RIZIN weigh ins had something a little different

The “New PRIDE” RIZIN Fighting Federation will conclude its open-weight tournament over the next several days. RIZIN 3 on December 29 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan will see the quarter finals. 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. Winners are in bold.

Wanderlei Silva vs.BYE
Mirko CroCop vs. Hyun Man Myung
Szymon Bajor vs. Teodoras Aukštuolis
Amir Aliakbari vs. Joao Almeida
Baruto Kaito vs.Kazuyuki Fujita
Valentin Moldavsky vs. Karl Albrektsson
Jiri Prochazka vs. Mark Tanios
Shane Carwin vs. BYE

ROUND 2 (quarterfinals) on December 29

Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic (heavyweight)
Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal, replacing Wanderlei Silva

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

Heath Herring (heavyweight), replacing Shane Carwin
Amir Aliakbari (heavyweight)

Valentin Moldavsky (light heavyweight)
Szymon Bajor (heavyweight)

The event also features single matches, and the weigh-ins just concluded.

Tournament
Mirko Cro Cop (106kg) / King Mo (97kg0
Baruto (180kg) / Tsuyoshi Kosaka (101.1kg)
Amir Aliakbari (116.1kg) / Heath Herring (124.5kg)
Valentin Moldavsky (102.2kg) / Szymon Bajor (105.6kg)
Single Fights
Rin Nakai (56.95kg) / Kanako Murata (57.15kg)
Tenshin Nasukawa (56.65kg) / Nikita Sapun (55.4kg)
Kazuyuki Miyata (69.55kg) / Andy Souwer (70.1kg)
Yuki Motoya (60.0kg) / Allan Nascimento (60.0kg)*
Tatsumitsu Wada (56.7kg) / Kai Kara-France (58.1kg)**
Yusuke Yachi (68.0kg) / Mario Sismundo (67.9kg)*
Kanna Asakura (47.7kg) / Alyssa Garcia (48.0kg)
Vadim Nemkov (104.8kg) / Alison Vicente (106.3kg)
Satoru Kitaoka (70.3kg) / Daron Cruickshank (69.8kg)

*Elbows allowed
***Kai Kara-France missed weight, was issued a yellow card, and in the event of a win, the bout will be declared a No Contest.

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