Sean Sheehan 
After three years out of the sport, legendary Russia heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko returned to action last night as Rizin Fighting Federation debuted in Japan’s Saitama Super arena with a fun card of fights.
Check out the full results below.
Muhammed Lawal def. Jiri Prochazka via KO, Round 1
Fedor Emelianenko def. Jaideep Singh via TKO, Round 1
Kron Gracie def Asen Yamamoto via Submission (Triangle), Round 1
Andy Souwer def. Yuichiro Nagashima via KO, Round 1
Baruto Kaido def. Peter Aerts via unanimous decision
Bob Sapp def. Akebono via technical decision
Gabi Garcia def. Lei’d Tapa via KO, Round 1
Takeru def. Yang Ming via TKO, Round 2
Soo Chul Kim def. Maike Linhares via unanimous decision
Brennan Ward def. Ken Hasegawa via Submission (Rear-naked choke), Round 2
Jiri Prochazka def. Vadim Nemkov via TKO, Round 1
Muhammed Lawal def. Teodoras Aukstuolis via unanimous decision
RENA def. Jleana Valentino via Submission (Armbar), Round 2
H/T to BloodyElbow for the early results
