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.
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
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)
Watch Fight to Win Pro 13 featuring Baret Yoshida this weekend on FloGrappling!
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
The fight order has been determined! Hideo Tokoro vs Kron Gracie will be the main event! #rizinff #rizin2016 pic.twitter.com/H6ri5s9bqs
— NOBUYUKI SAKAKIBARA (@nobu_sakakibara) September 13, 2016
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)
Watch Fight to Win Pro 13 featuring Baret Yoshida this weekend on FloGrappling!