RIZIN 8-Man draw revealed

Former PRIDE boss NobuyukiSakakibara, the face of the ‘New PRIDE’ RIZIN event, has announced the draw for an eight-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. YutaUchida (reserve bout)

The 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 finals will feature the return of The Last Emperor, Fedor Emelianenko in the main event.