RIZIN AddsKrazy Horse” vs. Kimura To Sept. 25 Grand Prix Event

K-1 kickboxing star Minoru Kimura (պատկերված) will make his MMA rules debut against CharlesKrazy HorseBennett at the highly-anticipated RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round event in Tokyo, Ճապոնիայի Կիրակի, Յոթ. 25. Photo courtesy of (C)M-1 Sports Media.

Ռասինի FF:
CHARLES “KRAZY HORSE” BENNETT
RETURNS TO JAPAN, WILL FACE MINORU KIMURA
IN MMA ACTION IN TOKYO ON ՍԵՊՏԵՄԲԵՐԻ 25

ՏՈԿԻՈ Օգոստոս 18, 2016 - Ռասինի FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today the addition of a featherweight (145 ֆունտ) Խառը Մարտարվեստ (MMA) matchup between former PRIDE FC and EliteXC star Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett (29-30-2) and K-1 kickboxing KO artist Minoru Kimura (MMA: 0-0, Kickboxing: 21-6-1, 15 KO-ի) to the federation’s already stacked Grand Prix event in Tokyo on Կիրակի, Յոթ. 25.

A 17-year veteran of the sport with an aggressive, crowd-pleasing style of fighting, 5-ոտքով-8, 36-year-old Bennett of Ocala, Fla. put himself on the map 16 years ago with a first round (1:55) KO (դակիչ) Հյուրատետր Yoshiro Maeda at PRIDE Bushido 7 in Tokyo on May 22, 2005.

Bennett’s biggest mark in the sport to date was arguably his one-punch, առաջին փուլը (3:43), upset KO of former UFC and Strikeforce star K.J. Noons, who went into the matchup a heavy favorite over Bennett. The high-profile bout took place at EliteXC: Destiny, the first-ever, live SHOWTIME televised event in MMA history.

Bennett is coming off a spectacular, 43 second submission (գարշապարը որսալ) Հյուրատետր Paul Rodriguez է Kissimmee, Fla. վրա Մայիս 14.


Վեր: Charles “Krazy HorseBennett will make his return to Japan and debut for RIZIN FF on Սեպտեմբեր 25

Ranked as high as number two in the world in kickboxing’s featherweight division as of the close of 2015, 5-ոտքով-8, 22-year-old Kimura, who permanently relocated to Japan at the age of three, after being born in Curitiba, Brazil to a fourth generation, Brazilian-Japanese mother and a Brazilian-Italian father, will make his debut under MMA rules.

The feisty Fighting Kairos Gym competitor who has captivated fight fans with his raucous behavior, has defeated a number of noteworthy adversaries in the kickboxing ring, ներառյալKaew Fairtex as well as Japanese stars Hideaki Yamazaki իսկ Masaaki Noiri, to reach elite status in the sport.

Իր վերջին մեկնարկը, Kimura picked up a unanimous decision victory over “Noman” in a K-1 World Grand Prix tournament reserve bout on Հունիս 24.

The RIZIN FF event will be headlined by the kick-off of the much-anticipated, 16-man open weight tournament.

MMA լեգենդները Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 KO-ի) իսկ Wanderlei Սիլվա (35-12-1, 1 NC) are amongst the nine competitors that have been announced as tournament participants. The tournament’s first stage matchups will be announced soon.

RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round

Թարմացվել է Պայքար Card

Open Weight Tournament Bout: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Baruto Kaito vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Jiri Prochazka vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Teodorasu Aukstuolis vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Karl Albrektsson vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Valentine Moldavski vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Amir Aliakbari vs. TBA
Թեթեւ: Տարօն Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Ծանրաքաշ: Գաբի Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough
Strawweight: Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
Weight TBD: Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
Weight TBD: Asen Yamamoto vs. Kizaemon Saiga
Featherweight: Charles Bennett vs. Minoru Kimura

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