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RIZIN Fighting Federation will kick off its World Grand Prix today from inside Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, featuring the opening round of its open-weight tournament with mixed martial arts (MMA) legends Mirko Filipovic, Kazuyuki Fujita, and many more.
Best of all, fight fans can watch all the action unfold for FREE in the live video stream embedded above; however, the feed will be geoblocked in Brazil, Japan, China, South Korea, Czech Republic, and Croatia.
In addition to the grand prix, Sunday's RIZIN event will also feature a bevy of marquee match ups including Kron Gracie vs. Hideo Tokoro, Andy Souwer vs. Daron Cruickshank, Kyra Batara vs. Kanako Murata, Gabi Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough, and more!
In addition to the live stream, MMAmania.com will be on the ground in Saitama providing LIVE real-time text results of all the action, which is expected to begin at approximately 2 a.m. ET (late Saturday night into Sunday morning). Settle in, put on a pot of coffee, and get ready for a great night of fights.
RIZIN 2016 WORLD GRAND PRIX RESULTS:
Bout 1: Gabi Garcia def. Destine Yarbrough by submission
Bout 2: Kanako Murata def. Kyra Batara by unanimous decision
Bout 3: Charles Bennett def. Minoru Kimura by technical knockout
Bout 4: Szymon Bajor def. Theodorus Aukstuolis by unanimous decision (Grand Prix)
Bout 5: Amir Aliakbari def. Joao Almeida by technical knockout (Grand Prix)
Bout 6: Valentin Moldaviska def. Karl Albrektsson by unanimous decision (Grand Prix)
Bout 7: Jiri Prochazka def. Mark Tanios by unanimous decision (Grand Prix)
Bout 8: Erson Yamamoto def. Kizaemon Saiga by split decision
Bout 9: Daron Cruickshank def. Andy Souwer by submission
Bout 10: Kaito Hoovelson def. Kazuyuki Fujita by unanimous decision (Grand Prix)
Bout 11: Mirko Filipovic def. Hyun Man Myung by submission (Grand Prix)
Bout 12: Rena Kubota def. Miyun Yamamoto by submission
Bout 13: Kron Gracie def. Video Tokoro by submission
For much more on RIZIN 2016 click here.
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