Rizin Eight Man Tournament Line-Up Revealed:

[Edge Guerrero]

—1st Pick = King Mo
“I am honored to fight for RIZIN. I am excited to showcase my skills in front of the Japanese fans and get the job done. I’m happy to be able to pick number 1. I’m always number 1. I’m in a position where others will pick me, my job is to crush whoever stands next to me.”
*** Picks Slot A

—2nd Pick = Teodoras Aukstuolis (BUSHIDO Europe Champion)
“I am grateful to be given such an opportunity. At this level of competition, you have to be ready to fight anybody so I don’t care who my opponent will be. I believe in myself and am ready to fight anybody.”
*** Picks Slot C

—3rd Pick = Goran Reljic (Former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion)
“I don’t care who fights me. My dream since I was a kid was to fight in Japan, and I am living the dream right now, my goal is to show my best performance on New Years Eve.”
*** Picks Slot G

—4th Pick = Satoshi Ishii (Beijing Olympics Judo Gold medalist)
“Preparation is good. I will not feel that a fight is a fight, the battle on NYE has just begun.”
*** Picks Slot E

—5th Pick = Bruno Cappelozza (Jungle Fight 100kg Champion)
“I really don’t know any of the fighters here today, so I will choose my opponent and hope I’m lucky.”
*** Picks Slot D

—6th Pick = Vadim Nemkov (MMA Union Heavyweight Champion)
“I feel great, thank you for having me here today.”
*** Picks Slot H

—7th Pick = Jiri Prochazka (GCF Czech Light Heavyweight Champion)
“I am very excited to be able to show my skills in a country where the SAMURAI was born. I will not disappoint you.”
*** Picks Slot F

As the results of each picks, the first round of the tournament was set as following:1st fight – King Mo vs BAMMA representative, 2nd fight – Teodoras Aukstuolis vs Bruno Cappelozza, 3rd fight – Satoshi Ishii vs Jiri Prochazka, 4th fight – Goran Reljic vs Vadim Nemkov.

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[Luigi]

It will probably be King Mo vs Ishi in the finals, though I'd love to see one of the lesser known guys win it.

[Edge Guerrero]

It will probably be King Mo vs Ishi in the finals, though I'd love to see one of the lesser known guys win it.

- Me too. But Mo has passed for so many up's and down that i gonna cheer for him.
Would like to see my fellow Brazialin winning the title tought.

[Masato]

Holy shit this is GREAT!!

WAR JAPANESE MMA!!

[Edge Guerrero]

Holy shit this is GREAT!!

WAR JAPANESE MMA!!

- I think they should try someting new, i liked Dream to be honest, but instead of trying to recreate Pride, they should do a diferent aproach.