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RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION WORLD GRAND PRIX 2017

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Joe Ferraro & Frank Trigg named RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2017
PPV announcers
Dec. 29 & 31 LIVE on PPV from Japan
NEW YORK CITY(Hakihea 14, 2017) – Veteran “Pupūtanga” Joe Ferraro and former MMA fighter John Trigg have been named announcers for RIZIN Fighting Federation World Grand Prix twin shows, highlighted by the return of combat sports superstar Mirko “Cro COP” Filipovic, Hakihea 29 & 31, airing live on pay-per-view from Saitama City, Japan.
Te Dec. 29 a 31 (1 a.m. /10 p.m. PT start) will be live-streamed worldwide (excluding Japan on the FITE.TV platforms for $19.99 or the two-day RIZIN Pack special offer for only $29.99. Fans may simply download the FITE app – free to download from iTunes and Google Play – and then cast the fight to the big screen by using the instant stream-to-TV function. The FITE app works with any Wi-Fi connected television around the world, iOS and Android devices, as well as streaming devices such as Roku, Chromecast and more. Fans may also watch the fights live on the FITE website atwww.fite.tv from any computer.
Integrated Sports Media will distribute via cable and satellite PPV on New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31 –5:00 a.m. AND / 2:00 a.m. PT tīmatanga) extravaganza live in North America via iN Demand, Vubiquity, and DISH in the U.S., as well as on SaskTel and Telus in Canada, hoki te utu hokohoko whakaaro o anake $19.95.
Ferraro will handle blow-by-blow responsibilities, while Trigg serves as color commentator. Ferraro has called multiple RIZIN events leading up to the conclusion of its World Grand Prix. Trigg, who is working this RIZIN twin-bill the same month as he made his debut as a UFC referee, was a popular fighter at the highest level of international competition, UFC and PRIDE.
The Dec. 29th winners of the men’s bantamweight quarterfinals will advance to the Dec. 31stwomen’s super-atomweight and kickboxing semifinals and then later in the finals. The Special Added Attraction on that card is a light heavyweight clash between Jiri “Denisa” Prochazka(19-3-0, 16 KO / TKO, 2 SUB), Czech Republic and. Karl Albrelktsson (6-1-0, 2 KO/TKOs, 3 SUB), Sweden.
The finals of the RIZIN World-Grand Prix kickboxing, women’s super-atomweight and men’s bantamweight championships will be preceded by three entertaining matches. Croatian heavyweight “Cro COP” Filipovic (35-11-0, 27 KO / TKO, 5 SUB) takes on Japanese favorite Tsuyoshi Kosaka (27-19-2, 8 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) in a Special Added Attraction on the Dec. 31stkāri. Ano, the long-awaited return of Japanese lightweight Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi(18-6-0, 13 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) will be showcased in his throw-down with fellow countryman Yusuke Yachi (18-6-0, 5 KO / TKO, 1 SUB). A women’s match between American flyweights Shinju “Juju” Auclair (1-0-0, 1 SUB) and pro-debuting Chelsea LaGrasse is also on tap.
A special one-day kickboxing tournament will be held Dec. 31st between Japan’s Kazuyuki Fujita a Mitsuhisa Sunabe and undefeated knockout artist (20-0, 16 Koó) Tenshine Nasukawa vs. TBA with the winners facing off in the championship round on the card’s championship final.
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RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION WORLD GRAND PRIX 2017

