Rezini FF: WOMEN’S WRESTLING PHENOM KANAKO MURATA MAKES MMA DEBUT AGAINST RISING STAR NATALYA DENISOVA SUNDAY APRIL 17 IN NAGOYA, JAPAN

Women’s amateur wrestling superstar Kanako Murata (atchulidwa) will make her much-anticipated professional MMA debut against Russian rising star Natalya Denisova at the star-studded RIZIN FF event in Nagoya, Japan pa Sunday, April 17.

TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Rezini FF, Kukwezeleza nkhondowo masewera kutsogoleredwa ndi kale mutu KUNYADA 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, Japan pa 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 mu kwachiwiri (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

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

Kwenikweni chochitika, kale KUNYADA FC middleweight ngwazi ndi wakhama opsa Wanderlei "The Axe wakupha" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) adzakhala pezani ndi womenya ndi kulengeza kuti posachedwapa, mu kulimbana wapadera "chizindikiro machesi,"Ndi nkhondo awiriwa ongokhala nthano anzathu, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) ndipo 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 mapaundi) matchup.

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

Akazi ndi lotseguka kulemera kanthu, chokongoletsedwa Brazil Jiu-Jitsu dziko ngwazi ndi akazi MMA katswiri woposa onse chiyembekezo Gabi García (1-0) adzakhala sizilephereka ndi awiri nthawi Pankration ngwazi Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Recent ricin FF Grand Prix ndime semifinalist Theodore wamtali (8-3) adzakhala lalikulu pa ndi kale ngwazi K-1 Jaideep "Mtima" mlungu (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 KO wa masewera a nkhonya) mu 216- makilogalamu catchweight nkhondo.

Sambo dziko ngwazi Vadim Nemkov (5-1) chidzathandiza undefeated, aukali okonda kupha ndi pamwamba Masewerera a Nordic chiyembekezo "Mfumu" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) mu katswiri woposa onse kuwala (205 mapaundi) kuweramira.

Mu mpikisano 180 yolemera MMA malamulo catchweight, yowononga mphamvu puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) chidzathandiza wotsirizitsa anzathu Yuta "Other" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Tikaonanso kanthu kwa nthawi yoyamba mu zaka zisanu, katswiri woposa onse wokondedwa Kazuyuki "ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), amakumana posachedwapa RIZIN FF Grand Prix mpikisano wothamanga-ndi oopsa knockout wojambula George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

mu flyweight (125 mapaundi) kuchitapo, kugonjera Ace Allan Kubadwa "Zodetsa Nkhaŵa" (14-3) adzakhala logwirana nyanga ndi ngwazi red-hot Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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