RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2015: Day 1 PBP (Discussion) 1am EST

Kind of funny that we're all waiting on one weird Russian stream. The thing better work. lol
 
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).
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.
 
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.

5 hours and 20 minutes from now. Give or take.
 
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.


At least it starts at 1am. Not like the 4am starts with Dream. This should be a breeze.

7 hours and 17 minutes to go!!!!!!!:) if my calculations are correct
 
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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.
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.
 
RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2015: Day 1


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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

After looking up some guys should be done great fights second round I wanna see mo vs Bruno I think winner of reljik vs nemkov could take it all
 
Damn, 5 hours 20 minutes to go sounded much better, 7 hours is going to be pretty difficult.
 
Just think if shit gets crazy. We could be talking about Saku and Sapp getting wins in 2015
 
This promotion is going to last.
 
This promotion is going to last.

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?
 
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
 
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

Soccer kicks and headstomps?

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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.

Yeah, I'd like to see that as well.
 
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