| TOKYO - April 4, 2016- Re'zin FF, den kampsporter befordran leds av förre PRIDE FC huvud Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today that legendary Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 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, på Söndag, April 17.
Tamura and Silva will tussle with another all-time great Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) och 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 och Dave Menne, as well as superstars Renzo Gracie och Jeremy Horn.
Tamura was groomed by famed pro wrestling trainers Billy Robinson,Nobuhiko Takada och 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, 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 Hal" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pounds) passa ihop.
In a women’s open weight bout, dekorerad Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu världsmästare och kvinnors MMA heavyweight utsikter gabi Garcia (1-0) kommer att kollidera med två-tiden pankration mästare anna Malyukova (1-0).
Hard-hitting knockout artists Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) och kirill Sidelnikov (8-4) will go to war in a heavyweight battle.
Senaste ricin FF Grand Prix-turnering semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) kommer fyrkanten av med tidigare K-1 mästare Jaideep "Heart" vecka (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 KO: s kickboxning) i en 216- pound catchweight kamp.
Sambo världsmästare Vadim Nemkov (5-1) kommer att ta på obesegrad, aggressiva sinnade anfallare och topp Nordic utsikter "Kung" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i en lätt tungvikt (205 pounds) luta.
I en 180-pund MMA regler catchweight tävling, förödande effektlagareHisaki Kato (5-2) tar på karl behandlare Yuta "Övrigt" Watanabe (19-6-4).
Återvänder till handling för första gången på fem år, älskade tungvikt Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), kommer att möta senaste RIZIN FF Grand Prix-turnering tvåan och farlig knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).
i Mellanvikt (125 pounds) åtgärd, inlämning ess Allan "Grim" Född (14-3) kommer att låsa horn med glödhet mästare Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).
Women’s amateur wrestling champion Kanako Murata (0-0) will make her highly-anticipated, professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut against rising starNatalya Denisova (2-1) in a 116-pound catchweight affair.
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