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RIZIN Adds “Krazy Horse” vs. Kimura To Sept. 25 Grand Prix Event

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K-1 kickboxing star Minoru Kimura (mynd) will make his MMA rules debut against Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett at the highly-anticipated RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round event in Tokyo, Japan á Sunnudagur, Seven. 25. Photo courtesy of (C)M-1 Sports Media.

Re'zin FF:
CHARLES “KRAZY HORSE” BENNETT
RETURNS TO JAPAN, WILL FACE MINORU KIMURA
IN MMA ACTION IN TOKYO ON SEPTEMBER 25

TOKYO - Ágúst 18, 2016 - Re'zin FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today the addition of a featherweight (145 £) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) matchup between former PRIDE FC and EliteXC star Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett (29-30-2) and K-1 kickboxing KO artist Minoru Kimura (MMA: 0-0, Kickboxing: 21-6-1, 15 Rothögg) to the federation’s already stacked Grand Prix event in Tokyo on Sunnudagur, Seven. 25.

A 17-year veteran of the sport with an aggressive, crowd-pleasing style of fighting, 5-fótur-8, 36-year-old Bennett of Ocala, Fla. put himself on the map 16 years ago with a first round (1:55) KO (kýla) af Yoshiro Maeda at PRIDE Bushido 7 in Tokyo on May 22, 2005.

Bennett’s biggest mark in the sport to date was arguably his one-punch, Fyrsta umferð (3:43), upset KO of former UFC and Strikeforce star K.J. Noons, who went into the matchup a heavy favorite over Bennett. The high-profile bout took place at EliteXC: Destiny, the first-ever, live SHOWTIME televised event in MMA history.

Bennett is coming off a spectacular, 43 second submission (hæl krókur) af Paul Rodriguez í Kissimmee, Fla. á Maí 14.


Ofan: Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett will make his return to Japan and debut for RIZIN FF on September 25

Ranked as high as number two in the world in kickboxing’s featherweight division as of the close of 2015, 5-fótur-8, 22-year-old Kimura, who permanently relocated to Japan at the age of three, after being born in Curitiba, Brazil to a fourth generation, Brazilian-Japanese mother and a Brazilian-Italian father, will make his debut under MMA rules.

The feisty Fighting Kairos Gym competitor who has captivated fight fans with his raucous behavior, has defeated a number of noteworthy adversaries in the kickboxing ring, ÁsamtKaew Fairtex as well as Japanese stars Hideaki Yamazaki og Masaaki Noiri, to reach elite status in the sport.

Í síðasta byrjunarliðinu, Kimura picked up a unanimous decision victory over “Noman” in a K-1 World Grand Prix tournament reserve bout on Júní 24.

The RIZIN FF event will be headlined by the kick-off of the much-anticipated, 16-man open weight tournament.

MMA Legends Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 Rothögg) og Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) are amongst the nine competitors that have been announced as tournament participants. The tournament’s first stage matchups will be announced soon.

RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round

Uppfært Fight Card

Open Weight Tournament Bout: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Baruto Kaito vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Jiri Prochazka vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Teodorasu Aukstuolis vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Karl Albrektsson vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Valentine Moldavski vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Amir Aliakbari vs. TBA
Léttur: Daron Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Heavyweight: Gabi Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough
Strawweight: Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
Weight TBD: Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
Weight TBD: Asen Yamamoto vs. Kizaemon Saiga
Featherweight: Charles Bennett vs. Minoru Kimura

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RIZIN FF ANNOUNCES MATCHUPS FOR THREE STAR-STUDDED WOMEN’S MMA BOUTS AT GRAND PRIX EVENT IN TOKYO, SEPTEMBER 25

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Pictured (from left to right): RIZIN FF stars Miyuu Yamamoto, Rena Kubota and Kanako Murata were on hand at a press conference in Japan today to discuss their matchups at the highly-anticipated RIZIN FF event in Tokyo, Japan á Sunnudagur, Seven. 25. Yamamoto will square off with Kubota, while Murata will face off with Combate Americas star Kyra Batara.

Heavyweight: Gabi Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough
Strawweight: Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto

Meira: Five fighters added to the 16-man, open weight tournament that kicks off at the September extravaganza

TOKYO - Ágúst 16, 2016 - Re'zin FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, today revealed at a press conference the matchups for the three women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) bouts slated for the highly-anticipated Grand Prix event in Tokyo on Sunnudagur, Seven. 25.

