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2016 in Rizin Fighting Federation First date April 4 Last date December 31 Total events 4
The year 2016 was the 2nd year in the history of the Rizin Fighting Federation , a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan . 2016 started with Rizin Fighting Federation 1. It started broadcasting through a television agreement with Fuji Television .
List of events Rizin Openweight Grand Prix 2016 bracket 1 Jiří Procházka was injured and couldn't participate in the second round of the Grand Prix, and was subsequently replaced by Tsuyoshi Kohsaka.
2 Wanderlei Silva retired from the tournament, his replacement has not yet been announced.
Rizin Fighting Federation 1 Rizin Fighting Federation 1 mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on April 4, 2016 at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya , Japan .
Results
Fight Card
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Catchweight 110 kg
def.
Kazuyuki Fujita
KO
1
3:33
Light Heavyweight 93 kg
def.
Decision (Split)
3
20:00
Catchweight 98 kg
def.
Singh Jaideep
Decision (Unanimous)
3
20:00
Female Openweight
Gabrielle Garcia
def.
Submission (Armbar)
2
7:05
Tag Team Grappling Match
Kazushi Sakuraba
Wanderlei Silva
Hideo Tokoro
Kiyoshi Tamura
DRAW
1
15:00
Shootboxing 51 kg
Rena Kubota
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
9:00
Welterweight 70 kg
Daron Cruickshank
def.
TKO (soccer kicks)
1
4:36
Openweight
Kirill Sidelnikov
def.
Decision (Split)
3
20:00
Catchweight 81.5 kg
Hisaki Kato
def.
TKO (Punches)
1
1:04
Flyweight 57 kg
def.
Cancelled
Motoya Withdrew (Doctor Advice)
Female Strawweight 52 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
15:00
K-1 Featherweight 65 kg
Tetsuya Yamato
def.
TKO
1
2:37
K-1 Catchweight 73 kg
def.
TKO
1
2:19
K-1 Catchweight 60 kg
def.
TKO
1
1:06
Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 1st Round Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 1st Round mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on September 25, 2016 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , Japan .
Results
Fight Card
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Featherweight 66 kg
Kron Gracie
def.
Hideo Tokoro
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
9:50
Female Flyweight 53 kg
Rena Kubota
def.
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
1
4:50
Openweight
Mirko Filipović
def.
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
1
2:20
Openweight Grand-Prix 1st Round
Openweight
Baruto Kaito
def.
Kazuyuki Fujita
Decision (Unanimous)
2
10:00
Openweight Grand-Prix 1st Round
Lightweight 70 kg
Daron Cruickshank
def.
Andy Souwer
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
1
4:10
Bantamweight 66 kg
def.
Decision (Split)
2
15:00
Openweight
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
2
10:00
Openweight Grand-Prix 1st Round
Openweight
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
2
10:00
Openweight Grand-Prix 1st Round
Openweight
Amir Aliakbari
def.
TKO (Referee Stoppage)
1
2:25
Openweight Grand-Prix 1st Round
Openweight
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
2
10:00
Openweight Grand-Prix 1st Round
Featherweight 66 kg
Charles Bennett
def.
Minoru Kimura
KO (Punches)
1
0:07
Female Strawweight 53 kg
def.
Decision (Unanimous)
3
15:00
Female Openweight
Gabrielle Garcia
def.
Submission (Keylock)
1
2:42
Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 2nd Round Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 2nd Round mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 29, 2016 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , Japan .
Background
Mirko Filipović was originally scheduled to have a rematch with Wanderlei Silva in the Openweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals. However, on December 2, Silva withdrew from the bout.[1]
Fight Card
Fight Card
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Openweight
Mirko Filipović
vs.
TBA
Openweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals
Openweight
vs.
Openweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals
Openweight
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
vs.
Baruto Kaito
Openweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals
Openweight
Shane Carwin
vs.
Amir Aliakbari
Openweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals
Lightweight 70 kg
Kazuyuki Miyata
vs.
Andy Souwer
Lightweight 70 kg
Satoru Kitaoka
vs.
Daron Cruickshank
Female Flyweight 57 kg
vs.
Featherweight 66 kg
vs.
Bantamweight 61 kg
vs.
Female Atomweight 48 kg
vs.
Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: Final Round Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: Final Round mixed martial arts event held by the Rizin Fighting Federation on December 31, 2016 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , Japan .
Fight Card
Fight Card
Weight Class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Openweight
TBD
vs.
TBD
Openweight Grand-Prix Final
Featherweight 66 kg
Kron Gracie
vs.
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Bantamweight 62 kg
vs.
Hideo Tokoro
Featherweight 66 kg
Charles Bennett
vs.
Minoru Kimura
Female Strawweight 53 kg
vs.
Female Openweight
Gabi Garcia
vs.
Shinobu Kandori
Catchweight 82 kg
Hayato Sakurai
vs.
Wataru Sakata
Flyweight 58 kg
vs.
Flyweight 58 kg
vs.
TBA
Openweight
TBD
vs.
TBD
Openweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals
Openweight
TBD
vs.
TBD
Openweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals
References External links 
Nagoya, Japan
Wanderlei Silva
TBA2
Mirko Filipović
Hyun Man Myung
Baruto Kaito
Jiří Procházka
Mark Tanios
Shane Carwin
Amir Aliakbari
Valentin Moldavsky
Karl Albrektsson
Szymon Bajor
Teodoras Aukštuolis
Singh Jaideep
Andy Souwer
Mario Sismundo
Dillin West