Rizin 1: Fujita vs. Prochazka line-up announced

Rizin Fighting Federation announced the completed fight card for the April 17 show in Nagoya City, Japan. Rizin Fighting Federation will return on Sunday April 17 with an intriguing fight card that will feature a 242-pound catchweight headli…

Rizin Fighting Federation announced the completed fight card for the April 17 show in Nagoya City, Japan.

Rizin Fighting Federation will return on Sunday April 17 with an intriguing fight card that will feature a 242-pound catchweight headliner between Grand Prix runner-up Jiri Prochazka and Japanese veteran Kazuyuki Fujita.

The Japanese upstart promotion will also showcase some of their talent from the NYE shows, including Vadim Nemkov, Teodoras Aukstuolis, Gabi Garcia and RENA. The promotion also signed new talent, including Chris Barnett and Daron Cruickshank.

The event will also feature a two-on-two tag-team grappling match between Wanderlei Silva and Kiyoshi Tamura against Kazushi Sakuraba and Hideo Tokoro. The contests is expected to open up the main card proceedings.

Rizin 1 begins at 2am ET on Sunday April 17 in Nagoya, Japan.

Check out the entire fight card below:

Main Card:
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Jiri Prochazka
Vadim Nemkov vs. Karl Albrektsson
Jaideep Singh vs. Teodoras Aukstuolis
Gabi Garcia vs. Anna Malyukova
Wanderlei/Tamura vs. Sakuraba/Tokoro

Preliminary Card:
RENA vs. Cyndi Alves [Shoot Boxing Rules]
Daron Cruickshank vs. Shinji Sasaki
Kirill Sidelnikov vs. Chris Barnett
Hisaki Kato vs. Yuta Watanabe
Allan Nascimento vs. Yuki Motoya
Kanako Murata vs. Natalya Denisova
Tetsuya Yamato vsHiroto Yamaguchi [Kickboxing Rules]
Danilo Zanolini vs. Norihisa Amimoto [Kickboxing Rules]
Yuya vs. Yuki [Kickboxing Rules]

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