On Thursday, Dec. 29, Rizin Fighting Federation returns to the Saitama Super Arena in Japan for the Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round.
The event will be headlined by the second round of the promotion’s open weight tournament. In the top-billing, former Pride open weight grand prix winner Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic takes on 2015 Rizin tournament winner Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal. Joining the two veterans will be six additional fighters as Baruto sqaures off with Tsuyoshi Kosaka, Amir Aliakbari faces UFC veteran Heath Herring, and Valentin Moldavsky meets Szymon Bajor.
In addition to the tournament match-ups, the card also features kickboxing legend Andy Souwer, as well as UFC veterans Daron Cruickshank and Rin Nakai.
The event airs live above at 1 a.m. ET. For the full results of the event, click here.
Baruto vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka – open weight grand prix quarterfinal
Amir Aliakbari vs. Heath Herring – open weight grand prix quarterfinal
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Szymon Bajor – open weight grand prix quarterfinal
Rin Nakai vs. Kanako Murata
Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Nikita Sapun
Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Andy Souwer
Yuki Motoya vs. Allan Nascimento
Tatsumitsu Wada vs. Kai Kara-France
Yusuke Yachi vs. Mario Sismundo
Vadim Nemkov vs. Alison Vicente – open weight grand prix reserve bout
Kanna Asakura vs. Alyssa Garcia
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Daron Cruickshank