TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Rezim FF, a promoción deportes de combate liderado polo ex xefe PRIDE FC Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced that famed women’s amateur wrestling champion Kanako Murata (0-0) will make her highly-anticipated, professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut against rising star Natalya Denisova (2-1) in a 116-pound catchweight affair at the “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” extravaganza at Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Xapón en Domingo, Abril 17.

The 5-foot-1, 22-year-old Murata of Ehime, Japan will compete under MMA rules for the first time after amassing a collection of accolades as an amateur wrestler, including three junior Olympic medals.

Murata’s most impressive achievement came in 2011 when she nearly defeated three-time Olympic gold medalist Saori Yoshida during the All-Japan championships.

An MMA student since 2015, Murata has been training under the command of DEEP Featherweight Champion Kazunori Yokota and former DREAM competitor Takeshi Yamazaki, and has been sparring predominantly with male fighters.

Denisova of Cheboksary, Russia will seek her third consecutive win in what will mark her first appearance under the RIZIN FF banner. In her last start onSetembro 26, she utilized her sharp, aggressive striking arsenal to finish Marina Lvova na segunda rolda (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

The 25-year-old Denisova gained worldwide recognition for the first time four years ago after vídeo surfaced of her defeating a male opponent in an MMA bout.

Prezos a partir de 100,000 Yen, tickets for “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” are on sale and can be purchased online at Ticketbis.com.

No evento principal, o ex-campión dos medios do PRIDE FC e estrela prolífica Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) ha xuntar-se con un loitador sendo anunciado en breve, nunha loita agarrada especial "match tag,"E loitar contra un dúo formado por compañeiro lenda, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) e Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

Prolific striker and 13-fight UFC veteran Daron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 NC) will collide with submission expert Shinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 libras) unión.

Hard-hitting knockout artists Chris "Huggy oso" Barnett (14-2) e Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4) will go to war in a heavyweight battle.

Na acción de peso aberta das mulleres, decorados campión mundial de Jiu-Jitsu e MMA perspectiva abondo das mulleres Gabi Garcia (1-0) ha chocar co bicampión Pankration Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Últimas ricina semifinalista do torneo FF Gran Premio Theodore Alto (8-3) será cadrado fóra co ex-campión do K-1 Jaideep semana "corazón" (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing KO) nunha 216- libra catchweight loita.

campión mundial de Samba Vadim Nemkov (5-1) vai asumir invicto, O dianteiro agresivo de mente e perspectiva Nordic arriba "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) nun medio-pesados (205 libras) toldo.

Nunha disputa regras 180-pound do MMA catchweight, perforado de enerxía devastadoraHisaki Kato (5-2) vai asumir compañeiro finalizador Yuta "Outros" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Voltar á acción, por primeira vez en cinco anos, amado pesado Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), enfrontarase recente RIZIN FF Gran Premio torneo runner-up e nocauteador perigosa George "Denise" PROCHAZKA (16-3-1).

en flyweight (125 libras) acción, ace submisión Allan "Puro Oso" Nacemento (14-3) vai medir forzas co campión en brasa Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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