RIZIN will bring two year-end shows to you on December 29th and 31st.
It’s getting close to the end of the year, and that can only mean one thing – a Japanese NYE MMA show! RIZIN has handled these the last few years, and this year’s double show will feature two tournaments and the Asian returns of two former superstars.
The first card on December 29th will be built around the first round of a bantamweight grand prix. Some of the notable names include former UFC flyweight title challengers Kyoji Horiguchi and Ian McCall, current King of Pancakes Shintaro Ishiwatari, and more. Also, Gabi Garcia will compete for RIZIN again.
The last card goes down on December 31st and will feature the final two rounds of the BWGP, a women’s super atomweight grand prix, Mirko Cro Cop’s return against legend Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, and Takanori Gomi’s first fight outside the UFC in eight years.
Here’s a look at how both cards are shaping up just a few days out:
12/29
Main Card
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Gabriel Oliveira (BWGP quarter-final)
Manel Kape vs. Ian McCall (BWGP quarter-final)
Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Kevin Petshi (BWGP quarter-final)
Takafumi Otsuka vs. Khalid Taha (BWGP quarter-final)
Gabi Garcia vs. Shinobu Kandori
Preliminary Card
Karl Albrektsson vs. Jiri Prochazka
Cindy Dandois vs. Reina Miura
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Baataryn Azjavkhaln
Anthony Birchak vs. Jae Hoon Moon (BWGP reserve bout)
Kai Asakura vs. Kizaemon Saiga
Shizuka Sugiyama vs. Kana Watanabe
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Kiichi Kunimoto
12/31
Main Card
TBA vs. TBA (BWGP Final)
TBA vs. TBA (WSAGP Final)
Mirko Cro Cop vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
Shinju Nozawa-Auclair vs. Chelsea LaGrasse
Preliminary Card
Takanori Gomi vs. Yusuke Yachi
Kanna Asakura vs. Maria Oliveira (Women’s Super Atomweight GP semi-final)
Irene Cabello vs. Rena Kubota (Women’s Super Atomweight GP semi-final)
TBA vs. TBA (BWGP semi-final)
TBA vs. TBA (DWGP semi-final)