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RIZIN Fighting Federation
World Grand Prix 2017 action to close 2017 MMA season
Mirko “Cro COP” Filipovic & Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi return New Year’s Eve
Dec. 29 & 31 LIVE on PPV from Japan
NEW YORK CITY (Hakihea 11, 2017) —International mixed-martial-arts and kickboxing fans can close out the 2017 season in grand style, viewing double-barreled RIZIN Fighting Federation World Grand Prix action, highlighted by the return of combat sports superstar Mirko “Cro COP” Filipovic,Hakihea 29 & 31, airing live on pay-per-view from Saitama City, Japan.
The Dec. 29th winners of the men’s bantamweight quarterfinals will advance to the Dec. 31st women’s super-atomweight and kickboxing semifinals and then later in the finals (kite i raro).
The Special Added Attraction on the Dec. 29thcard is a light heavyweight match between Jiri “Denisa” Prochazka (19-3-0, 16 KO / TKO, 2 SUB), Czech Republic vs. Karl Albrelktsson(6-1-0, 2 KO/TKOs, 3 SUB), Sweden.
Te Dec. 29 a 31 (1 a.m. /10 p.m. PT start) will be live-streamed worldwide (excluding Japan on the FITE.TV platforms for $19.99 or the two-day RIZIN Pack special offer for only $29.99. Fans may simply download the FITE app – free to download from iTunes and Google Play – and then cast the fight to the big screen by using the instant stream-to-TV function. The FITE app works with any Wi-Fi connected television around the world, iOS and Android devices, as well as streaming devices such as Roku, Chromecast and more. Fans may also watch the fights live on the FITE website at www.fite.tv from any computer.
Integrated Sports Media will distribute via cable and satellite PPV on New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31 –5:00 a.m. AND / 2:00 a.m. PT tīmatanga) extravaganza live in North America via iN Demand, Vubiquity, and DISH in the U.S., as well as on SaskTel and Telus in Canada, hoki te utu hokohoko whakaaro o anake $19.95.
“We’re excited to close the year with two entertaining events, RIZIN World Grand Prix 2017, plus the return of international MMA stars Mirko “Cro COP” Filipovic and Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi,” said Flipps Media Co-founder and CEO, Kosta Jordanov. “These events will cap of our very successful combat sports programming in 2017.”
“We’re happy to bring this New Year’s Eve event from Japan, featuring ‘Cro Cop’ and the RIZIN World Grand Prix finals to American and Canadian combat sports fans,” peresideni Integrated Sports Media Doug Jacobs remarked. “This is a rare opportunity for North American MMA and kickboxing fans to watch some of the best international fighters.”
The finals of the RIZIN World-Grand Prix kickboxing, women’s super-atomweight and men’s bantamweight championships will be preceded by three entertaining matches. Croatian heavyweight “Cro COP” Filipovic (35-11-0, 27 KO / TKO, 5 SUB) takes on Japanese favoriteTsuyoshi Kosaka (27-19-2, 8 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) in a Special Added Attraction on the Dec. 31stkāri. Ano, the long-awaited return of Japanese lightweight Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi(18-6-0, 13 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) will be showcased in his throw-down with fellow countrymanYusuke Yachi (18-6-0, 5 KO / TKO, 1 SUB). A women’s match between American flyweights Shinju “Juju” Auclair (1-0-0, 1 SUB) and pro-debuting Chelsea LaGrasse is also on tap.
A special one-day kickboxing tournament will be held Dec. 31st between Japan’s Kazuyuki Fujita a Mitsuhisa Sunabe and undefeated knockout artist (20-0, 16 Koó) Tenshine Nasukawa vs. TBA with the winners facing off in the championship round on the card’s championship final.
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RIZIN WORLD GRAND PRIX MATCHES
Men’s Bantamweights
Ian “Uncle Creepy” McCall (13-5-0), USA vs. Manel Kape (8-1-0), Angola
Kyoaji Horiiguchi (20-2-0), Japan vs. Gabriel Oliveira (10-0-0), Brazil
Takafumi Otsuka (23-13-0), Japan vs. Khalid Tahna (11-0-0), Germany
Shintaro Ishiwatari (23-6-0), Japan vs. Kevin “The Macine Gun” Petshi (12-3-0), France
Women’s Super-Atomweights
Rena Kubota (5-0-0), Japan vs. Irene “La Nina” Rivera (7-4-0), Spain
Kanna Asakura (9-2-0), Japan vs. Maria Oliveira (10-2-0), Brazil
Kickboxing
Yamato Fujita, Japan vs. Mitsushisa Sunabe, Japan
Tenshin Nasuikawa, Japan vs. TBA
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RIZIN FF ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF KAZUYUKI FUJITA; WILL FACE NEW YEAR’S EVE GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT RUNNER-UP JIRI PROCHAZKA IN NAGOYA, JAPAN ON APRIL 17

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Kazuyuki Fujita will return to MMA action in the RIZIN FF ring on Sunday, April 17. Fujita held up a poster board with an image of his opponent, recent RIZIN FF Grand Prix tournament runner-up Jiri Prochazka, at a press conference today to announce his matchup. Nama Photo: Re'zin FF

Ētahi atu: Allan Nascimento squares off with
fellow flyweight sensation Yuki Motoya

TOKYO - March 16, 2016- Re'zin FF, te whakatairanga hākinakina whawhai arahina e matenga TEOTEORAA FC mua Nobuyuki Sakakibara, faaite i roto i te amuiraa press teie mahana, the return of all-time fan favorite Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), who will take on recent RIZIN FF Grand Prix tournament runner-up and dangerous knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1), in a heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) contest at the 10,000 capacity Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan runga Rātapu, April 17.

