| Tokyo - April 4, 2016– RIZIN FF, na ọgụ egwuregwu nkwalite edu mbụ NGANGA FC isi Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today that legendary Mixed Martial Arts (Emmanuel) pioneer and former professional wrestling standout Kiyoshi Tamura (32-13-3), will join forces with fellow decorated icon Wanderlei Silva(35-12-1, 1 NC) in the special grappling tag team matchup that will headline the highly-anticipated, star-studded extravaganza in Nagoya Japan, na Sunday, April 17.
Tamura and Silva will tussle with another all-time great Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) na Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2) in the unique, one-of-a-kind bout.
The affair marks the first time since December 31, 2008 that the 5-foot-11, 46-year-old Tamura, recognized for his elite level catch wrestling skills and quick, fluid movements, will see action in combat.
In his last start under MMA rules on the K-1 – Dynamite!! New Year’s Eve mega-card in Saitama, Japan, Tamura earned his third consecutive win, a unanimous decision over Sakuraba.
While competing for the likes of PRIDE, K-1, Rings, DREAM and UWF International, Tamura compiled an extensive resume of conquests, including those over eventual UFC champions Pat Miletich, Maurice Smith na Dave Menne, as well as superstars Renzo Gracie na Jeremy Horn.
Tamura was groomed by famed pro wrestling trainers Billy Robinson,Nobuhiko Takada na Akira Maeda, to eventually become a force in the sport’s middleweight division. In his final bout before retirement, Tamura notched a victory over fellow hybrid MMA star and professional wrestler Josh Barnett, na November 23, 2005.
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In other action on the star-studded fight card, 13-fight UFC veteran and action fighter Daron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 NC) will collide with submission expertSHINJI "Torao agbawa, gbarie" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pound) matchup.
In a women’s open weight bout, mma Brazil Jiu-Jitsu n'ụwa onye mmeri na ndị inyom na Emmanuel Heavyweight atụmanya Gabi Garcia (1-0) ga ikukota na abụọ oge Pankration mmeri Anna Malyukova (1-0).
Hard-hitting knockout artists Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) na Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4) will go to war in a heavyweight battle.
-Adịbeghị anya ricin FF Grand Prix tournament semifinalist Theodore ogologo (8-3) ga-Square oyi na mbụ K-1 mmeri Jaideep "Obi" izu (2-1 Emmanuel; 40-10, 13 Ko si kickboxing) na a 216- paụnd catchweight agha.
Sambo n'ụwa onye mmeri Vadim Nemkov (5-1) ga-on undefeated, ike ike kpọrọ striker na n'elu Nordic atụmanya "Eze" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) na a ìhè Heavyweight (205 pound) tilt.
Na a 180-paụnd Emmanuel iwu catchweight zoo, -agbawa obi ike puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) ga-on ibe finisher Yuta "Ndị ọzọ" Watanabe (19-6-4).
Alaghachi edinam na nke mbụ na afọ ise, hụrụ n'anya Heavyweight Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), ga-eche ihu na-adịbeghị anya RIZIN FF Grand Prix tournament agba ọsọ-elu ma dị ize ndụ knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).
na flyweight (125 pound) edinam, nrubeisi itu kaadi Allan "olileanya na-adịghị" Birth (14-3) ga igbachi mpi na red-ekpo ọkụ mmeri Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).
Women’s amateur wrestling champion Kanako Murata (0-0) will make her highly-anticipated, professional Mixed Martial Arts (Emmanuel) debut against rising starNatalya Denisova (2-1) in a 116-pound catchweight affair.
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