Facing off with previously announced, undefeated MMA rising star and ninth degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gabi Garcia (2-0) will be fellow unbeaten prospect and professional football standout Destanie Yarbrough (1-0).

Three-time junior Olympic wrestling medalist and undefeated MMA upstart Kanako Murata (3-0) will square off with Combate Americas MMA star Kyra "Mogwai" Batara (5-3) in a strawweight (115 £) keppni.

Renowned shoot boxing champion Rena Kubota (1-0) will make her second start under MMA rules against famed women’s freestyle wrestling pioneer Miyuu Yamamoto (0-0), who will make her long-awaited MMA debut on the same card as her son, Asen Yamamoto (0-1). The weight limit of the Kubota-Yamamoto matchup will be announced soon.

Að auki, it was announced that five new fighters – heavyweights George "Denise" Prochazka (17-3-1) of the Czech Republic and Amir Aliakbari (2-0) of Iran, and light heavyweights Teodorasu Aukstuolis (9-3) of Lithuania,"King" Karl Albrektsson (5-0) of Sweden and Valentine Moldavski (3-0) of Russia – have all been added to the much-anticipated, 16-man open weight tournament that will kick off and headline the September 25 atburður.

The five fighters join previously announced MMA legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 Rothögg), fellow PRIDE FC veteran and combat sports fan favorite Kazuyuki Fujita (15-11) and former sumo wrestling champion Baruto Kaito (1-0) in the multi-event, single-elimination affair.

The tournament’s first stage matchups will be announced soon.

Gabi Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough

The 6-fótur-2, 30-year-old Garcia of Porto Alege, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil will look for her third consecutive MMA victory following her second round (2:04) uppgjöf (armbar) af Anna Malyukova at the RIZIN FF extravaganza onApríl 17.

Yarbrough of Fresno, Calif. is a 5-foot-7, 28-year-old running back for the Women’s Football Alliance squad, the Central Cal War Angels, which finished its 2016 season with a perfect, 7-0 met. The stocky powerhouse led the league last season in both touchdowns and rushing yards.

A lifelong athlete, Yarbrough made an explosive, professional MMA debut onApríl 1, scoring a 33-second TKO (Læknirinn stöðvun) á Crystal Parson.


Caption: Combate Americas MMA star Kyra Batara (ofan) will make her RIZIN FF debut against Kanako Murata

Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara

The 5-foot-1, 23-year-old Murata of Ehime, Japan will make her debut at strawweight following three consecutive wins, the last two of which came by way of TKO (högg), in flyweight (125 £) keppnir.

Berjast af Las Vegas, Nev., the 4-foot-11, 21-year-old Batara, who typically fights in the atomweight (105 £) deild, is riding a three-fight win streak under the promotion of U.S. Hispanic MMA franchise, Combate Americas.

In her last start, Batara finished Jenny “The Phoenix” Silverio in unprecedented fashion – a ground and pound version of Eddie Bravo’s patented “twister” – that earned Batara, a protégé of Bravo, a TKO in the second round (4:13) bardaga.

Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto

The 5-foot-3, 25-year-old Kubota of Osaka, Japan is a three-time shoot boxing tournament champion who boasts a stellar, career kickboxing record of 25-5-1 (6 Rothögg).

Kubota made her much-anticipated MMA rules debut at the inaugural RIZIN FF event on Desember 31, submitting Jleana Valentino with a brilliantly executed flying armbar in the second round (3:31) aðgerð.

The daughter of Olympic wrestler Ikuei Yamamoto and elder sister of MMA superstar and 2005 K-1 HERO’s Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto, the 5-foot-1, 42-year-old Miyuu of Kanagawa, Japan will enter a new chapter in her career and family legacy when she steps in the RIZIN FF squared circle for the first time.

Miyuu earned her first national wrestling championship when she was 13 ára, and subsequently defended it four straight years. Á aldrinum 17, she became the youngest world champion in history.

Miyuu’s son, Asen, mun rekast með Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Japan at a weight to be determined.

RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round

Uppfært Fight Card

Open Weight Tournament Bout: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. TBA
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Baruto Kaito vs. TBA
Léttur: Daron Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Heavyweight: Gabi Garcia vs. Destanie Yarbrough
Strawweight: Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
Weight TBD: Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
Weight TBD: Asen Yamamoto vs. Kizaemon Saiga

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Re'zin FF: MIRKO CRO COP EMERGES FROM RETIREMENT FOR 16-MAN, OPEN WEIGHT TOURNAMENT KICKING OFF IN TOKYO ON SEPTEMBER 25!

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WANDERLEI SILVA, KAZUYUKI FUJITA, AND BARUTO KAITO
ALL TABBED FOR ACTION IN MULTI-STAGE TOURNAMENT

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DARON CRUICKSHANK FACES ANDY SOUWER,
AND GABI GARCIA AND KANAKO MURATA RETURN TO ACTION

TOKYO – July 16, 2016 - Re'zin FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced at a press conference today that all-time great Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 Rothögg) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-einn, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on Sunnudagur, Seven. 25.

A former PRIDE and K-1 Grand Prix tournament champion, Filipovic earned his place as one of the greatest martial arts combatants in history with an elite set of striking skills that helped him earn the most first round finishes as well as the most head kick knockouts in PRIDE history.

It was also announced today that 4 af 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) of Curitiba, Parana, Brasilía, will receive a bye in the first stage, and automatically advance to the tournament’s second, or quarterfinal stage, which will take place at a location to be announced on Fimmtudagur, Desember. 29.

Joining Sakakibara, Filipovic and Silva at the press conference were veteran warhorse Kazuyiki Fujita (15-11) of Funabashi, Chiba, Japan and former sumo wrestling champion turned MMA upstart Baruto Kaito (1-0) Eistlands, both of whom have been tabbed for battle in the first stage of the tournament.

The round of 16 matchups will be announced at the end of July.

In other, single-fight action on September 25, two striking sensations – Daron Cruickshank (17-8, 1 NC) og Andy Souwer (MMA: 1-0, Kickboxing: 159-19, 98 Rothögg) – will collide in a lightweight (155) mál.

Cruickshank af Wayne, mig. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on Apríl 17, skora fyrstu umferð (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed Shinji Sasaki.

A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, Holland, is a two-time winner of the K-1 World Max tournament and a four-time Shootboxing world champion. On December 31, 2015, he made his long-awaited MMA rules debut at the inaugural RIZIN FF event in Saitama, Japan, decimatingYuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima með því að fyrstu lotu (5:29) KO with an onslaught of punches.

Unbeaten women’s light heavyweight and nine-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Gabi Garcia (2-0) and three-time junior Olympic wrestling medalist and undefeated flyweight (125 £) MMA stjörnu Kanako Murata (3-0) of Ehime, Japan will each see action against an opponent to be announced soon.

Garcia of Porto Alege, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil made quick work of both of her MMA opponents to date, skora fyrstu umferð (2:36) WHO (högg) in her professional debut on Lei'd Tapa at the RIZIN FF promotional kick-off event on Desember 31, and submitting Anna Malyukova with an armbar in the second round (2:04) of battle at the RIZIN FF affair on Apríl 17.

Bara 22 ára, Murata made her professional MMA debut under the promotion of RIZIN FF on Apríl 17, notching a unanimous decision overNatalia Denisova, and has since already competed twice more, sigraMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) WHO (högg) ogIlona Wijmans með því að fyrstu lotu (1:17) WHO (högg), júní 4 og júlí 7, sig.

Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Osaka, Japan will take on fellow upstartAsen Yamamoto at a weight to be determined.

Women’s shoot boxing champion and unbeaten MMA competitor Rena Kubota (1-0) of Osaka, Japan will make her second start under MMA rules against an opponent to be announced.

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RIZIN FF ANNOUNCES LEGENDARY MMA PIONEER KIYOSHI TAMURA AS WANDERLEI SILVA TAG TEAM PARTNER FOR APRIL 17 MAIN EVENT IN NAGOYA, JAPAN

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TOKYO - Apríl 4, 2016- Re'zin FF, Bardagaíþróttir kynningu undir forystu fyrrum PRIDE FC höfuð Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today that legendary Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) pioneer and former professional wrestling standout Kiyoshi Tamura (32-13-3), will join forces with fellow decorated icon Wanderlei Silva(35-12-1, 1 NC) in the special grappling tag team matchup that will headline the highly-anticipated, star-studded extravaganza in Nagoya Japan, á Sunnudagur, Apríl 17.

