It helps to have a live English language broadcast. Even those following this event here have little detail on how we can maybe watch it in another language in the middle of the night.There is a certain company which has a pretty good hold on much of the U.S. MMA "media" (if you want to call it that).
Still need a little clarification on when the Day 1 Card actually starts. Getting some information on this whole thing has been a little difficult.
Cannot wait. Cool to see the stadium setup photos. It will be two all nighters for me, usual NYE for JMMA, with plenty of coffee.
Mah man. Thanks, it looks like it's going to be an all nighter for Saku.5 hours and 20 minutes from now. Give or take.
5 hours and 20 minutes from now. Give or take.
from what I understand, this Day 1 Saraba event is starting at 1AM EST the morning of of Tuesday, December 29th, which means 10PM PST Monday, December 28. Just over 7 hours from now.Still need a little clarification on when the Day 1 Card actually starts. Getting some information on this whole thing has been a little difficult.
RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2015: Day 1
Tuesday 12.29.2015 at 01:00 AM ET
Broadcast: http://matchtv.ru/ | Undercard: http://matchtv.ru/
Name: RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2015: Day 1
Also Known As: RIZIN Fighting Federation 1: Saraba Fiesta
Promotion: RIZIN Fighting Federation
Ownership: Nobuyuki Sakakibara
Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix Day 1
Venue: Saitama Super Arena
Location: Saitama, Japan
Enclosure: Ring
Number of MMA Bouts: ?
Main Card: http://matchtv.ru/: 1am ET)
MMA 172 lbs: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Shiniya Aoki
220 lbs heavyweight tournament opening round : Satoshi Ishii vs. Jiri Prochazka
220 lbs heavyweight tournament opening round : Goran Relic vs. Vadim Nemkov
220 lbs heavyweight tournament opening round : Teodoras Aukstuolis vs. Bruno Cappelozza
220 lbs heavyweight tournament opening round : King Mo vs. Mike McDermott
220 lbs heavyweight tournament alternate fight: Yuta Uchida vs. Valentin Moldavsky
MMA 143 lbs: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Daiki Hata
MMA 137 lbs: Hideo Tokoro vs. Kizaemon Saiga
MMA 185 lbs: A.J. Matthews vs. Anatoly Tokov
RIZIN Mixed Rules 154 lbs: Kazuyuki Miyata vs. Hinata Watanabe
K-1 143 lbs: Akiyo Nishiura vs. Kawabe Hiroya
MMA 125 lbs: Yuki Motoya vs. Felipe Efrain
MMA 265 lbs: Carlos Toyota vs. Kirill Sidelnikov
MMA 265 lbs: Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs. James Thompson
Betting Odds
(Official Weigh-In)
Day 1 Weigh-in Results
Kazushi Sakuraba (171) vs. Shinya Aoki (169.75)
Satoshi Ishii (219) vs. Jiri Prochazka (211.5)
Goran Reljic (215) vs. Vadim Nemkov (219.5)
Teodoras Aukstuolis (216) vs. Bruno Henrique Cappelozza (218)
Muhammed Lawal (214) vs. Brett McDermott (215)
Yuta Uchida (209) vs. Valentin Moldavsky (215)
Hiroyuki Takaya (143) vs. Daiki Hata (143)
Hideo Tokoro (135) vs. Kizaemon Saiga (136)
A.J. Matthews (184) vs. Anatoly Tokov (185)
Yuki Motoya (125) vs. Felipe Efrain (128)
Kirill Sidelnikov (253) vs. Carlos Toyota (259)
Tsuyoshi Kosaka (220.5) vs. James Thompson (291)
CANCELLED & FIZZLED BOUTS
CANCELLED & FIZZLED BOUTS
CANCELLED 57 kg Yuki Motoya vs. Nam Jin Jo (Jin Jo Injury
Kind of funny that we're all waiting on one weird Russian stream. The thing better work. lol
Might be worth it to drop a little money on Prochazka.Odds finally released on one sportsbook at least. What do you guys think?
Kazushi Sakuraba +500
Shinya Aoki -900
Hideo Tokoro -525
Kizaemon Saiga +350
Goran Reljic -125
Vadim Nemkov -115
Brett McDermott +460
Muhammed Lawal -800
Felipe Efrain +210
Yuki Motoya -300
James Thompson -280
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka +195
Jiri Prochazka +375
Satoshi Ishii -600
Valentin Moldavsky -420
Yuta Uchida +280
Daiki Hata +175
Hiroyuki Takaya -245
Bruno Cappelozza -260
Teodoras Aukstuolis +180
Did they forget a 0 on the odds for AOKI?Odds finally released on one sportsbook at least. What do you guys think?
Kazushi Sakuraba +500
Shinya Aoki -900
Hideo Tokoro -525
Kizaemon Saiga +350
Goran Reljic -125
Vadim Nemkov -115
Brett McDermott +460
Muhammed Lawal -800
Felipe Efrain +210
Yuki Motoya -300
James Thompson -280
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka +195
Jiri Prochazka +375
Satoshi Ishii -600
Valentin Moldavsky -420
Yuta Uchida +280
Daiki Hata +175
Hiroyuki Takaya -245
Bruno Cappelozza -260
Teodoras Aukstuolis +180
This promotion is going to last.
As far as we know it's all original PRIDE rules. They mentioned early on they would consider elbows but I don't remember anything being announced about elbows.I certainly hope so.
Side note - Haven't paid too much attention leading up to the event, can somebody tell if they are competing under Pride rules or unified rules?
As far as we know it's all original PRIDE rules. They mentioned early on they would consider elbows but I don't remember anything being announced about elbows.
Also, the GP fights are 10 minute round + 5 minute round, the other MMA fights are 10+5+5 and the women's fights are for some reason 5+5+5
I would be interested to see what the fan expos looks like tomorrow too. I assume we can see it through fighter instagrams. I think Kawajiri was posting that he was going to be there.