Rizin FF Bantamweight & Super Atomweight Tournaments 12/29 & 12/31

[pytycrys]

@JimGunn
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[EndlessCritic]

how the fuck are no lines yet up on 5dimes?

 

[null]

There are huge size discrepancies in some of these Rizin bouts. Cindy Dandois is much bigger and taller than King Reina and this is at 70 kg or ~155 pounds instead of 135 pounds,140 pounds or 145 pounds like she has fought recently, so Cindy didn't even have to cut weight in that feature bout. In the bantamweight tournament, former featherweight Gabriel Oliveira towers over former flyweight contender Kyoji Horiguchi. Can The Gooch's skill and experience make up for that disadvantage? In the curtain ,grappler Satoru Kitaoka who competed mostly at lightweight is meeting much larger former welterweight Kiichi Kunimoto in a catchweight bout of 75 kg or about 165 pounds. Gabi Garcia dwarfing 53 year old wrestler Shinobu Kandori is just comical even if that fight takes place with Gabi missing the agreed upon weight by nearly 30 pounds.

Still waiting on 5Dimes to release lines, but I like wily veteran Cindy Dandois as a moderate favorite over King Reina based on the way novice fighter Crystal Stokes was able to give Reina a lot of trouble just using pure physicality in her most recent bout. Also like experienced Japanese fighter Shintaro Ishiwatari as a moderate favorite over Frenchman Kevin Petshi in a bantamweight tournament bout. In another bantamweight tournament bout I expect undefeated German Khalid Taha to beat Japanese veteran Takafumi Otsuka in a near pick 'em. I also like Kiichi Kunimoto as a significant favorite to use size and striking to beat Satoru Kitaoka, despite the risk of him getting caught in a submission. I would normally lean Czech Jiri Prochazka over Sweden's Karl Albrektsson, but the price is steep so I think there is value on Albrektsson as an underdog, especially with Jiri coming back from a knee injury prior to his previous bout. Despite their skill and experience advantages I am going to make small plays to fade both UFC veterans Kyoji Horiguchi against much bigger striker Gabriel Oliveira as a significant underdog and Ian McCall returning from a long layoff and injuries against knockout artist and underdog Manel Kape.

 

[piglord]

this kape guy is fighting out of angola which doesn't sound good. still, mccall could easily be a shell and i'll take a stab.

 

[null]

this kape guy is fighting out of angola which doesn't sound good. still, mccall could easily be a shell and i'll take a stab.

I believe he actually lives and trains in Portugal. You see a lot of fighters flying a flag of their origin or ethnicity, not their country of residence. Tons of Dutch kickboxers who live and train in the Netherlands for example, walk out with a flag of Morocco, Suriname or other places where they were born or where their ethnic background is from.

 

[piglord]

I believe he actually lives and trains in Portugal. You see a lot of fighters flying a flag of their origin or ethnicity, not their country of residence. Tons of Dutch kickboxers who live and train in the Netherlands for example, walk out with a flag of Morocco, Suriname or other places where they were born or where their ethnic background is from.

yeah on instagram it looks like he's literally been training in gyms in africa man.

 

[null]

Rizin FF 8: World Grand Prix 2nd Round
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan

Main Card - RizinFF.com/en

Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal (bracket A)

Gabriel Oliveira +335
Kyoji Horiguchi -505

Manel Kape +220
Ian McCall -300
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Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal (bracket B)

Kevin Petshi +165
Shintaro Ishiwatari -215

Takafumi Otsuka +110
Khalid Taha -150
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Preliminary Card - RizinFF.com/en

Karl Albrektsson +155
Jiri Prochazka -195

Cindy Dandois -170
Reina Miura +130

Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal Reserve Bout

Jae Hoon Moon +285
Anthony Birchak -405
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Satoru Kitaoka +190
Kiichi Kunimoto -270
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Rizin FF 9: World Grand Prix Final Round
DECEMBER 31, 2017

Main Card - RizinFF.com/en

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka +500
Mirko Cro Cop -900

Preliminary Card - RizinFF.com/en

Takanori Gomi +400
Yusuke Yachi -600


Bantamweight Grand Prix Semifinal

TBA
VS
TBA

Bantamweight Grand Prix Semifinal

TBA
VS
TBA

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[Yotsuya]

Damn, I was just watching tape to bet Taha at 1.85. Looks like his line dropped meanwhile. Too risky at 1.67 for me. If Taha can't get a stoppage Takafumi could edge a dec in the third with the jap rules. Or does someone know how Taha looked against Hirvikangas in the 3rd?

