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RIZIN AddsKrazy Horse” ווס. Kimura To Sept. 25 Grand Prix Event

K-1 kickboxing star Minoru Kimura (פּיקטשערד) will make his MMA rules debut against CharlesKrazy HorseBennett at the highly-anticipated RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round event in Tokyo, יאַפּאַן אויף זונטיק, זיבן. 25. Photo courtesy of (C)M-1 Sports Media.

רע'זין FF:
CHARLES “KRAZY HORSE” BENNETT
RETURNS TO JAPAN, WILL FACE MINORU KIMURA
IN MMA ACTION IN TOKYO ON סעפּטעמבער 25

טאָקיאָ - ויגוסט 18, 2016 - רע'זין FF, the combat sports federation headed by former PRIDE Fighting Championships boss נאָבויוקי סאַקאַקיבאַראַ, announced today the addition of a featherweight (145 פונט) געמישט מאַרשאַל Arts (ממאַ) matchup between former PRIDE FC and EliteXC star Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett (29-30-2) and K-1 kickboxing KO artist Minoru Kimura (ממאַ: 0-0, קיקקבאָקסינג: 21-6-1, 15 קאָ ס) to the federation’s already stacked Grand Prix event in Tokyo on זונטיק, זיבן. 25.

A 17-year veteran of the sport with an aggressive, crowd-pleasing style of fighting, די 5-פֿיס-8, 36-year-old Bennett of Ocala, פלאַ. put himself on the map 16 years ago with a first round (1:55) קאָ (זעץ) פון יאָשיראָ מאַעדאַ at PRIDE Bushido 7 in Tokyo on May 22, 2005.

Bennett’s biggest mark in the sport to date was arguably his one-punch, ערשטער קייַלעכיק (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 (פּיאַטע קרוק) פון Paul Rodriguez אין Kissimmee, פלאַ. אויף מייַ 14.


אויבן: טשאַרלעס “Krazy HorseBennett will make his return to Japan and debut for RIZIN FF on סעפּטעמבער 25

Ranked as high as number two in the world in kickboxing’s featherweight division as of the close of 2015, די 5-פֿיס-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, אַרייַנגערעכנטKaew Fairtex as well as Japanese stars Hideaki Yamazaki און Masaaki Noiri, to reach elite status in the sport.

אין זיין לעצט אָנהייב, Kimura picked up a unanimous decision victory over “Noman” in a K-1 World Grand Prix tournament reserve bout on יוני 24.

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

ממאַ אגדות Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (ממאַ: 31-11-1, 1 נק; קיקקבאָקסינג: 23-8, 12 קאָ ס) און וואַנדערלעי סילוואַ (35-12-1, 1 נק) 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

ופּדאַטעד קאַמף קאָרט

Open Weight Tournament Bout: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. טבאַ
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. טבאַ
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Baruto Kaito vs. טבאַ
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Jiri Prochazka vs. טבאַ
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Teodorasu Aukstuolis vs. טבאַ
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Karl Albrektsson vs. טבאַ
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Valentine Moldavski vs. טבאַ
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Amir Aliakbari vs. טבאַ
לייטווייט: דאַראָן קרויקקשאַנק ווס. אַנדי סאָוווער
כעוויווייט: גאַבי גאַרסיאַ ווס. Destanie Yarbrough
Strawweight: Kanako Murata vs. קיראַ באַטאַראַ
Weight TBD: Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
Weight TBD: Asen Yamamoto vs. Kizaemon Saiga
פעאַטהערוועיגהט: Charles Bennett vs. Minoru Kimura

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