Rizin 9 took place early this morning and there was plenty of MMA action for the fans to salivate over. Three tournament champions were crowned as Kyoji Horiguchi won the bantamweight grand prix, Kanna Asakura won the super atomweight grand prix and Tenshin Nasukawa won the Kick One Night Tournament.
Also, legendary fighter MIrko Cro Cop bested Tsuyoshi Kosaka, while another legend in Takanori Gomi fell to Yusuke Yachi.
Here are the full Rizin 9 results:
Bantamweight Grand Prix
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Shintaro Ishiwatari by KO via punch (R2) - Finals
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Manel Kape by submission via arm triangle choke (R3) - Semi-Finals
Shintaro Ishiwatari def. Takafumi Otsuka by unanimous decision - Semi-Finals
Super Atomweight Grand Prix
Kanna Asakura def. Rena Kubota by submission via rear naked choke (R1) - Finals
Rena Kubota def. Irene Cabello Rivera by TKO via strikes (R1) - Semi-Finals
Kanna Asakura def. Maria Oliveira by submission via arm bar (R2) - Semi-Finals
Kick One Night Tournament
Tenshin Nasukawa def. Yamato Fujita by KO via knee strike (R1) - Finals
Yamato Fujito def. Mitsuhisa Sunabe by KO (R3) - Semi-Finals
Tenshin Nasukawa def. Yuta Hamamoto by KO via knee strike (R2) - Semi-Finals
Other Fights
Mirko Cro Cop def. Tsuyoshi Kosaka by TKO via corner stoppage (R1)
Shinju Nozawa-Auclair def. Chelsea LaGrasse by submission via arm bar (R1)
Yusuke Yachi def. Takanori Gomi by submission via triangle choke (R1)
