Rizin Fighting Federation’s heavyweight tournament is now complete, as the promotion on Wednesday announced Brett McDermott will face Muhammed Lawal in the eight-man bracket on Dec. 29.
Lawal was initially slated to meet Mark Godbeer in the tournament, but the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight king had to withdraw from the bout due to injury. The first round of the bracket includes three other matchups: Teodoras Aukstuolis vs. Bruno Cappelozza; Satoshi Ishii vs. Jiri Prochazka; and Goran Reljic vs. Vadim Nemkov.