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WANDERLEI SILVA RETURNS TO JAPAN! RIZIN FF SIGNS LEGENDARY PRIDE CHAMPION; ANNOUNCES SEVEN FIGHTERS, INCLUDING SILVA, FOR APRIL 17 LIVE EVENT IN NAGOYA, EJAPANE

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TOKYO – March 7, 2016- URezini FF, ukukhuthazwa combat yezemidlalo abaholwa ngu owabe Ukuziqhenya FC ikhanda Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference, the signing of all-time Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) omkhulu Wanderlei "umbulali Axe" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) to a multi-year promotional contract, as well as the first two bouts, one of which will feature Silva, for its second live event that will take place at the 10,000 capacity Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, eJapanSunday, April 17.

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.

Silva, the former PRIDE middleweight champion and 2003 PRIDE Grand Prix middleweight champion, will team up with a fighter to be determined, in a Grappling ekhethekile "tag nomdlalo,” the rules for which will be announced soon, and battle a duo consisting of another legend, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) futhi Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

Following the April contest, Silva, who held several records under the PRIDE banner, including longest win streak and most KO’s, will compete under MMA rules in future RIZIN FF events.

Phakathi ku 180 pound MMA rules contest, okwadala umonakalo amandla puncher Hisaki Kato (5-2) will take on fellow prolific finisher Yuta "Okunye" Watanabe (19-6-4).

A former HEAT middleweight title holder, the 33-year-old Kato made an explosive debut before a live U.S. television audience on Spike when he scored what was later named “Knockout of the Month”a crushing, round yesibili (:34) KO (Punch) on American star Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling at Bellator 139 on June 26, 2015.

Kuze kube manje, all of Kato’s professional victories have come by way of (T)KO.

Watanabe is a 31-year-old grappling ace who boasts a splendid 84 Amaphesenti angu sekugcineni rate, kanye 11 of yakhe 19 career wins to date having come by way of submission and another 6 victories having come by way of (T)KO.

The number 10 ranked welterweight in Japan, Watanabe will make his first appearance of 2016 and look to rebound from a first round (2:00) ukuzithoba (okukhulisa-naked binda) defeat at the hands of Keita Nakamura on July 20, 2015, a loss that halted a seven-fight win streak for Watanabe.

In two different women’s bouts, Rena Kubota (1-0 MMA, 31-5-1 shoot boxing) will square off an opponent to be named under shoot boxing rules, while decorated wrestler Kanako Murata (0-0) will make her highly-anticipated MMA debut against an opponent to be announced soon.

The 24-year-old Kubota is a three-time shoot boxing tournament champion who made her much-anticipated MMA debut in stunning fashion at the RIZIN FF New Year’s Eve extravaganza, where she notched a second round (3:31) submission victory over Jleana Valentino with a flying armbar.

The 22-year-old Murata’s impressive resume includes three junior Olympic medals. Her most impressive feat, Nokho, came in 2011 when Murata nearly defeated four-time Olympic gold medalist Saori Yoshida during the All-Japan championships.

Additional bouts for “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” will be announced soon.

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'THE Baddest INDODA kule planethi,'JOE Warren, Asibekela MAIN UMCIMBI Ukungqubuzana KWABANTU L.C. DAVIS AT BELLATOR 143 IN Hidalgo, Texas ON sept. 25

 

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Joey 'THE MEXICUTIONER' Beltran liba Grove Kendall 'DA Spyder' IN CO-MAIN UMCIMBI

Santa Monica, Calif. (August 11, 2015) - Joe Warren sika (12-4) eya ufune Bellator MMA Bantamweight Championship kuzoqala ngomhlaka Friday, September 25 ngokumelene C.R.. Davis, (23-6) uma meet ezimbili ngesikhathi DEBUT ukukhuthazwa sika at State Farm Arena e Hidalgo, Texas.

 

Ngaphezu kwalokho, Joey Beltran (16-11, 1 NC) abayobhekana Kendall Grove (21-15, 1 NC) in an kuqhume middleweight hlangana.

 

Izimpi ukukhonza njengoba headlining kanye co-headlining neziqubu “Bellator 143: Warren vs. Davis,” lapho Airs siphile on Spike at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT, kanti neziqubu wokulungiselela ziyogobhozela on Spike.com at 7 p.m. KANYE.

