Rizin Fighting Federation, the much talked new Japanese promotion where Fedor Emelianenko will be fighting, has just announced part of their two cards for December.
The heavyweight tournament opening round will take place on Dec 29, with the semis and finals on New Year’s Eve. Winner gets a reported $500,000.
The former President of Pride, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, held a press conference to announce the card.
8 Man heavyweight tournament:
1. King Mo vs. TBA*
2. Teodoras Aukstolos vs. Bruno Cappelozza
3. Satoshi Ishii vs. Jiri Prochazka
4. Goran Reljic vs. Vadim Nemkov
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Yuta Uchida (reserve bout)
Extra fights:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs Shinya Aoki
Tsuyoshi Kosaka vs James Thompson
Finals on Dec. 31st:
Fedor Emelianenko vs TBA
Gabi Garcia vs Lei’d Tapa
Kron Gracie vs Asen Yamamoto
Rean vs Jleana Vaentino
Kaido Hoolveson vs TBA
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