TOKYO – March 29, 2016- URezini FF, ukukhuthazwa combat yezemidlalo abaholwa ngu owabe Ukuziqhenya FC ikhanda 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, eJapan 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 e emzuliswaneni wesibili (: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.

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

In the umcimbi main, zangaphambili Ukuziqhenya FC middleweight iqhawe futhi superstar kwande Wanderlei "umbulali Axe" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) ngeke umshungu nge fighter amenyezelwa ngokushesha, in a Grappling ekhethekile "tag nomdlalo,"Futhi ngilwa duo elinabantu legend esikanye, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) futhi 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 amakhilogremu) matchup.

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

In yabesifazane evulekile isisindo isenzo, ahlobisa Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu iqhawe emhlabeni futhi MMA nethemba yabesifazane sosondonzima gabi Garcia (1-0) zishayisane ezimbili-time Awe-Pankration iqhawe Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Recent ricin FF Grand Prix mqhudelwano semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) ngeke Square off nalowo abasolwa naye owayeyinhloko K-1 iqhawe Jaideep isonto "Inhliziyo" (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing KO sika) phakathi ku 216- iphawundi catchweight impi.

Sambo iqhawe emhlabeni Vadim Nemkov (5-1) uzothatha on Ezingakanqotshwa, Umgadli nolaka enhle top themba Nordic "INkosi" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) in a wesibhakela ekukhanyeni (205 amakhilogremu) enyakazayo.

In a umncintiswano imithetho 180-ganda MMA catchweight, okwadala umonakalo amandla puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) izohlangana nomphelelisi esikanye Yuta "Okunye" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Ukubuyela isenzo ngokokuqala ngqá eminyakeni emihlanu, wesibhakela bathandekayo Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), abayobhekana nabo yamuva RIZIN FF Grand Prix mqhudelwano umgijimi-up futhi iyingozi Knockout umculi George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

In flyweight (125 amakhilogremu) action, ukuzithoba ace Allan "Grim" Ukuzalwa (14-3) izokhiya izimpondo ne iqhawe red-hot Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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