Completed MMA & Kickboxing Event

RIZIN Fighting World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round

• Sunday 12.31.2017 at 01:00 AM ET
• U.S. Broadcast: FITE
• Promotion: RIZIN Fighting Federation
• Tapology Accounts: RIZINFF
• Ownership: Nobuyuki Sakakibara
• Venue: Saitama Super Arena
• Location: Saitama, Japan
• Enclosure: Ring
• Attendance: 18,316
• MMA Bouts: 9
• Kickboxing Bouts: 3
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Fight Card

• Tournament Championship
  KO/TKO, Right Hook
  0:14 Round 2 of 3, 5:14 Total

  12

  

  Kyoji Horiguchi

  

  Climbed to 23-2

  Main Card 134 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Shintaro Ishiwatari

  

  Fell to 25-7-4

  
• Tournament Championship
  Submission, Sleeper Choke
  4:41 Round 1 of 3

  11

  

  Kanna Asakura

  

  Climbed to 11-2

  Main Card 108 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Rena Kubota

  

  Fell to 6-1

  
• Tournament Championship
  KO/TKO, Knockdowns (left Knee)
  1:20 Round 1 of 3

  10

  

  Tenshin Nasukawa

  

  Main Card 126 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Yamato Fujita

  

  
• KO/TKO, Punches (towel Thrown)
  1:02 Round 1 of 2

  9

  

  Mirko Filipović

  

  Climbed to 36-11-2

  Main Card 265 10 + 5 Two Rounds  |  Pro

  Tsuyoshi Kosaka

  

  Fell to 41-32-2

  
• Submission, Armbar
  4:47 Round 1 of 3

  8

  

  Shinju Nozawa-Auclair

  

  Climbed to 2-0

  Main Card 126 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Chelsea LaGrasse

  

  Fell to 0-1

  
• Submission, Triangle Choke
  2:36 Round 1 of 2

  7

  

  Yusuke Yachi

  

  Climbed to 19-6

  Main Card 159 10 + 5 Two Rounds  |  Pro

  Takanori Gomi

  

  Fell to 35-15

  
• Submission, Armbar
  3:30 Round 2 of 3, 8:30 Total

  6

  

  Kanna Asakura

  

  Climbed to 10-2

  Main Card 108 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Maria Oliveira

  

  Fell to 10-3

  
• KO/TKO, Right Hook
  4:31 Round 1 of 3

  5

  

  Rena Kubota

  

  Climbed to 6-0

  Main Card 108 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Irene Cabello

  

  Fell to 7-5

  
• KO/TKO, Left Hook
  0:50 Round 3 of 3, 6:50 Total

  4

  

  Yamato Fujita

  

  Main Card 126 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Mitsuhisa Sunabe

  

  
• KO/TKO, Flying Knee
  1:58 Round 2 of 3, 4:58 Total

  3

  

  Tenshin Nasukawa

  

  Main Card 126 3 x 3  |  Pro Kickboxing

  Yuta Hamamoto

  

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  2

  

  Shintaro Ishiwatari

  

  Climbed to 25-6-4

  Main Card 134 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Takafumi Otsuka

  

  Fell to 24-13-1

  
• Submission, Head and Arm Choke
  4:25 Round 3 of 3, 14:25 Total

  1

  

  Kyoji Horiguchi

  

  Climbed to 22-2

  Main Card 134 3 x 5  |  Pro

  Manel Kape

  

  Fell to 11-2