Also announced today for the “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” extravaganza next month, was a flyweight (125 pauna) matchup between submission ace Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) and red-hot championYuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Jiri Prochazka

During his memorable 16-year career in the fight game, te-waewae 6, 45-year-old Fujita of Funabashi, Chiba, Japan has collected two major, professional wrestling championships and faced off with nearly every rival force of his era in MMA’s heavyweight division, including former pound-for-pound king Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop, Wanderlei Silva a Mark Coleman, while competing under the elite promotional banners of PRIDE FC, K-1 and Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye.

Fujita’s notable victories include a first round (6:46) WHO (corner stoppage) o“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” Ken Shamrock, he a tawhio tuatahi (8:25) KO (meke) o James Thompson and unanimous decisions over Gilbert Yvel and two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tournament winner and NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion Mark Kerr.

The 6-foot-4, 23-year-old Prochazka of Hosteradice, Czech Republic is coming off a breakthrough performance in which he scored a first round (1:36) WHO (head kick and knee strikes) of Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii in the quarterfinal stage of the RIZIN FF eight-man Grand Prix elimination tournament on December 29, 2015.

Two days later, Prochazka returned to the ring and earned a first round (10:00) WHO (retirement) riro i runga i Vadim Nemkov before suffering a first round (5:09) KO (meke) at the hands of superstar "King Mo" Lawal in the championship stage round. Of Prochazka’s 16 career wins, 13 Kua tae mai na roto i te ara o (T)KO me 2 i te ara o te tāpaetanga.

Allan Nascimento vs.Yuki Motoya

Touted as a miniature version of all-time great Anderson Silva, the 24-year-old Nascimento of Sao Paulo, Brazil boasts an astounding 86 percent submission rate, having forced 12 o te 14 opponents he has conquered, ki te pato i roto i.

At 5-foot-9, Nascimento towers over the majority of his competition in the 125-pound division, and is known for effectively using his reach advantage and high-level Muay Thai skills to frustrate and inflict damage on opponents from a distance, and set up slick submissions.

Ko te 5-waewae-7, 26-year-old Motoya of Nagoya is the reigning DEEP flyweight champion and the number one ranked 125-pound fighter in Japan. Motoya is riding a seven-fight win streak, with four of the victories coming by way of TKO or submission.

I roto i tona tīmatanga whakamutunga i runga i Hakihea 29, Motoya faced off with Piripi Eparaima at the inaugural RIZIN FF event, outworking Efrain early in the bout before suddenly being floored by a left hand that Efrain followed up on with a series of strikes, prompting the referee to stop the contest. Because Efrain had not made weight for the fight, Heoi, the result was overturned from TKO to no contest.

Utu i 100,000 iene, tickets for “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” are on sale and can be purchased online at Ticketbis.com.

I roto i te hui matua, former PRIDE FC middleweight champion and all-time greatWanderlei "te kaikohuru Tuaina" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) ka rōpū ki te toa ki runga ki te kia kauwhautia hohoro, i roto i te grappling motuhake "kēmu tūtohu,"A whawhai he one arā, o hoa pūrākau, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) a Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

I roto i te 180 pound MMA rules contest, puncher mana kino Hisaki Kato (5-2) will take on fellow prolific finisher Yuta "Ētahi" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Additional bouts for “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” will be announced soon.

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Re'zin FF Faaite taiapa whakataetae, Matchups mō te Eight-tangata taumahamaha o Tournament i runga i Hakihea 29 a 31

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Fighters comment on the highly-anticipated tournament that will award its winner a $300,000 grand prize

TOKYO, JAPAN (Nov. 30, 2015) -Ko Te tuhi ki te whakatau i nga taiapa whakataetae me te atamira tuatahi matchups mo te RIZIN Tuhinga GRAND-Prix 2015 waru-tangata, whakataetae taumahamaha e ka tango i te wahi i runga i te akoranga o te rua ra – Hakihea 29 ko Hakihea 31 – and will award its winner a grand prize of $300,000, was held today in Tokyo.

