Tofiq Musaev made light of his underdog status as he surged into the Rizin lightweight grand prix final and claimed a unanimous decision victory over pre-tournament favorite Patricky Freire at Rizin FF 20 in Saitama. The two semifinal matchups in the lightweight grand prix tournament produced brutal, quickfire finishes as Azerbaijan’s Musaev (18-3 MMA, 5-0 Rizin) and Brazilian Bellator star Freire (23-9 MMA, 2-1 Rizin) registered impressive stoppage wins. Musaev’s power was too much for Johnny Case as he stopped the American with his heavy-handed punches in just under three minutes in the opening bout of the night, while Freire trumped that performance with a 28-second battering of fellow countryman Luiz Gustavo as he bludgeoned him with strikes, then finished with an exclamation point as he connected with a vicious soccer kick to the his man as the referee dived in to stop the contest after just 28 seconds
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