 

Amathikithi for Bellator 143, okuyinto ukuqala at nje $20, hamba on ukudayiswa lokhu Friday, August 14 at Ticketmaster.com kanye State Farm Arena box office, nge Bellator Isizwe presale ekhethekile itholakale kwi 12th futhi 13th ngoba abalandeli usebenzisa ikhodi: Bellator. Lezivalo umcimbi evuliwe 5:00 p.m. CT Isikhathi sendawo, futhi emncintiswaneni lokuqala luthatha ngokushesha emva. Iziqubu engeziwe uzobe umemezele maduze.

 

"Ubuciko Mixed bokulwa unomlando ocebile isimo Texas and Bellator ubheka phambili kokubuyela e-Lone Star State okokuqala kusukela 2012 ngekhadi embondelene zakhe,"Bellator MMA uMengameli Scott Coker wathi. "Joe Warren iye Ukulunywa ukuze uthole emuva isinyathelo bese ubuyela 135-iphawundi isihloko jaha, ngenkathi L.C. Davis has umfutho ohlangothini lwakhe kusukela yakhe 'Fight of the Year' ubukhulu matchup ngokumelene Hideo Tokoro ngoMashi. Ngibheke phambili ngempela kukho. "

Warren kuyinto ingqwele ezimbili-division naye wakhonza njengephayona umqeqeshi ngenkathi wokuqala ka "Ukulwa Master." Ngaphezu win yakhe phezu lamanje bantamweight iqhawe Marcos Galvão, the wrestling Olympic-osezingeni uye wanqoba i uhlu umxhwele fighters kuhlanganise Georgi Karakhanyan, Patricio Freire, futhi Eduardo Dantas kusukela othatha mdlalo we ubuciko exubile bokulwa e 2009.

Davis kwaba nengxenye eyodwa mhlawumbe the best MMA emncintiswaneni kanjalo kude 2015 Lapho esebhekene Hideo Tokoro at "Bellator 135: "Warren vs. Galvão 2."Lo mdlali World Extreme Cagefighting futhi Ukuhlupheka standout has licishe liliphinde kabili inani lokulwa kunanoma" The Baddest Man on the Planet "aqhoshe, futhi sekukhona anqobe eziyisikhombisa last eziyisishiyagalombili imincintiswano yakhe professional.

Akuve ukuphetha ngokuthi noma ubani ivele the winner on September 25th uyakusutha ukusho mayelana ukuthi iziqubu yabo elilandelayo kufanele ihambisane ubuqhawe igolide phezu line.

Kusukela engena ebesengenile Bellator MMA e 2013, Beltran uye ligcwaliswe ngokumelene ezinye the best ukukhanya heavyweights ukukhuthazwa has sipho, nge matchups ngokumelene Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Vladimir "The ukuzihlanza" Matyushenko, Emanuel "The Hardcore Kid" Newton. Ngemuva transitioning ukuba middleweight at "Bellator 136: Brooks vs. Jansen"Ngo-Ephreli, "Mexicutioner" kuvele abanqoba i ukuhlangana ovusa ngokumelene Brian "umhlaseli" Rogers nesinqumo iningi.

 

The San Diego, Calif., bomdabu iqede 13 of yakhe 16 zokunqoba njengoba professional futhi uyobheka ukwelula yakhe yamanje Yokuwina streak lapho ebuyela yezinyoni Bellator MMA.

Ancintisanayo efanele kusukela 2003, Grove iye yaba nesandla ngandlela matchups amaqhawe, kuhlanganise umzamo wakhe yakamuva ngokumelene Brandon Halsey at "Bellator 137: Halsey vs. Grove " ngoMeyi. At kuphela-engamashumi 32 ubudala, "Da Spyder" luthemba ukuthi win ngomunye umgadli kwande like Beltran sizomkhonza kahle ukuphishekela kwakhe Bellator MMA zegolide.

Ingabe Hawaiian high-emide ukuphatha ukuhambisa Beltran kuphela okwesibili nobuciko bakhe bokulwa okuxubile ukugijima? Uma kukhona umuntu onekhono of a feat enjalo, kungcono Brazilian jiu-Jitsu black ibhande egunyaziwe Grove.

Injury kubambezela Eduardo Dantas vs.. Mike Richman at “Bellator MMA: Warren vs. Galvão”

C.R.. Davis vs. Hideo Tokoro ukukhushulelwa Spike umcimbi co-main TV-isiqephu

 

Santa Monica, Calif. (March 10, 2015) – A Mike Richman injury has delayed a highly anticipated bantamweight matchup with former Bellator MMA World Champion Eduardo Dantas ngalesi nyanga “Bellator MMA: Warren vs. Galvão” umcimbi. Nokho, Bellator MMA Izikhulu baye bagqugquzela a gem ngaphambilini wamemezela kusukela ikhadi wokulungiselela, as a 135-pound contest between C.R.. Davis
(22-6) vs. Hideo Tokoro (32-27) ngeke manje eshashalazini njengoba umcimbi co-main on Spike TV-isiqephu ikhadi main kusihlwa sika.

