BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » asen yamamoto https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Rizin FF Grand Prix 2016 results: 10 years after PRIDE win, Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ takes another title https://www.badmma.com/rizin-ff-grand-prix-2016-results-10-years-after-pride-win-mirko-cro-cop-takes-another-title.html https://www.badmma.com/rizin-ff-grand-prix-2016-results-10-years-after-pride-win-mirko-cro-cop-takes-another-title.html#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:46:08 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/rizin-ff-grand-prix-2016-results-10-years-after-pride-win-mirko-cro-cop-takes-another-title.html Ten years after winning the PRIDE Open Weight tournament, 42-year-old Mirko Filipovic captured the Rizin FF Grand Prix Open Weight 2016 crown with two first-round knockout victories in one night and three victories in three days overall. “Cro Cop” (35-11-2) defeated Amir Aliakbari (4-1) by first-round knockout in the tournament final of Saturday’s online-streamed event at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, completing a run that started with a second-round TKO of Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal on Thursday. MIRKO is GREAT AGAIN ! What a fighter ! pic.twitter.com/PARRUZeR89 — Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) December 31, 2016 Filipovic opened the final night of the tournament by quickly advancing past the nearly 400-pound Kaido Hoovelson (3-1) for a first-round TKO in just 49 seconds. “Baruto” rushed “Cro Cop” and pressed him against the ropes to open the fight, but then Filipovic unleashed a perfectly placed knee to the body that caused his opponent to back away before falling to the canvas. Aliakbari had a much more difficult time punching his ticket to the final.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/rizin-ff-grand-prix-2016-results-10-years-after-pride-win-mirko-cro-cop-takes-another-title.html/feed 0 Lineups set for this week’s debut of Rizin Fighting Federation in Japan https://www.badmma.com/lineups-set-for-this-weeks-debut-of-rizin-fighting-federation-in-japan.html https://www.badmma.com/lineups-set-for-this-weeks-debut-of-rizin-fighting-federation-in-japan.html#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2015 15:34:41 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/lineups-set-for-this-weeks-debut-of-rizin-fighting-federation-in-japan.html Fedor Emelianenko The lineups for this week’s debuts of Rizin Fighting Federation, including the return of Fedor Emelianenko , are set. The first day of the two-day event for the new promotion will feature the start of an eight-man heavyweight tournament, as well as a headliner between Shinya Aoki (38-6) and Kazushi Sakuraba (26-16-1).

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