RIZIN NYE - Openweight World Grand Prix Final - December 29 - 31 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

King of the North wrote:I love the match-ups announced. Russia vs Poland, USA vs Iran, Sumo vs Pro Wrestling and to top it off Wanderlei vs Cro Cop. I can't wait for the 29th and look forward to seeing what non-tournament fights are announced in the future.

Yeah, I really like these match-ups as well.

RIN NAKAI will be stepping into the RIZIN FF ring representing Pancrase on New Year's Eve! She will be fighting Murata Kanako under RIZIN Woman MMA Rules.

Kingfedor wrote:
RIN NAKAI will be stepping into the RIZIN FF ring representing Pancrase on New Year's Eve! She will be fighting Murata Kanako under RIZIN Woman MMA Rules.

Good to see Nakai will make the card. Glad to see this partnership with Pancrase working out well.

RIN NAKAI fights looks good. but where are the other matches? They have a ton of fighters with no opponent.

Daron Cruickshank (18-8 ) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (39-14) and Kazuyuki Miyata (14-9) vs. Andy Souwer (1-1) set for Rizin.

Dec 29th
Miyata vs. Souwer
Nakai vs. Murata
Kitaoka vs. Cruickshank,
GP quarters +reserves

Dec 31st
Kawajiri vs. Kron
Krazy Horse vs. Kimura
Tokoro vs. yamamotto
Miyuu/Nguyen
GP semis and finals.

More fights will be announced tonight at 10 i think.

still missing alot of opponents. Why are they making Rin fight a newcomer but keep giving RENA easy can fights? I dont understand. If Kanako has to fight tough vets why not RENA?

Kingfedor wrote:
Daron Cruickshank (18-8 ) vs. Satoru Kitaoka (39-14) and Kazuyuki Miyata (14-9) vs. Andy Souwer (1-1) set for Rizin.

Dec 29th
Miyata vs. Souwer
Nakai vs. Murata
Kitaoka vs. Cruickshank,
GP quarters +reserves

Dec 31st
Kawajiri vs. Kron
Krazy Horse vs. Kimura
Tokoro vs. yamamotto
Miyuu/Nguyen
GP semis and finals.

More fights will be announced tonight at 10 i think.

Real interesting fight with Cruickshank/Kitaoka. Glad they were able to get Kitaoka coming off a nice win.

Always interested to see Souwer fight MMA.

Nice additions to card!

Gabi Garcia will face 52-year-old Shinobu Kandori.

Kandori is a retired Japanese pro-wrestler and now politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. She was a solid judoka, winning a bronze medal in the 1984 Vienna world judo championships, and even competed in a few MMA bouts between 1995 and 2000, going 4-1 with 4 submission victories during that time.

Gabi Garcia x Kandori Shinobu pic.twitter.com/8vlEDtTPFQ

— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) 26 novembre 2016

This is a HORRIBLE fight........

Sending an old lady in against a fucking giant.....


RIZIN.....WTF????

fka wrote:This is a HORRIBLE fight........

Sending an old lady in against a fucking giant.....


RIZIN.....WTF????

Pretty sure this is a "worked" fight anyways. As a pro-wrestling bout it's not that bad.

hopes its saori yoshida

From mmajunkie.....Kandori, a former Japanese professional wrestler turned politician, will be competing in mixed martial arts for the first time since 2000. Standing just 5-foot-7, and weighing under 165 pounds, she will be vastly outsized by the 6'1", 210-pound Garcia.



Um no.......this is an actual MMA fight....

This is a travesty and rizin should be crucified for this......a 52yr old woman who will be oitweighed by 100 or more lbs......fucking disgusting.

Sakuraba vs aoki was bad,fujita vs jiri was bad,this is fucking laughable.New years or not this is fucking retarded.

fka wrote:From mmajunkie.....Kandori, a former Japanese professional wrestler turned politician, will be competing in mixed martial arts for the first time since 2000. Standing just 5-foot-7, and weighing under 165 pounds, she will be vastly outsized by the 6'1", 210-pound Garcia.



Um no.......this is an actual MMA fight....

This is a travesty and rizin should be crucified for this......a 52yr old woman who will be oitweighed by 100 or more lbs......fucking disgusting.

Sakuraba vs aoki was bad,fujita vs jiri was bad,this is fucking laughable.New years or not this is fucking retarded.

It does sound a bit dangerous, I agree.

Rizin this is fucking shit matchmaking.....gabi has fought one person her size lol

Rizin couldn't find fights for fedor and can't find fights for her either.


For all the great tourney stuff they are doing this type of BS will overshadow any positives.....god this fight sucks balls.

Gabi shouldn't be fighting a light weight lmao.....not the first time either......MVP has had the hardest career ever compared to gabis level of competition hahahaha.

I don't care if older fighters want to fight, I just prefer them to fight other older fighters. With the age difference and size difference, Gabi should win this. Is Gabi popular and they just need a freakshow female?

Kinosis wrote:I don't care if older fighters want to fight, I just prefer them to fight other older fighters.  With the age difference and size difference, Gabi should win this.  Is Gabi popular and they just need a freakshow female?  

I agree

Yeah i agree......

But......

This is the 3rd case of an old guy or girl getting slaughtered by a young lion.

Aoki mauled sakuraba,prozaska kod fujita,and gabi will hurt this old ass lady...


This is the worst matchup I've seen in years....seriously its fucking retarded and unnecessary....just shows RIZIN has absolutely no one to fight gabi.

RIZIN CEO Sakakibara on radio:
I will present a hustle hustle fighter [at the press conference(November 27th)].


Can't wait to see who this is

fka wrote:Yeah i agree......

But......

This is the 3rd case of an old guy or girl getting slaughtered by a young lion.

Aoki mauled sakuraba,prozaska kod fujita,and gabi will hurt this old ass lady...


This is the worst matchup I've seen in years....seriously its fucking retarded and unnecessary....just shows RIZIN has absolutely no one to fight gabi.

RIZIN plan was Soari Yoshida but then she lost at the olympics so they are scrambling for draws now.

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New fight have been announced for the December 31th RIZIN Fighting World GP 2016 Open Weight Tournament Final event:
Former UFC, PRIDE and DREAM Fighter Hayato "Mach" Sakurai will make his RIZIN debut against Fighting Network RINGS Veteran Wataru Sakata.

At least 7 more fights announced that will feature "all kinds" of fighters.



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