BAMMA Heavyweight Champion Mark Godbeer, kua oti nei te whakaritea ki te whakataetae i roto i te whakataetae, was forced to withdraw due to a neck injury sustained in training. BAMMA will announce a replacement fighter for the tournament soon.

I mua ki te tātuhi, Tiamana Nobuyuki Sakakibara kī, "Ka riro tenei whakataetae te miramira o RIZIN. Toa i huri noa i te ao nei e whakakake ki te tohu i to ratou whakatairanga me te whenua, a he vēkeveke ki te whakamahi i tenei tūāpapa ki te whakanui i to ratou mahi ki te hanga i te ingoa hoki kua ratou huihui i roto i te whakataetae. E kore ai te nuinga o nga pāpāho nei huihui i tenei ra mohio nui e pā ana ki enei kaitäkaro, engari ka te tuatahi whana K-1 atu i roto i 1993, tangata i mohio e pā ana ki Branko Cikatić ranei Mike Bernardo. Ko te whawhai nei whakatuwhera ake i te tatau hou ko te hunga e nui to ratou tūmanako ".

The seven contestants slated for tournament action appeared at the press conference. Each drew an envelope numbered one through seven, and those who drew numbers one through four received the opportunity to choose their respective places in the tournament draw.

The first stage tournament matchups will be as follows:

Whawhai # 1: Lawal vs BAMMA fighter
Whawhai # 2: Aukstuolis vs Cappelozza,
Whawhai # 3 Ishii vs Prochazka,
Whawhai # 4: Reljic vs Nemkov.

A tournament reserve bout between Valentine Moldovsky and Yuta Uchida was also announced during the press conference.

Quotes toa:

– 1st Pick = “King Mo” Lawal – Kāniwha te tīpakohia

"Kua whakahonoretia ahau ki te whawhai mo RIZIN. Ahau fiefia ki te whakaatu i toku pūkenga i roto i te mua o te pā Japanese me te kia mahi i te mahi ahau. Au fiefia ki te e taea ki te tiki tau kotahi. Au tonu ahau tau kotahi. Ahau i roto i te tūnga i reira e te tiki i ahau etahi, toku mahi he ki te kuru i te tangata tu i muri ki ahau. "

“"Ahau tēnei wā e kore e whai i te hoariri, engari au e ahau tino e ka tukua atu e BAMMA he toa pai hoki ki ahau. Ko kāore te tangata e haere mai, ka kia mongamonga na pai ia kia rite. Whakaaro ahau hanga Ishii he whiriwhiri atamai ma te ape i ahau, me toku taiapa. He pai hoki ki a ia. "

"Ko te he rota o te moni! Hiahia hoko e ahau he paihere o te ice cream, te tahi mau kakahu pai, a ka haere ki Disney Ao, ka kite i te paihere o te kiriata. Hiahia haere ahau ki Vegas me rōpū, a hoko taranata o oko koura. "
– 2nd Tiki = Theodore Tāroaroa (BUSHIDO Europe Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia C

"Te mauruuru nei kia hoatu ha faingamālie taua ahau. I tenei taumata o te whakataetae, whai koe ki te kia rite ki te whawhai tangata kia kore ahau e tiaki nei e toku hoa tauwhainga. Whakapono ahau i roto i ahau, me ahau rite ki te whawhai tangata. "

"Hoki ahau, hoko i te toa i roto i nui atu te moni. Money ka whai rite ki te hua o te hoko ko ha toa mau. Toku ngakau kei te whakaritea kia riro i te whakataetae ".

"Ko te take ko te aha ahau i konei ko te mea e whakapono ahau i roto i ahau. Ka whawhai ahau ki te tohu i toku whenua iti. Toku hoariri e Tūrongo mohoao engari kahore he take he aha e ngaro i ahau. Ka hoatu e ahau ki runga ki te whakaatu, me te haere mai i roto i te wikitoria.”

