Day 1 of Rizin’s New Year’s Eve special is on Tuesday night in Japan, and the weigh ins for their first fight card has just concluded. All bouts are a go, including the main event bout between long time Japanese MMA legends Kazushi Sakuraba and Shinya Aoki, along with the opening round of the Rizin tournament.
Rizin SARABA Fiesta 12/29 Full Fight Card:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs Shinya Aoki
Satoshi Ishii vs Jiri Prochazka (RIZIN Tournament 1st Round)
Goran Reljic vs Vadim Nemkov (RIZIN Tournament 1st Round)
Teodoras Aukstuolis vs Bruno Cappelozza (RIZIN Tournament 1st Round)
King Mo Lawal vs Brett McDermott (RIZIN Tournament 1st Round)
Yuta Uchida vs Valentin Moldavsky (RIZIN Tournament Reserve Fight)
Hiroyuki Takaya vs DJ Taiki
Hideo Tokoro vs Kizaemon Saiga
A.J. Matthews vs Anatoly Tokov
Kazuyuki Miyata vs Hinata (Mixed Rules)
Hiroya vs Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura (K-1 Rules)
Yuki Motoya vs Felipe Efrain
Carlos Toyota vs Kirill Sidelnikov
Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs James Thompson
