WANDERLEI SILVA, KAZUYUKI FUJITA, AND BARUTO KAITO
ALL TABBED FOR ACTION IN MULTI-STAGE TOURNAMENT
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DARON CRUICKSHANK FACES ANDY SOUWER,
AND GABI GARCIA AND KANAKO MURATA RETURN TO ACTION
TOKYO – July 16, 2016 - Re'zin FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced at a press conference today that all-time great Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Кикбокс: 23-8, 12 Нокаута) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-един, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on Неделя, Седем. 25.
A former PRIDE and K-1 Grand Prix tournament champion, Filipovic earned his place as one of the greatest martial arts combatants in history with an elite set of striking skills that helped him earn the most first round finishes as well as the most head kick knockouts in PRIDE history.
It was also announced today that 4 на 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) of Curitiba, Parana, Бразилия, will receive a bye in the first stage, and automatically advance to the tournament’s second, or quarterfinal stage, which will take place at a location to be announced on Четвъртък, Декември. 29.
Joining Sakakibara, Filipovic and Silva at the press conference were veteran warhorse Kazuyiki Fujita (15-11) of Funabashi, Чиба, Japan and former sumo wrestling champion turned MMA upstart Baruto Kaito (1-0) Естония, both of whom have been tabbed for battle in the first stage of the tournament.
The round of 16 matchups will be announced at the end of July.
С други, single-fight action on Септември 25, two striking sensations – Дарън Cruickshank (17-8, 1 NC) и Анди Souwer (MMA: 1-0, Кикбокс: 159-19, 98 Нокаута) – will collide in a lightweight (155) афера.
Cruickshank на Уейн, мен. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on Април 17, отбеляза първия кръг (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed Шинджи Сасаки.
A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, Холандия, is a two-time winner of the K-1 World Max tournament and a four-time Shootboxing world champion. През декември 31, 2015, he made his long-awaited MMA rules debut at the inaugural RIZIN FF event in Saitama, Япония, decimatingYuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima по пътя на първия кръг (5:29) KO with an onslaught of punches.
Unbeaten women’s light heavyweight and nine-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gabi Garcia (2-0) and three-time junior Olympic wrestling medalist and undefeated flyweight (125 паунда) MMA звезда Канако Мурата (3-0) of Ehime, Japan will each see action against an opponent to be announced soon.
Garcia of Porto Alege, Рио Гранде до Сул, Brazil made quick work of both of her MMA opponents to date, отбеляза първия кръг (2:36) СЗО (щанци) in her professional debut on Lei'd Tapa at the RIZIN FF promotional kick-off event on Декември 31, and submitting Анна Malyukova with an armbar in the second round (2:04) of battle at the RIZIN FF affair on Април 17.
Просто 22 годишна възраст, Murata made her professional MMA debut under the promotion of RIZIN FF on Април 17, notching a unanimous decision overNatalia Denisova, and has since already competed twice more, побеждаванеMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) СЗО (щанци) иIlona Wijmans по пътя на първия кръг (1:17) СЗО (щанци), юни 4 и юли 7, съответно.
Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Osaka, Japan will take on fellow upstartАсен Yamamoto at a weight to be determined.
Women’s shoot boxing champion and unbeaten MMA competitor Rena Kubota (1-0) of Osaka, Japan will make her second start under MMA rules against an opponent to be announced.
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