 

Dantas (16-4) vs. Richman (18-5) uzobe wahlelelwa at usuku.

“Bellator: Warren vs. Galvão” ithatha indawo Friday, March 27, at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. Isiqephu ikhadi main The ebusuku, featuring Bellator MMA Bantamweight World Champion Joe Warren vs. Olwa top Marcos Galvão, Airs aphile on Spike TV (9 p.m. KANYE).

A imifula-iziqubu eziyisikhombisa ikhadi wokulungiselela bephila Spike.com (6:30 p.m. KANYE).

Amathikithi for “Bellator: Warren vs. Galvão,” ezihlanganisa VIP lokuhlala for nje $75, Okwamanje ukudayiswa at Ticketmaster.com futhi Bellator.com.

Davis, of Kansas City, Mo., kuba isosha oneminyaka engu-of the sport ngubani okwamanje 6-1 in wakhe minyaka eyisikhombisa ukubukeka, kuhlanganise a pair of kwi ngaphansi banner Bellator MMA. Ubhekene veteran engu-14 Japanese Tokoro, kuwumgogodla osenesikhathi eside ezweni lakubo manje kwenza Bellator MMA wakhe DEBUT.

“Bellator: Warren vs. Galvão” – Friday, March 27, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, Okla.

IKhadi Main (9 p.m. KANYE)

Bellator Bantamweight Title Fight: Champ Joe Warren (12-3) vs. Marcos Galvão (16-6-1)

Bellator Bantamweight Prelim Fight: C.R.. Davis (22-6) vs. Hideo Tokoro (32-27)

Bellator Light wesibhakela Isici Fight: Francis Carmont (22-10) vs. William Viana (6-1)

Bellator Esilula Isici Fight: Ryan Couture (9-3) vs. Dakota Cochrane (18-7)

IKhadi Preliminary (6:30 p.m. KANYE)

Bellator Welterweight Prelim Fight: Sean Holden (2-1) vs. Team Roman (2-1)

Bellator middleweight Prelim Fight: Neal Ewing (5-0) vs. Logan Nail (1-0)

Bellator featherweight Prelim Fight: Emmanuel Sanchez (9-1) vs. Alejandro Villalobos (17-3)

Bellator featherweight Prelim Fight: Stephen Banaszak (3-4) vs. Brad Mitchell (4-1)

Bellator flyweight Prelim Fight: Klayton May (6-1) vs. Xavier Siller (5-3)

Bellator Bantamweight Prelim Fight: J.P. Cole (2-2) vs. Geo Pacurariu (8-4)

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Bellator wesibhakela Prelim Fight: Rashad Coulter (4-1) vs. Jeremiya O'Neal (13-24)

 

About Bellator MMA

Bellator MMA kuyinto ekuholeni Mixed Martial Arts inhlangano enesihloko eziningi fighters best in the world. Ngaphansi kokuqondisa esingumakadebona impi umgqugquzeli Scott Coker, Bellator kuyatholakala cishe 400 amakhaya million emhlabeni kuka 120 amazwe. In the United States, Bellator kungabonwa Spike TV, the MMA umholi ithelevishini. Bellator MMA sakhiwe yiqembu executive oluhlanganisa top emkhakheni ukukhiqizwa ithelevishini, live umcimbi orchestration, ukuthuthukiswa fighter / ubudlelwano, kwempahla kwenkundla yokudlalela, Indalo uxhaso / ukuthuthukiswa, kwamalayisensi international, marketing, ukukhangisa, emphakathini kanye nobudlelwane ikhomishana. Bellator isekelwe Santa Monica, California futhi ephethwe ukuzijabulisa giant Viacom, ekhaya UNdunankulu ukuzijabulisa brand zezwe ukuxhuma izilaleli kokuqukethwe esicindezelayo yonkana ithelevishini, motion picture, intanethi and mobile.

