A Brief History
Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix -IZA no mai- was a mixed martial arts event held by Rizin Fighting Federation. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena on December 31, 2015.
Digging Deeper
| Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix -IZA no mai- | |||
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| Information | |||
| Promotion | Rizin Fighting Federation | ||
| Date | December 31, 2015 | ||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | ||
| City | Saitama | ||
| Attendance | 18,365 | ||
| Event chronology | |||
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Results
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Muhammed Lawal | def. | Jiří Procházka | KO (punch) | 1 | 5:09 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Singh Jaideep | Submission (punches) | 1 | 3:02 | |
| Featherweight | Kron Gracie | def. | Asen Yamamoto | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 4:58 | |
| Lightweight | Andy Souwer | def. | Yuichiro Nagashima | TKO (punches) | 1 | 5:28 | |
| Openweight | Baruto Kaito | def. | Peter Aerts | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| Openweight (Shoot boxing rules) | Bob Sapp | def. | Akebono Tarō | Technical Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 0:49 | |
| Women’s Heavyweight | Gabrielle Garcia | def. | Seini Draughn | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:36 | |
| Flyweight (K-1 rules) | Takeru Segawa | def. | Yang Ming | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Soo Chul Kim | def. | Maike Linhares Galvao Amorim | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Brennan Ward | def. | Ken Hasegawa | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:52 | |
| Heavyweight | Jiří Procházka | def. | Vadim Nemkov | TKO (retirement) | 1 | 10:00 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Muhammed Lawal | def. | Teodoras Aukstuolis | Decision (unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Women’s Strawweight | Rena Kubota | def. | Jleana Valentino | Submission (flying armbar) | 2 | 3:31 | |
- a Heavyweight Grand Prix Final
- b Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals
- c Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals
Rizin 2015 Heavyweight Grand Prix Bracket
| Quarterfinals (Dec. 29) | Semifinals (Dec. 31) | Finals (Dec. 31) | ||||||||||||
| Jiří Procházka | KO | |||||||||||||
| Satoshi Ishii | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jiří Procházka | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Vadim Nemkov | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vadim Nemkov | KO | |||||||||||||
| Goran Reljić | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Jiří Procházka | KO | |||||||||||||
| Muhammed Lawal | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Teodoras Aukstuolis | KO | |||||||||||||
| Bruno Cappelozza | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Teodoras Aukstuolis | UD | |||||||||||||
| Muhammed Lawal | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Muhammed Lawal | KO | |||||||||||||
| Brett McDermott | 1 | |||||||||||||
- Alternate bout: Valentin Moldavsky def. Yuta Uchida by Submission (rear-naked choke) in Round 1.
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