota  (1-0)              vs.         (0-0) Miyu Yamamoto
Main Card | Female Strawweight | 115 lbs (52 kg)  

Kanako Murata (3-0)            vs.           (15-11) Kyra Batara
Main Card | Female Strawweight | 115 lbs (52 kg)

Minoru Kimura (0-0)            vs.      (29-30) Charles Bennett
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Nice, I've been waiting for news about this.  

1.  Wanderlei Silva
2.  Fedor
3.  Baruto
4.  Roger Gracie
5.  Jiri Prochazka
6.  Huggy Bear
7.  Brandon Vera (OneFC HW Champ)
8.  (Bellator representative like Kongo or Lashley)

Lots of guys. TK, some of the fighters who won at Rizin 1.

Good news.



Fedor

Rampage

Huggy Bear

Todd Duffee

I dont have periscope....so i watched the non English version and translated it....sorta..heres some points...


They promise Rizin will get better

Kanako Murata is the future of Rizin

Asking for Baruto to come back

Takada not satisfied with Gabi Garcia's last fight

Either Hideo Tokoro or Kazushi Sakuraba wants to fight Kron Gracie, can't tell with this bullshit translation

Acknowledge that the fighters falling out of ring was a problem

Grand Prix in September and NYE announced, Wanderlei will be part of it, its Open weight

Future opponent for Gabi Garcia already signed, name not released, shes from Russia

Pretty sure that covers it....

Great news! Have not seen an open weight GP in many years.

Hope they get solid fighters from Bellator, KSW, DEEP, Pancrase, Jungle Fight, and the other orgs into this GP.

CDF47 wrote:Great news!  Have not seen an open weight GP in many years.

Hope they get solid fighters from Bellator, KSW, DEEP, Pancrase, Jungle Fight, and the other orgs into this GP.  

Road FC is running an open weight tomato can GP right now. Choi Hong Man vs Mighty Mo in the finals later this year?

^Yeah, that's right. Forgot about that one.

RIZIN FF, the combat sports promotion led by former PRIDE FC head Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference today, the return of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and  member of the Gracie family Kron Gracie  (2-0), who will take on Hideo Tokoro (33-28), in a Featherweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) contest at the Saitama super arena, Japan in late september.

Nice step up for Kron here.  Would be a big win for him if he can get it.

^Agreed. Hideo Tokoro is very experienced in MMA.

Imagine if GP had Wand, Fedor, CroCop, King Mo, Hendo, Bigfoot, Rampage...

Does'nt Wanderlei declare brain damage recently? How can he go against heavier opponents after declaring he may have brain damage?

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:Imagine if GP had Wand, Fedor, CroCop, King Mo, Hendo, Bigfoot, Rampage...

Would be an amazing GP

fatty wrote:Does'nt Wanderlei declare brain damage recently? How can he go against heavier opponents after declaring he may have brain damage?

I just read about his memory issues yesterday. His career may be done.

CDF47 wrote:

fatty wrote:Does'nt Wanderlei declare brain damage recently? How can he go against heavier opponents after declaring he may have brain damage?

I just read about his memory issues yesterday.  His career may be done.

I love so many things about Japan but Rizin cant seriously ignore what he is saying....or can they...?.

It's up to Wanderlei if he wants to keep fighting. It's probably not smart that he does but his choice. He should take some matches against freakshows and grapplers.

fatty wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

fatty wrote:Does'nt Wanderlei declare brain damage recently? How can he go against heavier opponents after declaring he may have brain damage?

I just read about his memory issues yesterday.  His career may be done.

I love so many things about Japan but Rizin cant seriously ignore what he is saying....or can they...?.

I don't think they can ignore that. What he is saying is very serious.

It's Japan....

Remember when they used to let Sakuraba almost die in the ring before stopping his matches?

fatty wrote:

CDF47 wrote:

fatty wrote:Does'nt Wanderlei declare brain damage recently? How can he go against heavier opponents after declaring he may have brain damage?

I just read about his memory issues yesterday.  His career may be done.

I love so many things about Japan but Rizin cant seriously ignore what he is saying....or can they...?.

They can and will.

Sakuraba fought on for years after basically (?) having a stroke during a training session due to lack of blood flow to the brain, caused by years of head trauma.

^That's crazy

Kingfedor wrote:
RIZIN FF, the combat sports promotion led by former PRIDE FC head Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference today, the return of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and  member of the Gracie family Kron Gracie  (2-0), who will take on Hideo Tokoro (33-28), in a Featherweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) contest at the Saitama super arena, Japan in late september.

Love this shit

stu3ufc wrote:

Kingfedor wrote:
RIZIN FF, the combat sports promotion led by former PRIDE FC head Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference today, the return of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and  member of the Gracie family Kron Gracie  (2-0), who will take on Hideo Tokoro (33-28), in a Featherweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) contest at the Saitama super arena, Japan in late september.

Love this shit

Same. I hope Kron pulls this off, especially by sub. Hard to pull against Tokoro but I hope to see Kron moving up in MMA and this is a real good test here.

Baruto: Are they having a disagreement with him?

Ring: They should have some nets on the bottom of the ring like other promotions.

Kron v Tokoro: Too big a jump for Kron. Someone like Yuki takano from DEEP would be a more manageable step up. Tokoro should fight Gabrielle Carrasco from Bellator.

I am so excited for this tournament. I hope they have at least 4 big names in it. They should hopefully start announcing who is in it pretty soon since it happens in 3 months.

I think that Rampage vs. ishii  winner will be in the Gp