TOKYO – March 29, 2016– RIZIN FF, na ọgụ egwuregwu nkwalite edu mbụ NGANGA FC isi Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced that famed women’s amateur wrestling champion Kanako Murata (0-0) will make her highly-anticipated, professional Mixed Martial Arts (Emmanuel) 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, Japan on Sunday, April 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 onSeptember 26, she utilized her sharp, aggressive striking arsenal to finish Marina Lvova na abụọ gbaa gburugburu (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

Ọnụ si 100,000 yen, tickets for “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” are on sale and can be purchased online at Ticketbis.com.

Ke isi omume, mbụ NGANGA FC Middleweight onye mmeri na ọtụtụ Superstar Wanderlei "The Axe-egbu ọchụ" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) ga-Team elu na a fighter na-mara ọkwa n'oge na-adịghị, na a pụrụ iche grappling "mkpado egwuregwu,"Na agha a duo esịnede ibe akụkọ mgbe, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) na 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 agbawa, gbarie" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pound) matchup.

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

Na ụmụ nwanyị na-emeghe arọ edinam, mma Brazil Jiu-Jitsu n'ụwa onye mmeri na ndị inyom na Emmanuel Heavyweight atụmanya Gabi Garcia (1-0) ga ikukota na abụọ oge Pankration mmeri Anna Malyukova (1-0).

-Adịbeghị anya ricin FF Grand Prix tournament semifinalist Theodore ogologo (8-3) ga-Square oyi na mbụ K-1 mmeri Jaideep "Obi" izu (2-1 Emmanuel; 40-10, 13 Ko si kickboxing) na a 216- paụnd catchweight agha.

Sambo n'ụwa onye mmeri Vadim Nemkov (5-1) ga-on undefeated, ike ike kpọrọ striker na n'elu Nordic atụmanya "Eze" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) na a ìhè Heavyweight (205 pound) tilt.

Na a 180-paụnd Emmanuel iwu catchweight zoo, -agbawa obi ike puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) ga-on ibe finisher Yuta "Ndị ọzọ" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Alaghachi edinam na nke mbụ na afọ ise, hụrụ n'anya Heavyweight Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), ga-eche ihu na-adịbeghị anya RIZIN FF Grand Prix tournament agba ọsọ-elu ma dị ize ndụ knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

na flyweight (125 pound) edinam, nrubeisi itu kaadi Allan "olileanya na-adịghị" Birth (14-3) ga igbachi mpi na red-ekpo ọkụ mmeri Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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