WANDERLEI SILVA, KAZUYUKI FUJITA, AND BARUTO KAITO
ALL TABBED FOR ACTION IN MULTI-STAGE TOURNAMENT
ВИШЕ:
DARON CRUICKSHANK FACES ANDY SOUWER,
AND GABI GARCIA AND KANAKO MURATA RETURN TO ACTION
TOKYO – July 16, 2016 - Ре'зин ФР, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Нобуиуки Сакакибара, announced at a press conference today that all-time great Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (ММА: 31-11-1, 1 НЦ; Кицкбокинг: 23-8, 12 КО је) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-један, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on Недеља, Седам. 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 од 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar Вандерлеи Силва (35-12-1, 1 НЦ) of Curitiba, Parana, Бразил, 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 Четвртак, Нов. 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) Естоније, 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 Септембар 25, two striking sensations – дарон Цруицксханк (17-8, 1 НЦ) и Енди Соувер (ММА: 1-0, Кицкбокинг: 159-19, 98 КО је) – will collide in a lightweight (155) афера.
Цруицксханк оф Ваине, ми. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (УФЦ) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on Април 17, постигавши прву рунду (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed Схињи Сасаки.
A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, Холандија, 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, Јапан, decimatingYuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima путем првог круга (5:29) KO with an onslaught of punches.
Unbeaten women’s light heavyweight and nine-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt габи Гарсија (2-0) and three-time junior Olympic wrestling medalist and undefeated flyweight (125 фунти) ВМА звездице Kanako Murata (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, постигавши прву рунду (2:36) ТКО (ударци) in her professional debut on Леи'д Тапа at the RIZIN FF promotional kick-off event on Децембар 31, and submitting Ана Малиукова with an armbar in the second round (2:04) of battle at the RIZIN FF affair on Април 17.
Само 22 година, 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, победившиMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) ТКО (ударци) иIlona Wijmans путем првог круга (1:17) ТКО (ударци), он Јуне 4 и јул 7, односно.
Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Osaka, Japan will take on fellow upstartАсен Јамамото at a weight to be determined.
Women’s shoot boxing champion and unbeaten MMA competitor Рена Кубота (1-0) of Osaka, Japan will make her second start under MMA rules against an opponent to be announced.
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