TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Rezine FF, tse holisang thibela ho rekisoa ha lipapali tataisoang ke pele e neng e hlooho boikakaso 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, Japane ka la Sontaha, 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 ea bobeli ho pota-pota (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

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

E kholo ea ho ketsahalo, pele e neng e boikakaso FC middleweight mampoli le libuka superstar Wanderlei "The Axe molai" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) o tla Team nyoloha le moloaneli e tla phatlalatsoa haufinyane, ka ho betana khethehileng "tag tsa dumellane teng," 'Me ntoa ea Duo entsoeng ka tšōmo-'moho, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) le 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 lik'hilograma tse) matchup.

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

A basali bulehetse boima nke khato e molemo, khabisitsoeng Brazil Jiu-Jitsu lefatše 'mampoli le basali MMA heavyweight tebello Gabi Garcia (1-0) o tla thulana le 'meli ea nako e Pankration mampoli Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Recent ricin FF Grand Prix kgaisano semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) o tla lisekoere tloha le pele e neng e le 'mampoli K-1 Jaideep "Pelo" beke (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 KO ea kickboxing) ka 216- boima ba catchweight loana.

Sambo lefatše 'mampoli Vadim Nemkov (5-1) tla nka ka Krrish, mabifi ba chesehelang lintho striker le tlhōrōng Nordic tebello "Morena" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) ka heavyweight leseli (205 lik'hilograma tse) sekama.

A tlhōlisanong 180 boima MMA melawana catchweight, senyang matla puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) o tla jara finisher-'moho Yuta "Tse ling" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Khutlang hore a nke khato ka lekhetlo la pele lilemong tse hlano, heavyweight ratoang Kazuyuki "ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), tla tobana morao tjena RIZIN FF Grand Prix kgaisano semathi-up le e kotsi knockout moetsi oa litšoantšo George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

a flyweight (125 lik'hilograma tse) bohato, ikokobelletsa Ace Allan Birth "lerootho" (14-3) o tla notlela linaka le 'mampoli oa li-red-chesang Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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