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

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

TOKYO – July 16, 2016 - רע'זין FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss נאָבויוקי סאַקאַקיבאַראַ, announced at a press conference today that all-time great Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (ממאַ: 31-11-1, 1 נק; קיקקבאָקסינג: 23-8, 12 קאָ ס) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-מען, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on זונטיק, זיבן. 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 פון די 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar וואַנדערלעי סילוואַ (35-12-1, 1 נק) of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, 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 דאָנערשטיק, דעצעמבער. 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) פון עסטאָניאַ, 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 סעפּטעמבער 25, two striking sensations – דאַראָן קרויקקשאַנק (17-8, 1 נק) און אַנדי סאָוווער (ממאַ: 1-0, קיקקבאָקסינג: 159-19, 98 קאָ ס) – will collide in a lightweight (155) ייסעק.

קרויקקשאַנק פון וויין, מיר. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (ופק) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on אַפּריל 17, סקאָרינג אַ ערשטער קייַלעכיק (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed שינדזשי סאַסאַקי.

A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, נעטהערלאַנדס, 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, דזשאַפּאַן, decimatingYuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima דורך וועג פון ערשטער קייַלעכיק (5:29) KO with an onslaught of punches.

Unbeaten women’s light heavyweight and nine-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt גאַבי גאַרסיאַ (2-0) and three-time junior Olympic wrestling medalist and undefeated flyweight (125 פונט) ממאַ שטערן 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, סקאָרינג אַ ערשטער קייַלעכיק (2:36) וואס (פּאַנטשיז) in her professional debut on לעי'ד וועג at the RIZIN FF promotional kick-off event on דעצעמבער 31, and submitting אננא מאַליוקאָוואַ with an armbar in the second round (2:04) of battle at the RIZIN FF affair on אַפּריל 17.

נאָר 22 יאָרן פון עלטער, Murata made her professional MMA debut under the promotion of RIZIN FF on אַפּריל 17, notching a unanimous decision overNatalia Denisova, and has since already competed twice more, דיפיטינגMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) וואס (פּאַנטשיז) אוןIlona Wijmans דורך וועג פון ערשטער קייַלעכיק (1:17) וואס (פּאַנטשיז), אויף יוני 4 און יולי 7, ריספּעקטיוולי.

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