| TOKYO - April 4, 2016- Re'zin FF, den kampsport kampanjen ledet av tidligere PRIDE FC hodet 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, på Søndag, April 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, november 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" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pounds) matchup.
In a women’s open weight bout, dekorert brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu verdensmester og kvinners MMA tungvekt prospektet Gabi Garcia (1-0) vil kollidere med to-tiden pankration mester Anna Malyukova (1-0).
Hard-hitting knockout artists Chris "Huggy bjørn" Barnett (14-2) og Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4) will go to war in a heavyweight battle.
Siste ricin FF Grand Prix-turnering semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) vil stille opp med tidligere K-en mester Jaideep "Heart" uke (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 KO er kickboksing) i 216- pound catchweight kampen.
Sambo verdensmester Vadim Nemkov (5-1) vil ta på seg ubeseiret, aggressive-minded spiss og topp Nordic prospektet "Konge" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i en lett tungvekt (205 pounds) tilt.
I en 180-pund MMA regler catchweight konkurranse, ødeleggende kraft puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) vil ta på fyren behandler Yuta “Andre” Watanabe (19-6-4).
Retur til aksjon for første gang i fem år, elskede tungvekter Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), vil møte nylig RIZIN FF Grand Prix-turnering runner-up og farlig knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).
i fluevekt (125 pounds) handling, innsending ess Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) vil låse horn med rødglødende mester 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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