Japanese MMA promotion Rizin Fighting Federation will hold a 16-man openweight tournament which will begin at a September 25 event in Tokyo. The tournament will feature the return of two retired MMA legends in the form of Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic and Wanderlei Silva.
The tournament will begin on September 25 and end in December with two events in three days, one on December 29 and the other on December 31, much like Rizin’s debut last September.
Filipovic is still currently serving a two-year suspension given to him by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) in November of 2015, but this suspension really only applies to his UFC career, not to competition overseas.