TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Re'zin FF, Bardagaíþróttir kynningu undir forystu fyrrum PRIDE FC höfuð 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, Japan á Sunnudagur, Apríl 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 í annarri umferð (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

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

Í helstu atburði, Fyrrum PRIDE FC middleweight meistari og hugmyndaríkur Superstar Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) mun lið upp með a bardagamaður að vera tilkynnt fljótlega, í sérstökum grappling "tag passa,"Og berjast við dúett sem samanstendur af náungi þjóðsaga, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) og 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 £) matchup.

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

Í opnu þyngd aðgerð kvenna, skreytt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heimsmeistari og MMA Heavyweight horfur kvenna Gabi Garcia (1-0) mun rekast með tveggja tíma Pankration meistari Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Nýleg rísín FF Grand Prix mót semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) mun ferningur burt með fyrrverandi K-1 meistari Jaideep "Heart" viku (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing Rothögg) í a 216- pund catchweight berjast.

Sambo heimsmeistari Vadim Nemkov (5-1) mun taka á undefeated, árásargjarn hugarfar framherji og toppur Nordic horfur "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) í ljós þungavigtar (205 £) halla.

Í 180-pund MMA reglur catchweight keppni, hrikalegt afl puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) mun taka á aðra fullkomnari Yuta "Annað" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Aftur til aðgerða í fyrsta skipti í fimm ár, unnusti þungavigtar Kazuyuki "Ol 'járnhaus" Fujita (15-10), munu standa frammi nýleg RIZIN FF Grand Prix mót hlaupari-upp og hættulegt knockout listamaður George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

í Flyweight (125 £) aðgerð, skil Ás Allan "Grímur" Fæðing (14-3) mun læsa horn með rauð-heitt meistari Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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