Mirko Cro Cop vs. King Mo Lawal set for RIZIN openweight Grand Prix With Wanderlei Silva and Shane Carwin out of the RIZIN openweight tournament, the organization’s officials announced new matchups for the tournament, including Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipović vs. Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal. Other quarterfinal matchups include Heath Herring vs. Amir Aliakbari and Szymon Bajor vs. Valentin Moldavsky. Filipović (31-11-2) heads into this matchup on a four-fight win streak, including victories over Gabriel Gonzaga and Satoshi Ishii. Lawal (20-5) just defeated Ishii this past weekend at Bellator 169 by unanimous decision and has won 8 of his last 9 fights. The RIZIN openweight Grand Prix takes place Thursday, December 29th from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. UFC on FOX 22 salaries per CSAC Michelle Waterson: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
Paige VanZant: $43,000
Mickey Gall: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus)
Sage Northcutt: $60,000
Urijah Faber: $320,000 ($160,000 win bonus)
Brad Pickett: $40,000
Alan Jouban: $54,000 ($27,000 win bonus)
Mike Perry: $14,000
Paul Craig: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Luis Henrique da Silva: $14,000
Mizuto Hirota: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus)
Cole Miller: $33,000
Colby Covington: $54,000 ($27,000 win bonus)
Bryan Barberena: $20,000
Alex Morono: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
James Moontasri: $16,000
Josh Emmett: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus)
Scott Holtzman: $17,000
Leslie Smith: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus)
Irene Aldana: $12,000
Eddie Wineland: $58,000 ($29,000 win bonus)
Takeya Mizugaki: $39,000
Hector Sandoval: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus)
Fredy Serrano: $12,000
Sultan Aliev: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
Bojan Velickovic: $12,000
— Watch UFC flyweight champion Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson get drug-tested by USADA at a convenience store…
nothin like USADA deciding to join me on my date night with @mightywife ? pic.twitter.com/d5qzLrlszX
— Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouseUFC) December 19, 2016