– 3rd Pick = Goran Reljic (KSW Light Mua taumahamaha Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia G

"E kore ahau e tiaki nei whawhai ki ahau. Toku moe mai ko ahau he kuao koati ko ki te whawhai i roto i Japan, a ka noho ahau i te moe matau i teie nei, toku whāinga ko te ki te whakaatu i toku mahi pai i runga i te Tau Hou. "

"Ahau i rite ki te matchup. Kua kua ahau te whakangungu ki te toa Sambo ao Blagoi Ivanov a ahau waia ki te kāhua whawhai Sambo. E mohio ana ahau ki mai ia i te rōpū nui, engari ka waiho e ahau rite ki te tango i tetahi mea ia ki te whakahere pera ano te reira i te whawhai pai. "

"Kua ora ahau i te moe tamarikitanga. Ko ahau te arotahi ki runga ki tonu toku haere i runga i toku moe ki te riro i te toa i roto i Japan. Ka whakaaro ahau o ta ki te mahi ki te moni kotahi te whakatutuki ahau toku whāinga. "

– 4Pick th = Satoshi Ishii (Beijing Olympics Judo Gold mētara) – Kāniwha tīpakohia E

"He pai takanga. E kore e ite e ahau e te whawhai ko te whawhai, kua tika timata te whawhai i runga i Nye. "

"Taku mahere he ki te haumi hawhe o te moni utu i roto i te petipeti, a ka foaki te toenga."

"Ko ha tuku pai e kore i taea e ahau te tahuri iho tenei. He whakataetae MMA, Hoariri pai, moni taonga pai. E kore ahau e hiahia ki te arotahi rawa nui i runga i te toa i te whakataetae no taua e pā toku kēmu hinengaro, ka pera ano arotahi ahau i runga i tetahi whawhai i te wa. "

– 5Pick th = Bruno Cappelozza (Whawhai Jungle 100kg Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia D

"Ahau tino e kore e mohio ki tetahi ki nga whawhai o konei i tenei ra, Ka whiriwhiria e ahau toku hoariri, me te tumanako Au waimarie ahau. "

"Ka huri e momo o te moni nui toku ora, me te ora o toku utuafare. Na ka hoko ano he toa. Te hunga āhuatanga e rua e mau ohipa nui hoki ahau.”

«E ua riro toku moe ki te whawhai i roto i Japan. E kore ahau e mohio ki te nui rawa e pā ana ki toku hoa tauwhainga, engari au e ahau mohio e ineine tatou, te tokorua mo te whawhai whakaongaonga. Whakaaro ahau tenei e waiho hei whawhai pai ".

– 6Pick th = Vadim Nemkov (MMA Union Heavyweight Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia H

"Ka kia māngai ahau Sambo. E rite ahau ki te whakaatu i te ataahua o Sambo me te toi o Sambo.”

– 7Pick th = Jiri Prochazka (GCF Czech Light Heavyweight Champion) – tīpakohia Kāniwha F "Ko ahau rawa fiefia ki te taea ki te whakaatu i toku pūkenga i roto i te whenua te wahi i whanau i te Samurai i. E kore e whakama koutou e ahau. "

"Katoa i konei he uaua. Mai ka whawhai ahau te tino whenua, Ka toku whawhai e kohikohi whakarongo. E rite ahau ki te whakamahi i tēnei whai wāhitanga, me tenei titauraa ia riro mai i te mea i muri nui ".

"Ko reira kia nui te moni e kore ahau e matau ki te wahi ki te tīmata. E whakapono ana ahau e haere i te moni i muri mai. Na rite o teie nei, ki te hoatu i te reira katoa i ahau ki te hanga RIZIN whakakake i whiriwhiria e ratou ki ahau mo te whai wāhi toku arotahi ko ".

Kaiwhakahaere General Nobuhiko Takada ka mau te hopuoro i muri i te tātuhi, "Kua ongo'i ahau he waia, whakamarie huru makiki ano e tika i teie nei. Ko ahau fiefia noa ki te kaititiro te whanautanga o whetu heke mai. Te ti'aturi nei e ahau e taea e Ishii te mahi i roto i te ara i te wahi e meinga e ia tatou pā Japanese whakakake. Lavame'a tuatahi o Ishii i toa i te mētara koura, heoi kahore matou i kite i tetahi hua tino i ia i roto i MMA. Te ti'aturi nei tino ahau e taea e ia te whakamahi i tēnei whai wāhitanga ki te whakatutuki i te fakahoko nui o tona mahi.”