 

[Yotsuya]

Dandois was dressed as the Queen of Hearts in face off and did kind of an ”off with their heads!” -sign for King Reina. That’s easily worth 0.3u at 1.62.

 

[EndlessCritic]

5Ds lines make more sense. I was shocked to see Otsuka open a favorite. I'm happy to play him at +odds though.

Birchak insanely overpriced at -400.

Kitaoka has to be worth a stab at +190.

Prochazka all day at -190.

Want to fade Dandois so bad... but it's a trap.

 

[danareem]

Solid writeup JG ^

 

[null]

I listened to all the English speaking fighter interviews on Rizin's YouTube page. The Japanese journalists asked really great and detailed questions. Ian McCall sounded really happy to be in Japan and motivated to extend his career and appeal to the Japanese fans. Despite her height advantage, Cindy Dandois considered King Reina to be the bigger and stronger fighter, but that she was confident in her skills. Karl Albrektsson thinks he saw holes on Prochazka's game and says he has beaten fighters as good as his opponent already in Rizin. Anthony Birchak is focused on his fight because he thought he should have gotten the decision in his most recent bout and is ready, willing and able to take a replacement slot if needed in the tournament.

PS- Sportsbook.com opened up these Rizin lines at much better prices in most cases. Even added a few other bouts 5Dimes doesn't have.

 

[rille31]

McCall propably broke his hand during that exchange

 

[EzFlyer]

Half unit albrektsson +155. Fight feels like a pickem to me. Albrektsson will likely want/need takedowns. If he gets them he should have it. If it goes up I'll add more.

Man this card is FULL of names but outside of albrektsson-prochazka and kunimoto-kitaoka, it's name vs noname each fight. Pass on all that shit.

 

[null]

Half unit albrektsson +155. Fight feels like a pickem to me. Albrektsson will likely want/need takedowns. If he gets them he should have it. If it goes up I'll add more.

Man this card is FULL of names but outside of albrektsson-prochazka and kunimoto-kitaoka, it's name vs noname each fight. Pass on all that shit.

The opening round of the tournament was eye opening and provided good intel on several of these lesser known bantamweights as was the weigh-ins. Horiguchi looks two weight classes smaller than Oliveira for example.

 

[Rapidryan88]

Unibet added few more fights, ishiwatari gone from 1.6 to 1.33

 

[MidgardSerpent]

Just noticed Dandois actually has a win over Jorina Baars ( in 2011) in a mma match. Baars was the girl who kicked Cyborg's ass in a kickboxing bout. Mediocre mma fighter owning a high level striker, typical.

 

[raketmannen]

Just noticed Dandois actually has a win over Jorina Baars ( in 2011) in a mma match. Baars was the girl who kicked Cyborg's ass in a kickboxing bout. Mediocre mma fighter owning a high level striker, typical.

Also submitted Megan Andersson a couple of years ago

 

[MidgardSerpent]

Also submitted Megan Andersson a couple of years ago

Pretty sure I watched that fight, I think it was an upset at the time, but it didn't seem that big a deal to me because Anderson was just another fighter to me. I'll have to rewatch how the fight exactly went though.

 

[NinjaCat456]

The opening round of the tournament was eye opening and provided good intel on several of these lesser known bantamweights as was the weigh-ins. Horiguchi looks two weight classes smaller than Oliveira for example.

Lol @ the person dressed as a giant pot noodle in the background.