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RIZIN quarterfinals set with Carwin vs. Aliakbari

Shane Carwin now has an opponent for the eight-man second round of RIZIN’s open-weight tournament, on December 29 at Saitama Super Arena…

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Kirik Jenness
November 9, 2016 · 1 min read
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Shane Carwin now has an opponent for the eight-man second round of RIZIN’s open-weight tournament, on December 29 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event is RIZIN 3; Carwin entered via wild card.

RIZIN 4, which will feature the semi-finals and finals, takes place just two days later on New Year’s Eve.

ROUND 1 took place on September 25, 2016, at Saitama Super Arena.

Wanderlei Silva
BYE

Mirko CroCop
Hyun Man Myung

Szymon Bajor
Teodoras Aukštuolis

Amir Aliakbari 
Joao Almeida

Baruto Kaito
Kazuyuki Fujita

Valentin Moldavsky 
Karl Albrektsson

Jiri Prochazka 
Mark Tanios

Shane Carwin 
BYE

ROUND 2 (quarterfinals)

Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic (heavyweight)
Wanderlei Silva (light heavyweight)

Baruto Kaito (super heavyweight)
Tsuyoshi Kosaka (heavyweight) replaced Jiri Prochazka who dropped out with a knee injury

Shane Carwin (heavyweight)
Amir Aliakbari (heavyweight)

Valentin Moldavsky (light heavyweight)
Szymon Bajor (heavyweight)

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