PBP Rizin 26: New Year's Eve, Thu. 12/31, 12 AM ET/9 PM PT PBP Discussion Thread

[JayPettryMMA]

Thursday 12.31.2020 at 12 AM ET/9 PM PT
U.S. Broadcast: LiveNow Pay-Per-View
Venue: Saitama Super Arena
Location: Saitama, Japan
Commentary: ENGLISH with Frank Trigg, Joe Ferraro
Number of MMA Bouts: 12 PLUS 2 KB, 1 Box and 1 Secret

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Rizin 26 (LiveNow PPV, 12 AM ET/9 PM PT):
135 Title: Kai Asakura (16-2) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (28-3)
125 KB: Tenshin Nasukawa (A lot-0) vs. Kumandoi Phetjaroenvit
150: Mikuru Asakura (13-2) vs. Satoshi Yamasu (11-5)
172 Boxing: Takanori Gomi (36-15 MMA) vs. Koji Tanaka (?-? KB)
W108 Title: Ayaka Hamasaki (20-3) vs. Miyuu Yamamoto (6-4)

***** Intermission 2 because they hate us *****

135: Yuki Motoya (26-8) vs. Naoki Inoue (14-2)
147: Kleber Koike Erbst (25-5-1) vs. Kyle Aguon (13-9)
150: Ren Hiramoto (0-0) vs. Kyohei Hagiwara (2-3)
135: Hideo Tokoro (34-30-2) vs. Shinobu Ota (0-0)

~~~ Intermission 1 please don't take long ~~~

110 KB: Nadaka Yoshinari vs. Phetmalai Phetjaroenvit
135: Yuta Sasaki (22-8-2) vs. Kenta Takizawa (11-6)
W108: Kanna Asakura (17-4) vs. Ai Shimizu (5-0)
???: Shibatar vs. X - What is this, we don't know
138: Kazuma Kuramoto (6-1) vs. Taiyo Nakahara (15-8)
OPEN: Tsuyoshi Sudario (1-0) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (62-43-8)
W116: Sakura Mori (3-1)* vs. Eru Takebayashi (0-0)

* Mori missed weight by 3.7 pounds and she will begin her fight with a red card, which is a 50 percent deduction from the judging criteria. If Mori finishes the fight, it will be ruled a no contest. If her opponent wins, the result will be official.


Rizin 26 Weigh-in Results:
Kai Asakura (133.9) vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (134)
Tenshin Nasukawa (125.4) vs. Kumandoi Phetjaroenvit (124.5)
Mikuru Asakura (149.9) vs. Satoshi Yamasu (149.5)
Takanori Gomi (171.9) vs. Koji Tanaka (143.3)
Ayaka Hamasaki (107.9) vs. Miyuu Yamamoto (107)
Yuki Motoya (134.3) vs. Naoki Inoue (133)
Kleber Koike Erbst (147.1) vs. Kyle Aguon (146.6)
Ren Hiramoto (149.4) vs. Kyohei Hagiwara (149.9)
Hideo Tokoro (133.8) vs. Shinobu Ota (134.2)
Nadaka Yoshinari (110) vs. Phetmalai Phetjaroenvit (110.1)
Yuta Sasaki (133.9) vs. Kenta Takizawa (134.37)
Kanna Asakura (107.9) vs. Ai Shimizu (107.4)
Shibatar (???) vs. X (???)
Kazuma Kuramoto (138.3) vs. Taiyo Nakahara (137.3)
Tsuyoshi Sudario (252.7) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (182.3)
Sakura Mori (116.1) vs. Eru Takebayashi (111.55)

* Mori missed weight by 3.7 pounds and has been fined 50 percent of her purse.

 

[Sixstring]

Not messing around:

Mori missed weight by 3.7 pounds and she will begin her fight with a red card, which is a 50 percent deduction from the judging criteria. If Mori finishes the fight, it will be ruled a no contest. If her opponent wins, the result will be official.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Not messing around:

Mori missed weight by 3.7 pounds and she will begin her fight with a red card, which is a 50 percent deduction from the judging criteria. If Mori finishes the fight, it will be ruled a no contest. If her opponent wins, the result will be official.

You want to deter people from missing weight? This is the way.

 

[Sixstring]

Seriously! I hate missing weight and I bet this makes missing weight too serious to abuse.

 

[Sweater of AV]

Should be a fun event.

 

[TouchButtDork]

Boo. Where's Rena?

Also, Fighter X by whatever he wants

 

[TJ177]

What does a "50% reduction" mean in terms of scoring? Is that something that the judges need to take into consideration? Like you need to have a 10-5 round to win??? (And I guess you can't actually technically win anyway?)

 

[Xuh]

Where's Rena?

Sorry, I told her she couldn't go until she's done the chores. Still working on it...

 

[TITS]

Not messing around:

Mori missed weight by 3.7 pounds and she will begin her fight with a red card, which is a 50 percent deduction from the judging criteria. If Mori finishes the fight, it will be ruled a no contest. If her opponent wins, the result will be official.

What's the point of even taking the fight at this point?

 

[Sixstring]

What's the point of even taking the fight at this point?

Money still for fighting? Doing the right thing? I don't know. I see what you mean of course.

 

[TITS]

Money still for fighting? Doing the right thing? I don't know. I see what you mean of course.

I mean there's pretty much no chance of winning if it goes to the scorecards, and don't these red cards affect the pay as well? I imagine it would chump change. You "win" but its a No Contest and you get even less money.

 

[TJ177]

What's the point of even taking the fight at this point?

Isn't that the fight where it's both of their pro debuts? I'm guessing it's more about the exposure than anything else.

 

[Sixstring]

That all makes sense on why. I mean there has to be a compelling reason even if it's personal.

 

[lukeuidswords]

Sakura will make much more here even with a 50% purse reduction than she'd make in any other Japanese promotion

 

[synyster]

 

[JayPettryMMA]

Oops, I guess fights already started happening, but they're not on the Rizin live PPV yet.

 

[JayPettryMMA]

First fight result, pre-event match.

Spoiler

 

[guaton]

oh fuck i thought these were fucking tomorrow!! Where can I watch this playa

 

[OldNick]

oh fuck i thought these were fucking tomorrow!! Where can I watch this playa

I second this. Where can one watch this?

 

[leto1776]

Apparently the opening bout has already occurred:

Spoiler

SAKURA has defeated Eru Takebayashi via 1st round armbar