UFC Cancels PPV Event, Rizin Day 1 Results, UFC 195 Media Call, Embedded Episode 1, More
- UFC released the first episode of UFC 195 to promote this weekend's pay-per-view, headlined by a Welterweight Title fight between champion Robbie Lawler and contender Carlos Condit. The show also features top heavyweight contenders Stipe Miocic and Andrei Arlovski. You can see the full episode above.
Wrestling Inc will have full, live coverage of UFC 195 Saturday night. You can check out Joe Rogan's preview of the big Joseph Duffy vs. Dustin Poirier fight below as well.
- The UFC had originally planned a big PPV event for March in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which has been cancelled due to the economic crisis withing the country. This explains why Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping was moved to England and a Fight Pass card. We'll have more on this as it develops.
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- Night 1 of Rizin is complete, and former TNA talent King Mo picked up a big tournament win. You can see full results below. We'll have a report on night two of the event Thursday, which features the return of Fedor, former TNA star Lei'D Tapa, and King Mo in action again.
Rizin Night 1 main event:
*Shinya Aoki def. Kazushi Sakuraba via TKO (punches) in R1
Heavyweight Grand Prix Tourney (opening round)
*Vadim Nemkov def. Goran Reljic via TKO (strikes) in R1
*Jiri Prochazka def. Satoshi Ishii via KO (punch and knee) in R1
*Teodoras Aukstuolis def. Bruno Cappelozza via KO (punches) in R1
*King Mo Lawal def. Brett McDermott via KO (punches) in R1
*Valentin Moldovsky def. Yuta Uchida via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:20 of R1 (reserve bout)
Featured MMA bouts:
*Hiroyuki Takaya def. Dalki Hata via unanimous decision
*Hideo Tokoro def. Kizaemon Saiga via submission (armbar) in R1
*Anatoly Tokov def. A.J. Matthews via KO (punch) in R1
*Felipe Efrain def. Yuki Motoya via KO (punches) in R1 (no contest, Felipe missed weight)
*Kirill Sidelnikov def. Carlos Toyota via TKO (punches) at 2:33 of R1
*Tsuyoshi Kohsaka def. James Thompson via TKO (punches) at 1:58 of R2
K-1 fights:
*Hiroya Kawabe def. Akiyo Nishiura via KO (punch) in R3
Mixed rules fight:
*Hinata Watanabe def. Kazuyuki Miyata via TKO (knockdowns) in R1