Rena and Rizin

[cjsreport]

Looks like Rena will be a part of the next Rizin show
 

[Micc]

I still don't really know if this is a legit show, or a "freak show"/wrestling-style...or it's just "Japanese MMA" in the stereotypical sense.

I'm keeping an eye on this promotion because Gabi Garcia is one of their fighters, her debut was on New Years and it ended like a freak show, so I was dissapointed. Let's see what this even will bring.

Are the matches already decided?

[cjsreport]

Did you see Rena's last fight for them?

[Micc]

No, I didn't, I only checked out Gabi's, I will check it out now. :)

Are there already opponents set up or not yet?

[cjsreport]

No matches have been announced. Rena's fight was a fun watch, I recommend it. I agree with you about Gabi

[WaffleNinja]

Gabi's fight was crazy! Very entertaining!

[Micc]

I watched Rena's fight, she's got skills, whoa! But to have time in the fight to be fixing your bangs...that's a level that blows my mind ;) ;) 

It was a surprising fight for me, I didn't expect it to finish the way it did. Looking forward to her next fight now :)

Gabi's fight was definitely crazy, but I anticipated more ground game with Gabi being the BJJ Champ and the opponent being a judoka... It just..for me it was evident that both of them are still learning the stand up game, so I felt a bit embarassed for them to be swinging around crazy... I like when the fighters in MMA show their strenghts and use it in the fight - but I'm aware that's what I like and what entertains me, doesn't mean the fight was good or bad. ;)

AND the huge factor being RIZIN introducing a 90kg female MMA weight class, which is an enormous thing for female martial arts in my eyes!! So I want it to be legit, not a freak show. I follow Gabi on Facebook and she trains really hard, she's ripped like omg, so I KNOW she's serious, I want people to treat her and the weight class seriously!

[cjsreport]

I remember reading before the fight, that Rena had pulled out of her Shoot Boxing match a month earlier because she had injured her hand. Apparently during the fight, she re-injured her hand, which they had thought might happened.

After the fight, she goes over to the announcer's booth and shakes a man with a shaved heads hand. His name is Rumina Sato and he once won by flying armbar in like 5 seconds. He taught her the move.

Gabi's fight was crazy, on numerous levels. It was a fun event. Some college student entered the ring and said she wanted to be the next Ronda Rousey. She is apparently an olympic caliber wrestler.