It’s official, Ian McCall and his creepiness are making their way to Japan to compete in the RIZIN promotion. Less than a week has passed since McCall was granted his release from the UFC and he’s already found a new home. The intelligent trend of fighters chasing more money, regardless of promotion, continues.
@BitaNick broke the news today:
BREAKING: Ian McCall will join the Rizin BW Grand Prix and has just been announced as a wild card fight. With a win could fight 3x in 3 days pic.twitter.com/Ae9aWn7xKK
— Nick (@BitaNick) October 16, 2017
McCall is set to take on Manel Kape in the Bantamweight Grand Prix quarterfinals on December 29. Just yesterday, Kape managed to smoke Erson Yamamoto in just seventy-one seconds. Already, the two are motivated to take each other out.
Things got interesting during their first staredown too. @rizin_PR doing big things. @joerogan #RIZIN2017 #RizinGP pic.twitter.com/dlJRGv6j24
— Nick (@BitaNick) October 16, 2017
This is good news for McCall who thought he may never fight again. In late December, we’ll see what he still has left in the tank.