Rizin Fighting Federation World Grand Prix 2016: 1st Round 25 September 2016 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, JP MMA Card Kron Gracie vs. Hideo Tokoro Andy Souwer vs. Daron "Detroit Superstar" Cruickshank Kizaemon Saiga vs. Erson Yamamoto Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett vs. Mioru Kimura MMA Openweight Grand-Prix 1st Round Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic vs. Hyun Man Myung Joao Isidoro Almeida vs. Amir Aliakbari Karl Albrektsson vs. Valentin Moldavsky Jiri Prochazka vs. Mark Tanios Teodoras Aukstuolis vs. Szymon Bajor Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Kaido "Baruto" Hoovelson MMA Female Openweight Gabi Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough MMA Female 56kg Rena Kubota vs. Miyu Yamamoto Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
So yeah this card is about as nutty as you'd expect from Sak. Krazy Horse is fighting a kickboxer with no MMA experience. CroCop is fighting 3-2 Hyun Man Myung. Souwer/Cruickshank could be fireworks unless Cruickshank takes it to the ground. They found a female HW to face Gabi Garcia: 1-0 Destanie Yarbrough, no relation to Manny? Not sure. 45-year old Ironhead is fighting an Estonian sumo. Can't make this up.
RESULTS via MMA Junkie Bout 1 – Open weight: Gabi Garcia def. Destanie Yarbrough via submission (keylock) – Round 1, 2:42 Bout 2 – Strawweight (115): Kanako Murata def. Kyra Batara via unanimous decision Bout 3 – Featherweight (145): Charles Bennett def. Minoru Kimura via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:07 Bout 4 – Tournament: Szymon Bajor def. Teodorasu Aukstuolis via unanimous decision Bout 5 – Tournament: Amir Aliakbari def. Joao Almeida via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:25 Bout 6 – Tournament: Valentin Moldavsky def. Karl Albrektsson via unanimous decision Bout 7 – Tournament: Jiri Prochazka def. Mark Tanios via unanimous decision Bout 8 – Bantamweight: Erson Yamamoto def. Kizaemon Saiga via split decision Bout 9 – Lightweight: Daron Cruickshank def. Andy Souwer via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:10 Bout 10 – Tournament: Kaito Hoovelson def. Kazuyuki Fujita via unanimous decision Bout 11 – Tournament Bout: Mirko Filipovic def. Hyun Man Myung via submission (arm-triangle) – Round 1, 2:20 Bout 12 – Catchweight: Rena Kubota def. Miyuu Yamamoto via submission (front choke) – Round 1, 4:50 Bout 13 – Featherweight: Kron Gracie def. Hideo Tokoro via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 9:45