| TOKYO - April 4, 2016- Re'zin FF, te whakatairanga hākinakina whawhai arahina e matenga TEOTEORAA FC mua 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, i runga i Rātapu, April 17.
Tamura and Silva will tussle with another all-time great Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) a 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 a Dave Menne, as well as superstars Renzo Gracie a Jeremy Horn.
Tamura was groomed by famed pro wrestling trainers Billy Robinson,Nobuhiko Takada a 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, i runga i Noema 23, 2005.
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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 te" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pauna) matchup.
In a women’s open weight bout, whakapaipai toa ao Palāsilá Jiu-Jitsu me MMA amanaki taumahamaha o te wahine GaBi Garcia (1-0) ka tutuku ki e rua-te wā toa Pankration Anna Malyukova (1-0).
Hard-hitting knockout artists Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) a Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4) will go to war in a heavyweight battle.
Tata ricin whakataetae semifinalist FF Grand Prix Theodore Tāroaroa (8-3) ka tapawha atu ki mua toa K-1 Jaideep "Heart" wiki (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing o KO) i roto i te 216- whawhai pauna catchweight.
toa Sambo ao Vadim Nemkov (5-1) Ka tangohia i te tūturu, patu kaitaua-whakaaro, me te runga amanaki Nordic "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i roto i te taumahamaha marama (205 pauna) honga.
I roto i te whakataetae ture 180-pauna MMA catchweight, puncher mana kinoHisaki Kato (5-2) ka tango i runga i hoa faaoti Yuta "Ētahi" Watanabe (19-6-4).
Hoki ki te mahi mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te rima tau, taumahamaha aroha Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), ka fehangahangai tata RIZIN FF Grand Prix whakataetae runner-ake, me te toi knockout kino George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).
i roto i te mā (125 pauna) mahi, hai tukunga Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) Ka maukati haona ki toa whero-wera 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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