WANDERLEI SILVA, KAZUYUKI FUJITA, AND BARUTO KAITO
ALL TABBED FOR ACTION IN MULTI-STAGE TOURNAMENT

વધુ:
DARON CRUICKSHANK FACES ANDY SOUWER,
AND GABI GARCIA AND KANAKO MURATA RETURN TO ACTION

TOKYO – July 16, 2016 - Re'zin એફએફ, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki સાકાકીબારા, announced at a press conference today that all-time great Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (એમએમએ: 31-11-1, 1 એનસી; કિકબૉક્સિન્ગ: 23-8, 12 KO માતાનો) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-એક, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on રવિવારે, સાત. 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 ના 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar Wanderlei સિલ્વા (35-12-1, 1 એનસી) of Curitiba, Parana, બ્રાઝીલ, 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 ગુરુવારે, ડિસે. 29.

Joining Sakakibara, Filipovic and Silva at the press conference were veteran warhorse Kazuyiki Fujita (15-11) of Funabashi, Chiba, Japan and former sumo wrestling champion turned MMA upstart Baruto Kaito (1-0) એસ્ટોનીયા ની, 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.

In other, single-fight action on સપ્ટેમ્બર 25, two striking sensations – Daron Cruickshank (17-8, 1 એનસી) અને એન્ડી Souwer (એમએમએ: 1-0, કિકબૉક્સિન્ગ: 159-19, 98 KO માતાનો) – will collide in a lightweight (155) અફેર.

વેઇન Cruickshank, મને. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (યુએફસી) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on એપ્રિલ 17, પ્રથમ રાઉન્ડમાં ફટકારી (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed Shinji શસાકી.

A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, નેધરલેન્ડ્સ, is a two-time winner of the K-1 World Max tournament and a four-time Shootboxing world champion. On December 31, 2015, he made his long-awaited MMA rules debut at the inaugural RIZIN FF event in Saitama, જાપાન, decimatingYuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima પ્રથમ રાઉન્ડમાં માર્ગ દ્વારા (5:29) KO with an onslaught of punches.

Unbeaten women’s light heavyweight and nine-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gabi ગાર્સીયા (2-0) and three-time junior Olympic wrestling medalist and undefeated flyweight (125 પાઉન્ડ) એમએમએ સ્ટાર કાનાકો મુરાતા (3-0) of Ehime, Japan will each see action against an opponent to be announced soon.

Garcia of Porto Alege, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil made quick work of both of her MMA opponents to date, પ્રથમ રાઉન્ડમાં ફટકારી (2:36) ડબ્લ્યુએચઓ (પંચની) in her professional debut on Lei'd ટાપા at the RIZIN FF promotional kick-off event on ડિસેમ્બર 31, and submitting અન્ના Malyukova with an armbar in the second round (2:04) of battle at the RIZIN FF affair on એપ્રિલ 17.

માત્ર 22 ઉંમર વર્ષ, Murata made her professional MMA debut under the promotion of RIZIN FF on એપ્રિલ 17, notching a unanimous decision overNatalia Denisova, and has since already competed twice more, હરાવ્યાMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) ડબ્લ્યુએચઓ (પંચની) અનેIlona Wijmans પ્રથમ રાઉન્ડમાં માર્ગ દ્વારા (1:17) ડબ્લ્યુએચઓ (પંચની), જૂન પર 4 અને જુલાઈ 7, અનુક્રમે.

Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Osaka, Japan will take on fellow upstartAsen યમામોટો 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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