Akebono will be facing Bob Sapp after 12 years since their last meeting. He confessed that he picked his opponent “I wouldn’t fight against any other opponent”.
Kaido Hoovelson had an open workout at Takada Dojo after his opponent was identified as Jerome Le Banner.
Le Banner is a hard hitter who has several nicknames such as “K-1’s gatekeeper”, ”Hyper battle cyborg”, “The uncrowned King”, and is still popular amongst many fans. He has fought several legendary battles and was one of the key fighters who sustained K-1’s popularity during its prime.
3 weeks left for the event, RIZIN officials announced additional fights for RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GRAND-PRIX 2015 SAITAMA 3 DAYS.
Kirill was once regarded as the second coming of Fedor Emelianenko, who was his training partner at the time.
Carlos is a 3rd generation, Japanese Brazilian. He was influenced by a TV anime program and started Karate, and when he moved to Japan for the, he was introduced to Jiu Jitsu and started to train to become a MMA fighter.
Hasegawa is one of the rare Japanese prospects who fight at a heavier weight class. He is undefeated in his 13 professional fights since he made his debut in 2010.
It was natural for Brennan to start boxing as a child since his father owned a boxing gym. He started to wrestle in high school and eventually became NCAA Division III National Wrestling Championships runner-up and All-American for Johnson & Wales University.
Due to his portrait like appearance and his athletic ability, Miyata was given the nickname “Hercules”. He started wrestling at 10 years old, and competed in the Sydney Olympics at 63kg division.
He is one of Japan’s top kick boxers who claims that he uses 7 different variations of kicks, including his devastating middle kicks. Hinanta’s leg kicks, high kicks, and mikazuki geri are just a few on the list which are all very threatening to any fighter.