 

About Spike TV:

Spike TV itholakala 98.7 amakhaya million futhi is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A iyunithi Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks ungomunye Abadali emhlabeni anothile lwezinhlelo kanye nokuqukethwe kuzo zonke izingxenyekazi media. Ikheli Internet Spike TV sika www.spike.com kanye up-to-minute the-nolwazi press ezigciniwe kanye nezithombe, vakashela Spike TV sika press indawo http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter spiketvpr yakamuva in izindaba updates, ngemuva-the-izigcawu ulwazi nezithombe.

 

“Bellator: Warren vs. Galvão” uthola matchups new eziyisishiyagalombili, including L.C. Davis vs. Hideo Tokoro, Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Alejandro Villalobos

Santa Monica, Calif. (March 5, 2015) – The uhlelo 12-iziqubu ukubuya Bellator MMA sika WinStar World Casino manje ephelele ne ukwengeza i-ayisishiyagalombili fight uhlelo wokulungiselela.

The matchups new zihlanganisa bantamweights C.R.. Davis (22-6) vs. Hideo Tokoro (32-27), featherweights Emmanuel “The Matador” Sanchez (9-1) vs. Alejandro Villalobos (17-3), welterweights Sean Holden (2-1) vs. Team Roman (2-1), middleweights Neal Ewing (5-0) vs. Logan Nail (1-0), heavyweights Rashad Coulter (4-1) vs. Jeremiya O'Neal (13-24), featherweightsStephen “The Fear” Banaszak (3-4) vs. Brad Mitchell (4-1), flyweights Klayton May (6-1) vs.Xavier “Guns Young” Siller (5-3) futhi bantamweights J.P. Cole (2-2) vs. Geo Pacurariu (8-4).

The iziqubu ezintsha bakha ikhadi wokulungiselela Spike.com-kusakazwe (6:30 p.m. KANYE) of “Bellator: Warren vs. Galvão,” ebanjwa ngoLwesihlanu, March 27, at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla. Isiqephu ikhadi main The ebusuku, featuring Bellator MMA Bantamweight World Champion Joe Warren vs. Olwa top Marcos Galvão, Airs aphile on Spike TV (9 p.m. KANYE).

Amathikithi for “Bellator: Warren vs. Galvão,” ezihlanganisa VIP lokuhlala for nje $75, kakade ukudayisa mhlaka Ticketmaster.com futhi Bellator.com.

Davis, of Kansas City, Mo., kuba isosha oneminyaka engu-of the sport ngubani okwamanje 6-1 in wakhe minyaka eyisikhombisa ukubukeka, kuhlanganise a pair of kwi ngaphansi banner Bellator MMA. Manje meets veteran engu-14 Japanese Tokoro, kuwumgogodla osenesikhathi eside ezweni lakubo manje kwenza Bellator MMA wakhe DEBUT.

Sanchez, a Roufusport fighter engu-24 ubudala Milwaukee, Wisc., wenza Bellator MMA wakhe DEBUT in October 2013 ngakora a lokuqala round ukuzithoba ukuzuza Stephen Banaszak. Njengamanje inama ezinhlanu-fight ngokuwina streak oluhlanganisa ezine zokuqala-round kume umsebenzi. Manje meets Costa Rica fighter Villalobos, ngubani 11-1 in esidlule yakhe 12 ilwa futhi uye wathola 16 of yakhe 17 career iwina by stoppage, kuhlanganise nine knockouts kanye izethulo eziyisikhombisa.

Coulter, of Dallas, Texas, uye wathola womane ngokunqoba umsebenzi wakhe ngendlela Knockout, nakuba ukulahlekelwa kwakhe oyedwa career weza ngendlela yokuzithoba. Lokho angaba isici esiyisihluthulelo lapho uhlangana O'Neal, of Palestine, Texas, ongumnikazi 11 of yakhe 13 career ngokunqoba by tapout.

Holden, of Dallas, Texas, isetshenzwa ukunqoba uyoshaywa umoya wakhe wokuqala ezimbili career kodwa manje kubukeka ukuba Abuya kusuke February 2014 ukuzithoba ukulahlekelwa. Manje Ubhekene Roman, of Greenville, Texas, othathe ngqo endleleni career lwaluba, ukulahlekelwa DEBUT yakhe professional kodwa kusukela oshaya emuva emuva-to-back ngokunqoba.

The Ewing Ezingakanqotshwa, of Dallas, Texas, uye wathola konke ezinhlanu umsebenzi wakhe iwina ngendlela stoppage, kuhlanganise izethulo ezintathu futhi knockouts ezimbili. Manje Ubhekene Nail, of Sherman, Texas, ngubani sokonga a TKO ukuwina February wakhe 2014 DEBUT futhi manje ubheka ukwakhela kulokho Chile.