Tamura and Silva will tussle with another all-time great Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) og Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2) in the unique, one-of-a-kind bout.

The affair marks the first time since December 31, 2008 that the 5-foot-11, 46-year-old Tamura, recognized for his elite level catch wrestling skills and quick, fluid movements, will see action in combat.

In his last start under MMA rules on the K-1 – Dynamite!! New Year’s Eve mega-card in Saitama, Japan, Tamura earned his third consecutive win, a unanimous decision over Sakuraba.

While competing for the likes of PRIDE, K-1, Rings, DREAM and UWF International, Tamura compiled an extensive resume of conquests, including those over eventual UFC champions Pat Miletich, Maurice Smith og Dave Menne, as well as superstars Renzo Gracie og Jeremy Horn.

Tamura was groomed by famed pro wrestling trainers Billy Robinson,Nobuhiko Takada og Akira Maeda, to eventually become a force in the sport’s middleweight division. In his final bout before retirement, Tamura notched a victory over fellow hybrid MMA star and professional wrestler Josh Barnett, nóvember 23, 2005.

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

In other action on the star-studded fight card, 13-fight UFC veteran and action fighter Daron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 NC) will collide with submission expertShinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 £) matchup.

In a women’s open weight bout, skreytt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heimsmeistari og MMA Heavyweight horfur kvenna Gabi Garcia (1-0) mun rekast með tveggja tíma Pankration meistari Anna Malyukova (1-0).

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

Nýleg rísín FF Grand Prix mót semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) mun ferningur burt með fyrrverandi K-1 meistari Jaideep "Heart" viku (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing Rothögg) í a 216- pund catchweight berjast.

Sambo heimsmeistari Vadim Nemkov (5-1) mun taka á undefeated, árásargjarn hugarfar framherji og toppur Nordic horfur "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) í ljós þungavigtar (205 £) halla.

Í 180-pund MMA reglur catchweight keppni, hrikalegt afl puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) mun taka á aðra fullkomnari Yuta "Annað" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Aftur til aðgerða í fyrsta skipti í fimm ár, unnusti þungavigtar Kazuyuki "Ol 'járnhaus" Fujita (15-10), munu standa frammi nýleg RIZIN FF Grand Prix mót hlaupari-upp og hættulegt knockout listamaður George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

í Flyweight (125 £) aðgerð, skil Ás Allan "Grímur" Fæðing (14-3) mun læsa horn með rauð-heitt meistari Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

Women’s amateur wrestling champion Kanako Murata (0-0) will make her highly-anticipated, professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut against rising starNatalya Denisova (2-1) in a 116-pound catchweight affair.

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

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

TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Re'zin FF, Bardagaíþróttir kynningu undir forystu fyrrum PRIDE FC höfuð 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 á Sunnudagur, Apríl 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 í annarri umferð (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

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

Í helstu atburði, Fyrrum PRIDE FC middleweight meistari og hugmyndaríkur Superstar Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) mun lið upp með a bardagamaður að vera tilkynnt fljótlega, í sérstökum grappling "tag passa,"Og berjast við dúett sem samanstendur af náungi þjóðsaga, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) og 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 £) matchup.

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

Í opnu þyngd aðgerð kvenna, skreytt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu heimsmeistari og MMA Heavyweight horfur kvenna Gabi Garcia (1-0) mun rekast með tveggja tíma Pankration meistari Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Nýleg rísín FF Grand Prix mót semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) mun ferningur burt með fyrrverandi K-1 meistari Jaideep "Heart" viku (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing Rothögg) í a 216- pund catchweight berjast.

Sambo heimsmeistari Vadim Nemkov (5-1) mun taka á undefeated, árásargjarn hugarfar framherji og toppur Nordic horfur "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) í ljós þungavigtar (205 £) halla.

Í 180-pund MMA reglur catchweight keppni, hrikalegt afl puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) mun taka á aðra fullkomnari Yuta "Annað" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Aftur til aðgerða í fyrsta skipti í fimm ár, unnusti þungavigtar Kazuyuki "Ol 'járnhaus" Fujita (15-10), munu standa frammi nýleg RIZIN FF Grand Prix mót hlaupari-upp og hættulegt knockout listamaður George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

í Flyweight (125 £) aðgerð, skil Ás Allan "Grímur" Fæðing (14-3) mun læsa horn með rauð-heitt meistari Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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