TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Re'zin FF, den kampsporter befordran leds av förre PRIDE FC huvud 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 på Söndag, 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 i den andra omgången (: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.

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

I main event, tidigare mellanvikt mästare PRIDE FC och produktiv super Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) kommer samarbeta med en kämpe att meddelas inom kort, i en speciell grappling "tag match,"Och slåss en duo bestående av med- legend, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) och 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 Hal" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pounds) passa ihop.

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

I kvinnors öppen vikt åtgärder, dekorerad Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu världsmästare och kvinnors MMA heavyweight utsikter gabi Garcia (1-0) kommer att kollidera med två-tiden pankration mästare anna Malyukova (1-0).

Senaste ricin FF Grand Prix-turnering semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) kommer fyrkanten av med tidigare K-1 mästare Jaideep "Heart" vecka (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 KO: s kickboxning) i en 216- pound catchweight kamp.

Sambo världsmästare Vadim Nemkov (5-1) kommer att ta på obesegrad, aggressiva sinnade anfallare och topp Nordic utsikter "Kung" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i en lätt tungvikt (205 pounds) luta.

I en 180-pund MMA regler catchweight tävling, förödande effektlagareHisaki Kato (5-2) tar på karl behandlare Yuta "Övrigt" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Återvänder till handling för första gången på fem år, älskade tungvikt Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), kommer att möta senaste RIZIN FF Grand Prix-turnering tvåan och farlig knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

i Mellanvikt (125 pounds) åtgärd, inlämning ess Allan "Grim" Född (14-3) kommer att låsa horn med glödhet mästare Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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