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.
UPDATE (1:45am): Nostradumbass on the ground here in Japan, currently waiting for the opening ceremony to begin.
RIZIN 2016 WORLD GRAND PRIX RESULTS:
Bout 1: Gabi Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough
Bout 2: Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
Bout 3: Minoru Kimura vs. Charles Bennett
Bout 4: Theodorus Aukstuolis vs. Szymon Bajor (Grand Prix)
Bout 5: Amir Aliakbari vs. Joao Almeida (Grand Prix)
Bout 6: Karl Albrektsson vs. Valentin Moldavsky (Grand Prix)
Bout 7: Jiri Prochazka vs. Mark Tanios (Grand Prix)
Bout 8: Erson Yamamoto vs. Kizaemon Saiga
Bout 9: Daron Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Bout 10: Kaito Hoovelson vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (Grand Prix)
Bout 11: Mirko Filipovic vs. Hyun Man Myung (Grand Prix)
Bout 12: Rena Kubota vs. Miyun Yamamoto
Bout 13: Kron Gracie vs. Hideo Tokoro
For much more on RIZIN 2016 click here.