Kron Gracie & Gabi Garcia Return To MMA This Weekend At Rizin GP

Kron Gracie & Gabi Garcia Return To MMA This Weekend At Rizin GP

As if Saturday night wasn't already packed with enough talent, grappling legends Kron Gracie and Gabi Garcia will also be returning to competition.

Sep 22, 2016 by Reid Connell
Kron Gracie & Gabi Garcia Return To MMA This Weekend At Rizin GP
As if Saturday night wasn't already packed with enough jiu-jitsu talent, grappling legends Kron Gracie and Gabi Garcia will also be returning to competition this weekend at the RIzin FF World Grand Prix.

Although the event is focused on a heavyweight Grand Prix featuring PRIDE legends Wanderlei Silva and Mirko Crop Cop, it's Kron Gracie who will be in the main event fighting JMMA legend Hideo Tokoro. Tokoro is a veteran of over 60 fights and has fought in K-1, Pancrase, Vale Tudo and DREAM. While Kron Gracie has competed in some of the biggest grappling tournaments, this will only be his third professional MMA fight.

Also returning to MMA is the seven-time IBJJF World Champion Gabi Garcia. After dominating her first two opponents in Rizin, Garcia will take on the 1-0 Destanie Yarbrough and look to improve to 3-0.

The 2016 World Grand Prix is set to take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Calling back to the PRIDE days the event will also take place in a ring rather than a cage. 

RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: 1st Round Fight Card




Kron Gracie  vs.  Hideo Tokoro 145 lbs
Miyu Yamamoto  vs.  Rena Kubota 108 lbs
Mirko Filipovic  vs.  Hyun Man Myung 265 lbs
Kazuyuki Fujita  vs.  Baruto Kaito 265 lbs
Andy Souwer  vs.  Daron Cruickshank 157 lbs
Kizaemon Saiga  vs.  Asen Yamamoto 137 lbs
Jiří Procházka  vs.  Mark Tanios 265 lbs
Karl Albrektsson  vs.  V. Moldavsky 265 lbs
Amir Aliakbari  vs.  João Almeida 265 lbs
T. Aukštuolis  vs.  Szymon Bajor 265 lbs
Minoru Kimura  vs.  Charles Bennett 148 lbs
Kanako Murata  vs.  Kyra Batara 115 lbs
Gabrielle Garcia  vs.  D. Yarbrough 265 lbs


How can I watch?


The bad news is that RIZIN FF have yet to confirm any plans for this weekend's event to be broadcasted anywhere for viewers outside of Japan. We have reached out to the organization for an update on this.

Viewers in Japan can watch the RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: 1st Round on live on Fuji TV starting at 19:00 local time.

Tokyo -- 15:00 JST
London -- 07:00 BST
New York -- 02:00 EDT
Las Vegas -- 23:00 PDT (Sept. 24)


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