{"id":266935,"date":"2017-12-31T06:37:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=266935"},"modified":"2018-10-03T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:30:30","slug":"rizin-ff-results-ufc-vet-kyoji-horiguchi-scores-two-beautiful-finishes-win-bantamweight-gp-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rizin-ff\/rizin-ff-results-ufc-vet-kyoji-horiguchi-scores-two-beautiful-finishes-win-bantamweight-gp-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Rizin FF results | UFC vet Kyoji Horiguchi scores two beautiful finishes to win bantamweight GP (highlights)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-219\/ufc-219-results-cris-cyborg-vs-holly-holm\/\">UFC 219<\/a> dominated the MMA spotlight on Saturday night, it was not the only major event going down. Across the Pacific, Rizin Fighting Federation hosted its stacked, year-end card, which was highlighted by the finals of its action-packed bantamweight Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The quarterfinals of this Grand Prix went down two nights ago, when <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ian-mccall\/full-fight-ian-mccall-lost-unexpected-way-possible-rizin\/\">Manel Kape defeated UFC veteran Ian McCall with a bizarre, ring-rope induced stoppage,<\/a>\u00a0<span>Takafumi Otsuka tapped formerly undefeated prospect Khalid Taha,\u00a0<\/span><span>Shintaro Ishiwatari brutally KO&#8217;d\u00a0Kevin Petshi, and UFC veteran Kyoji Horiguchi snuffed Gabriel Oliveira.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last night, the GP continued, as Horiguchi collided with Kape, and Otsuka battled Ishiwatari in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Horiguchi advanced to the tournament finals by braving an accidental head butt to tap the polarizing Kape via third-round arm-triangle choke.\u00a0<span>Ishiwatari, meanwhile, defeated Otsuka by unanimous decision to clinch a rematch with his former foil Horiguchi in the finals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Accidental headbutt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cjdtOdLZrs\">pic.twitter.com\/cjdtOdLZrs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947361553682231303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyoji Horiguchi submits Manel Kape, advances to the RIZIN BW GP Final <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xS9h28XEg6\">pic.twitter.com\/xS9h28XEg6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947362989757353984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shintaro Ishiwatari brought the violence in R3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fz3MUowbW\">pic.twitter.com\/1fz3MUowbW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947371156872495104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Horiguchi and Ishiwatari recovered backstage, resting up for their tournament final showdown in the main event, a host of other notables picked up big wins.<\/p>\n<p>Rising superstar Tenshin Nasukawa added another head to his trophy collection, blasting Yuta Hamamoto with second round knee, earning a spot in the finals of the\u00a0<span>Kick One-Night Tournament final.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Tenshin Nasukawa. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1vVw6UvFsn\">pic.twitter.com\/1vVw6UvFsn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947376500910772224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rena Kubota mauled\u00a0<span>Irene Cabello Rivera to a first-round TKO, synching a spot in the card&#8217;s one-night super-atomweight tournament final.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">RENA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zm4I1alqwM\">pic.twitter.com\/Zm4I1alqwM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947387922910732288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UFC and PRIDE veteran Takanori Gomi blew an early lead to succumb to a triangle choke from Krazy Bee talent Yusuke Yachi (see what else he&#8217;s capable of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/ufc-veteran-daron-cruickshank-gets-face-plant-kod-rizin-ff-ring\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brutal body shots by Gomi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xLSkc1uDNh\">pic.twitter.com\/xLSkc1uDNh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947399347536367616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Rizin heavyweight GP winner and all-around MMA legend Mirko &#8220;Cro Cop&#8221; Filipovic also returned to the ring last night, bludgeoning fellow PRIDE veteran\u00a0Tsuyoshi &#8220;TK&#8221; Kosaka to a brutal, first-round corner stoppage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIZIN Cro Cop is an animal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJmKb27NIY\">pic.twitter.com\/kJmKb27NIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947430421540818944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By this point, it was time for the finals of this Rizin card&#8217;s three one-night tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Up first, Tenshin Nasukawa murdered\u00a0<span>Yamato Fujita<\/span> with a first-round knee to win his tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This kid is ridiculous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k84DOhQ8Hq\">pic.twitter.com\/k84DOhQ8Hq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947435881861996544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are all witnesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZINFF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZINFF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CKMGBNFT9b\">pic.twitter.com\/CKMGBNFT9b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947436340303540224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Next up, Kanna Asakura tapped Rena Kubota in a huge upset, winning the one-night super atomweight tournament in the process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Kanna Asakura upsets RENA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qrj6WVysZW\">pic.twitter.com\/Qrj6WVysZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947443581895303168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And finally, the fan favorite former UFC flyweight title challenger Kyoji Horiguchi scored yet another highlight reel KO, removing Shintaro Ishiwatari&#8217;s batteries with a first-round bomb.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyoji Horiguchi KO&#8217;s Shintaro Ishiwatari, takes the RIZIN Bantamweight GP belt. Beautiful slip and counter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIZIN2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIZIN2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uzEyPuJGy2\">pic.twitter.com\/uzEyPuJGy2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grabaka_Hitman\/status\/947449339768655873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here are the full results of last night&#8217;s insane Rizin card, via Peter Carroll of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/12\/31\/16832960\/rizin-ff-9-world-grand-prix-finale-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kyoji Horiguchi def. Shintaro Ishiwatari via knockout (punch) in R2 (Bantamweight GP final)<br \/>\nKanna Asakura def. Rena Kubota via submission (rear-naked choke) in R1 (Super-atomweight GP final)<br \/>\nTenshin Nasukawa def. Yamato Fujita via knockout (knee) in R1 (Kick One Night Tournament final)<br \/>\nMirko Cro Cop def. Tsuyoshi Kosaka via TKO (corner stoppage) in R1<br \/>\nShinju Nozawa-Auclair def. Chelsea LaGrasse via submission (armbar) in R1<br \/>\nYusuke Yachi def. Takanori Gomi via submission (triangle) in R1<br \/>\nKanna Asakura def. Maria Oliveira via submission (armbar) in R2<br \/>\nRena Kubota def. Irene Cabello Rivera via TKO (punches) in R1<br \/>\nYamato Fujita def. Mitsuhisa Sunabe via knockout in R3<br \/>\nTenshin Nasukawa def. Yuta Hamamoto via knockout (knee) in R2<br \/>\nShintaro Ishiwatari def. Takafumi Otsuka via unanimous decision<br \/>\nKyoji Horiguchi def. Manel Kape via submission (arm triangle choke) in R3<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 31\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While UFC 219 dominated the MMA spotlight on Saturday night, it was not the only major event going down. Across the Pacific, Rizin Fighting Federation hosted its stacked, year-end card, which was highlighted by the finals of its action-packed bantamweight Grand Prix. 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