Hopefully everyone enjoyed their Christmas and now the New Years festivities including MMA events can happen:
Reviews
Absolute Championship Berkut 77: Abdulvakhabov vs. Vartanyan 2
ACB hosts an event at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia on December 23rd broadcast on Facebook:
ACB Lightweight Championship Russia Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov (c) def. Russia Eduard Vartanyan (ic) Decision (Split) 5 5:00
ACB Middleweight Championship Russia Albert Duraev def. Russia Vyacheslav Vasilevsky TKO (Punches) 1 3:47
Interim ACB Featherweight Championship Russia Yusuf Raisov def. Russia Alexander Peduson Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2 4:23
Heavyweight 120 kg Russia Denis Goltsov def. United States Chase Gormley KO (Punch) 2 2:16
Welterweight 77 kg Russia Beslan Isaev def. United States Nah-Shon Burrell Decision (Majority) 3 5:00
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Alexey Polpudnikov def. Kazakhstan Arman Ospanov Decision (Split) 3 5:00
Lightweight 70 kg Russia Amirkhan Adaev def. United States Darren Smith Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Kazakhstan Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly def. Russia Muslim Makhmudov TKO (Elbows) 2 3:37
Middleweight 84 kg Russia Gamzat Khiramagomedov def. Russia Alexey Butorin Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1 2:59
Light Heavyweight 93 kg United States Cory Hendricks def. Russia Konstantin Erokhin KO (Head Kick and Punches) 1 0:30
Welterweight 77 kg Russia Ali Eskiev def. Russia Rustam Gadzhiev Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2 3:48
Heavyweight 120 kg Russia Sergei Bilostenniy def. Russia Amirhan Isagadzhiev TKO (Punches) 1 0:15
Flyweight 57 kg Russia Mansur Khatuev def. Brazil Maycon Silvan Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00
Previews
Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: 2nd Round
Rizin FF hosts an event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Decembber 29 to be broadcast on FITE:
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals Japan Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Brazil Gabriel Oliviera
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals United States Ian McCall vs. Angola Manel Kape
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals France Kevin Petshi vs. Japan Shintaro Ishiwatari
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Quarter-Finals Germany Khalid Taha vs. Japan Takafumi Otsuka
Women’s Openweight Brazil Gabrielle Garcia vs. Japan Shinobu Kandori
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Czech Republic Jiri Prochazka vs. Sweden Karl Albrektsson
Women’s Lightweight 70 kg Japan Reina Miura vs. Belgium Cindy Dandois
Featherweight 66 kg Japan Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Mongolia Baataryn Azjavkhlan
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Reserve Bout United States Anthony Birchak vs. South Korea Jae Hoon Moon
Flyweight 57 kg Japan Kizaemon Saiga vs. Japan Kai Asakura
Women’s Flyweight 57 kg Japan Shizuka Sugiyama vs. Japan Kana Watanabe
Catchweight 75 kg Japan Kiichi Kunimoto vs. Japan Satoru Kitaoka
UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm
The UFC hosts an event at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada on Saturday, December 30th broadcast on PPV:
Women’s Featherweight Cris Cyborg (c) vs. Holly Holm
Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Edson Barboza
Lightweight Dan Hooker vs. Marc Diakiese
Women’s Strawweight Cynthia Calvillo vs. Carla Esparza
Welterweight Carlos Condit vs. Neil Magny
Light Heavyweight Khalil Rountree vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk
Featherweight Myles Jury vs. Rick Glenn
Middleweight Marvin Vettori vs. Omari Akhmedov
Flyweight Louis Smolka vs. Matheus Nicolau
Bantamweight Tim Elliott vs. Mark De La Rosa
Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round
Rizin FF hosts an event at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Decembber 31 to be broadcast on FITE:
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Final TBD vs TBD
Super Atomweight Grand-Prix Final TBD vs TBD
Flyweight KB Tournament Final TBD vs TBD
Heavyweight 120 kg Croatia Mirko Filipovic vs. Japan Tsuyoshi Kosaka
Women’s Flyweight 57 kg United States Shinju Nozawa-Auclair vs. United States Chelsea LaGrasse
Lightweight 70 kg Japan Takanori Gomi vs. Japan Yusuke Yachi
Women’s Super Atomweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals Japan Rena Kubota vs. Spain Irene Cabello Rivera
Women’s Super Atomweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals Brazil Maria Oliveira vs. Japan Kanna Asakura
Flyweight KB Tournament Semi-Finals Japan Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Japan Yuta Hamamoto
Flyweight KB Tournament Semi-Finals Japan Mitsuhisa Sunabe vs. Japan Yamato Fujita
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals TBD vs TBD
Bantamweight Grand-Prix Semi-Finals TBD vs TBD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6pNE3cNek