Banaszak, of Bells, Texas, is a ezintathu-time Bellator MMA veteran onesifo nokho ukuya abahluleli’ Isinqumo imincintiswano professional eziyisikhombisa. Manje Ubhekene Mitchell, of Dallas, Texas, owenza Bellator MMA yakhe DEBUT on the amandla emibili-fight ngokuwina streak.

May, of Dallas, Texas, kuyinto ace kulokho kubambana ubani isetshenzwa ezinhlanu yakhe yokuqala eyisithupha career iwina by ukuzithoba futhi onesifo kodwa ukulwa a abahluleli’ Isinqumo. Umphikisi wakhe, Siller, Abilene, Texas, ubelokhu ngokulinganayo asebenzayo in career yakhe, futhi ophela zonke fight – mane noma ulahlekelwe – ngaphambi insimbi final.

Cole, of Frisco, Texas, futhi Romanian ukungenisa Pacurariu, ngubani manje uhlala nezitimela e Dallas, Texas, ngamunye enze Bellator MMA wabo DEBUT.

“Bellator: Warren vs. Galvão” – Friday, March 27, WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, Okla.

IKhadi Main (9 p.m. KANYE)

Bellator Bantamweight Title Fight: Champ Joe Warren (12-3) vs. Marcos Galvão (16-6-1)

Bellator Bantamweight Isici Fight: Eduardo Dantas (16-4) vs. Mike Richman (18-5)

Bellator Light wesibhakela Isici Fight: Francis Carmont (22-10) vs. William Viana (6-1)

Bellator Esilula Isici Fight: Dakota Cochrane (18-7) vs. Ryan Couture (9-3)

IKhadi Preliminary (6:30 p.m. KANYE)

Bellator wesibhakela Prelim Fight: Rashad Coulter (4-1) vs. Jeremiya O'Neal (13-24),

Bellator Welterweight Prelim Fight: Sean Holden (2-1) vs. Team Roman (2-1)

Bellator middleweight Prelim Fight: Neal Ewing (5-0) vs. Logan Nail (1-0)

Bellator featherweight Prelim Fight: Emmanuel Sanchez (9-1) vs. Alejandro Villalobos (17-3)

Bellator featherweight Prelim Fight: Stephen Banaszak (3-4) vs. Brad Mitchell (4-1)

Bellator Bantamweight Prelim Fight: C.R.. Davis (22-6) vs. Hideo Tokoro (32-27)

Bellator flyweight Prelim Fight: Klayton May (6-1) vs. Xavier Siller (5-3)

Bellator Bantamweight Prelim Fight: J.P. Cole (2-2) vs. Geo Pacurariu (8-4)

About Bellator MMA

Bellator MMA kuyinto ekuholeni Mixed Martial Arts inhlangano enesihloko eziningi fighters best in the world. Ngaphansi kokuqondisa esingumakadebona impi umgqugquzeli Scott Coker, Bellator kuyatholakala cishe 400 amakhaya million emhlabeni kuka 120 amazwe. In the United States, Bellator kungabonwa Spike TV, the MMA umholi ithelevishini. Bellator MMA sakhiwe yiqembu executive oluhlanganisa top emkhakheni ukukhiqizwa ithelevishini, live umcimbi orchestration, ukuthuthukiswa fighter / ubudlelwano, kwempahla kwenkundla yokudlalela, Indalo uxhaso / ukuthuthukiswa, kwamalayisensi international, marketing, ukukhangisa, emphakathini kanye nobudlelwane ikhomishana. Bellator isekelwe Santa Monica, California futhi ephethwe ukuzijabulisa giant Viacom, ekhaya UNdunankulu ukuzijabulisa brand zezwe ukuxhuma izilaleli kokuqukethwe esicindezelayo yonkana ithelevishini, motion picture, intanethi and mobile.

 

About Spike TV:

Spike TV itholakala 98.7 amakhaya million futhi is a division of Viacom Media Networks. A iyunithi Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks ungomunye Abadali emhlabeni anothile lwezinhlelo kanye nokuqukethwe kuzo zonke izingxenyekazi media. Ikheli Internet Spike TV sika www.spike.com kanye up-to-minute the-nolwazi press ezigciniwe kanye nezithombe, vakashela Spike TV sika press indawo http://www.spike.com/press. Follow us on Twitter spiketvpr yakamuva in izindaba updates, ngemuva-the-izigcawu ulwazi nezithombe.