Английская Википедия:2015 in Rizin Fighting Federation
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Refimprove Шаблон:Year in UFC The year 2015 was the first year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. Only two events were held this year, both consisting of the Rizin World Grand-Prix 2015. Rizin events are broadcast through a television agreement with Fuji Television.
Background
On September 19, 2015 during Bellator 142 Dynamite 1 event, it was announced that Pride FC co-founder Nobuyuki Sakakibara had signed former Pride Heavyweight Champion The Last Emperor Fedor Emelianenko to headline his new promotion’s New Year’s Eve Show in Tokyo.
On October 8, 2015 The former President of Pride FC, Sakakibara held a press conference to announce his return to MMA with Rizin Fighting Federation.
Sakakibara returned to mainstream MMA, along with Nobuhiko Takada and other former Pride FC employees.
Rizin partnered with Bellator MMA to allow former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal to compete the Rizin's inaugural grand prix. Eventually, King Mo won the 8 man Heavyweight tournament with a prize of $300,000.
List of events
| # | Event | Date | Venue | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 1 - Saraba | Шаблон:Dts | Saitama Super Arena | Шаблон:Flagicon Saitama, Japan | 12,214 |
| 2 | Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 2 - Iza | Шаблон:Dts | Saitama Super Arena | Шаблон:Flagicon Saitama, Japan | 18,365 |
100 Kg Heavyweight Grand-Prix bracket
Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 1 - Saraba
Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 1 - Saraba was an inaugural mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 29, 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
| Fight Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight 77 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Shinya Aoki | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 1 | 5:56 | |
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Jiří Procházka | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Satoshi Ishii | KO (Knees) | 1 | 1:36 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Quarter-Finals |
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Vadim Nemkov | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Goran Reljić | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:58 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Quarter-Finals |
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Teodoras Aukštuolis | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Bruno Cappelozza | KO (Punches) | 1 | 4:32 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Quarter-Finals |
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Muhammed Lawal | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Brett McDermott | KO (Punches) | 1 | 9:10 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Quarter-Finals |
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Valentin Moldavsky | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Yuta Uchida | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:20 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Reserve Fight |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Hiroyuki Takaya | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Daiki Hata | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 20:00 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Hideo Tokoro | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Kizaemon Saiga | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 5:16 | |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Anatoly Tokov | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon A.J. Matthews | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:55 | |
| K-1 Lightweight 70 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Hinata | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Kazuyuki Miyata | TKO (3 knockdowns) | 1 | 2:14 | |
| K-1 Featherweight 66 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Hiroya | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Akiyo Nishiura | KO (Punches) | 3 | 7:20 | |
| Flyweight 57 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Felipe Efrain | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Yuki Motoya | No Contest | 1 | 5:45 | Originally a 1st round TKO win by Efrain. Ends in a No Contest, Efrain Missed Weight. |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Kirill Sidelnikov | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Toyota | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:23 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Tsuyoshi Kosaka | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon James Thompson | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 11:58 | |
Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 2 - Iza
Rizin World Grand Prix 2015: Part 2 - Iza was a mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 31, 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
| Fight Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Muhammed Lawal | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Jiří Procházka | KO (Punches) | 1 | 5:09 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Final |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Singh Jaideep | TKO（Punches） | 1 | 3:02 | |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Kron Gracie | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Erson Yamamoto | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 4:58 | |
| Catchweight 72.5 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Andy Souwer | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Yuichiro Nagashima | KO (Punches) | 1 | 5:28 | |
| Openweight | Шаблон:Flagicon Baruto Kaito | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Aerts | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 9:00 | |
| Shootboxing 100+ kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Bob Sapp | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Akebono Tarō | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 15:00 | |
| Female Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Gabrielle Garcia | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Lei'D Tapa | TKO (Referee Stopage) | 1 | 2:36 | |
| K-1 Flyweight 57 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Takeru | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Yang Ming | TKO (Referee Stopage) | 2 | 6:00 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Soo Chul Kim | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Maike Linhares | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 20:00 | |
| Catchweight 81 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Brennan Ward | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Ken Hasegawa | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | 2 | 11:52 | |
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Jiří Procházka | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Vadim Nemkov | TKO (Retirement) | 1 | 10:00 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Semi-Finals |
| Grand-Prix 100 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Muhammed Lawal | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Teodoras Aukštuolis | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 15:00 | RIZIN World Grand Prix 2015 Semi-Finals |
| Female Strawweight 52 kg | Шаблон:Flagicon Rena Kubota | def. | Шаблон:Flagicon Jleana Valentino | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 8:31 | |
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