Completed MMA & Kickboxing Event

RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2015: Day 1

• Tuesday 12.29.2015 at 01:00 AM ET
• U.S. Broadcast: Spike TV (tape-delayed)
• Name: RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2015: Day 1
• Also Known As: RIZIN FF: Saraba Fiesta
• Promotion: RIZIN Fighting Federation
• Tapology Accounts: RIZINFF
• Ownership: Nobuyuki Sakakibara
• Venue: Saitama Super Arena
• Location: Saitama, Japan
• Enclosure: Ring
• TV Announcers: Jimmy Smith, Sean Grande
• Attendance: 12,214
• TV Ratings: 156,000
• Matchmaker: Shingo Kashiwagi
• MMA Bouts: 12
• Kickboxing Bouts: 1
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Fight Card

• KO/TKO, Corner Stoppage
  5:56 Round 1 of 3

  14

  

  Shinya Aoki

  

  Climbed to 39-6

  Main Event 172 10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds  |  Pro

  Kazushi Sakuraba

  

  Fell to 26-17

  
• KO/TKO, Knees
  1:36 Round 1 of 2

  13

  

  Jiří Procházka

  

  Climbed to 15-2

  Co-Main Event 220 10 + 5 Two Rounds  |  Pro

  Satoshi Ishii

  

  Fell to 15-6

  
• KO/TKO, Punches
  2:58 Round 1 of 2

  12

  

  Vadim Nemkov

  

  Climbed to 6-0

  Main Card 220 10 + 5 Two Rounds  |  Pro

  Goran Reljić

  

  Fell to 15-6

  
• KO/TKO, Punch
  4:32 Round 1 of 2

  11

  

  Teodoras Aukštuolis

  

  Climbed to 8-2

  Main Card 220 10 + 5 Two Rounds  |  Pro

  Bruno Cappelozza

  

  Fell to 7-4

  
• KO/TKO, Punches
  9:10 Round 1 of 2

  10

  

  Muhammed Lawal

  

  Climbed to 17-4

  Main Card 220 10 + 5 Two Rounds  |  Pro

  Brett McDermott

  

  Fell to 5-3

  
• Submission, Rear Naked Choke
  2:20 Round 1 of 2

  9

  

  Valentin Moldavsky

  

  Climbed to 2-0

  Main Card 220 10 + 5 Two Rounds  |  Pro

  Yuta Uchida

  

  Fell to 0-1

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 20:00 Total

  8

  

  Hiroyuki Takaya

  

  Climbed to 21-11

  Main Card 143 10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds  |  Pro

  Daiki Hata

  

  Fell to 17-10

  
• Submission, Armbar
  5:16 Round 1 of 3

  7

  

  Hideo Tokoro

  

  Climbed to 33-28

  Main Card 137 10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds  |  Pro

  Kizaemon Saiga

  

  Fell to 2-1

  
• KO/TKO, Punch
  0:55 Round 1 of 3

  6

  

  Anatoly Tokov

  

  Climbed to 22-2

  Main Card 185 10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds  |  Pro

  AJ Matthews

  

  Fell to 8-4

  
• KO/TKO, Punch
  2:14 Round 1 of 2

  5

  

  Hinata Watanabe

  

  Main Card 154 2 x 3  |  Exhibition Custom Rules

  Kazuyuki Miyata

  

  
• KO/TKO, Punch
  1:20 Round 3 of 3, 7:20 Total

  4

  

  Hiroya Kawabe

  

  Main Card 143 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Akiyo Nishiura

  

  
• Ends in a No Contest, Efrain Missed Weight
  5:45 Round 1 of 3

  3

  

  Yuki Motoya

  

  Stayed at 15-4-0

  Main Card 125 10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds  |  Pro

  Felipe Efrain

  

  Stayed at 9-2-0

  
• KO/TKO, Punches
  2:23 Round 1 of 3

  2

  

  Kirill Sidelnikov

  

  Climbed to 8-4

  Main Card 265 10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds  |  Pro

  Carlos Toyota

  

  Fell to 7-8

  
• KO/TKO, Punches
  1:58 Round 2 of 3, 11:58 Total

  1

  

  Tsuyoshi Kosaka

  

  Climbed to 41-30

  Main Card 265 10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds  |  Pro

  James Thompson

  

  Fell to 20-16