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Emotional Gabi Garcia apologizes, cites ‘many problems’ in failed Rizin FF 8 weight cut (UPDATED)

BAD MMA News — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:23:22 +0000

(UPDATE: Story updated at 7:16 a.m. ET to include a statement from Garcia.) After her fight against Shinobu Kandori was pulled from Rizin FF 8 following a gigantic weigh-in miss, an emotional Gabi Garcia entered the ring at Friday’s event for one of the more bizarre moments of the year. Garcia (4-0) was forced to step in the ring inside Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, where she apologized for coming in 28 pounds overweight for her bout against Kandori (4-1), which was scheduled for 209 pounds.

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Emotional Gabi Garcia apologizes, cites ‘many problems’ in failed Rizin FF 8 weight cut (UPDATED) – MMA Junkie

Emotional Gabi Garcia apologizes, cites ‘many problems’ in failed Rizin FF 8 weight cut

BAD MMA News — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:03:10 +0000

After her fight against Shinobu Kandori was pulled from Rizin FF 8 following a gigantic weigh-in miss, an emotional Gabi Garcia entered the ring at Friday’s event for one of the more bizarre moments of the year. Garcia (4-0) was forced to step in the ring inside Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, where she apologized for coming in 28 pounds overweight for her bout against Kandori (4-1), which was scheduled for 209 pounds. It only took seconds once she started speaking for Garcia to become emotional

Emotional Gabi Garcia apologizes, cites ‘many problems’ in failed Rizin FF 8 weight cut – MMA Junkie

Gabi Garcia vs. Shinobu Kandori scratched from Rizin FF 8 after massive weigh-in miss

BAD MMA News — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 07:47:45 +0000

Gabi Garcia will not be competing at tonight’s Rizin FF 8 event, which is currently going down at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Garcia (4-0) was supposed to fight Shinobu Kandori (4-1) on the card, but came in a whopping 28 pounds over the contract weight. Promoters were furious with the situation, and as a result the bout will no longer take place.

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Gabi Garcia ridiculously overweight for Rizin FF 8, bout with 53-year-old Shinobu Kandori in jeopardy

BAD MMA News — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:39:26 +0000

An open-weight fight at Rizin FF 8 is in jeopardy after Gabi Garcia came in 28 pounds over the 209-pound limit. Garcia (4-0) weighed in at 237 pounds today for her scheduled fight against 53-year-old retired professional wrestler Shinobu Kandori (4-1), who was 162.25. According to reports on social media, Kandori screamed at Garcia on the stage, then stormed off. Rizin FF 8 takes place Friday at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo. The event airs via online pay-per-view. Commentator Joe Ferraro said on Twitter that Rizin FF head Nobuyuki Sakakibara came on stage and said “Competition-wise, we cannot make this happen.” But so far, the bout has not officially been scrapped.

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Takanori Gomi and Gabi Garcia among additions to Rizin FF’s year-end doubleheader

BAD MMA News — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:37:19 +0000

The fight cards continue to take shape for Rizin FF’s year-end doubleheader, and they include some notable names. Rizin FF 8 takes place Dec. 29, and Rizin FF 9 takes place Dec

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Trading Shots: Is Gabi Garcia seriously going to fight a 52-year-old woman?

BAD MMA News — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 01:17:25 +0000

In this week’s Trading Shots, we all know Japanese MMA often plays by its own set of rules, but is a fight between an enormous jiu-jitsu expert and a 52-year-old woman stretching it, even by New Year’s Eve in Tokyo standards? MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes and retired UFC and WEC fighter Danny Downes discuss. * * * * Fowlkes: Hey Danny, remember last week when we were debating Fedor Emelianenko’s return to the MMA big time and you asked if age really made a difference in the risk involved with an MMA fight?

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Trading Shots: Is Gabi Garcia seriously going to fight a 52-year-old woman? – MMA Junkie