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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 (y llun) 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 ar Dydd Sul, Saith. 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 Medi 25

TOKYO - Awst 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 bunnoedd) Crefftau Ymladd Cymysg (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 KO yn) to the federation’s already stacked Grand Prix event in Tokyo on Dydd Sul, Saith. 25.

A 17-year veteran of the sport with an aggressive, crowd-pleasing style of fighting, y 5-droed-8, 36-year-old Bennett of Ocala, Fla. put himself on the map 16 years ago with a first round (1:55) KO (punch) o 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, rownd gyntaf (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 (bachyn sawdl) o Paul Rodriguez yn Kissimmee, Fla. ar Mai 14.


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

Ranked as high as number two in the world in kickboxing’s featherweight division as of the close of 2015, y 5-droed-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, Gan gynnwysKaew Fairtex as well as Japanese stars Hideaki Yamazaki ac Masaaki Noiri, to reach elite status in the sport.

Yn ei gychwyn diwethaf, Kimura picked up a unanimous decision victory over “Noman” in a K-1 World Grand Prix tournament reserve bout on Mehefin 24.

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

Chwedlau MMA Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 CC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 KO yn) ac Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 CC) 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

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Open Weight Tournament Bout: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Baruto Kaito vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Jiri Prochazka vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Teodorasu Aukstuolis vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Karl Albrektsson vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Valentine Moldavski vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Amir Aliakbari vs. I'w drefnu
Ysgafn: Daron Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Pwysau trwm: 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
Pwysau plu: 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, Medi 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 ar Dydd Sul, Saith. 25. Yamamoto will square off with Kubota, while Murata will face off with Combate Americas star Kyra Batara.

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

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

TOKYO - Awst 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 Dydd Sul, Saith. 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 bunnoedd) gystadleuaeth.

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.

Yn ogystal,, 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,"Brenin" 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 Medi 25 Digwyddiad.

The five fighters join previously announced MMA legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 CC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 KO yn), 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

Y 6 troedfedd-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) cyflwyniad (armbar) o anna Malyukova at the RIZIN FF extravaganza onEbrill 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 cofnod. The stocky powerhouse led the league last season in both touchdowns and rushing yards.

A lifelong athlete, Yarbrough made an explosive, professional MMA debut onEbrill 1, scoring a 33-second TKO (meddyg rhoi'r gorau i weithio) ar Crystal Parson.


Caption: Combate Americas MMA star Kyra Batara (uchod) 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 (punches), in flyweight (125 bunnoedd) cystadlaethau.

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

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) o frwydr.

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 KO yn).

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

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 mlwydd oed, and subsequently defended it four straight years. At age 17, she became the youngest world champion in history.

Miyuu’s son, Asen, Bydd yn gwrthdaro â Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Japan at a weight to be determined.

RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round

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Open Weight Tournament Bout: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. I'w drefnu
Open Weight Tournament Bout: Baruto Kaito vs. I'w drefnu
Ysgafn: Daron Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Pwysau trwm: 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

MWY:
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 CC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 KO yn) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-un, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on Dydd Sul, Saith. 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 y 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 CC) of Curitiba, Parana, Brasil, 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 Dydd Iau, Rhagfyr. 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) Estonia, 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 Medi 25, two striking sensations – Daron Cruickshank (17-8, 1 CC) ac Andy Souwer (MMA: 1-0, Kickboxing: 159-19, 98 KO yn) – will collide in a lightweight (155) berthynas.

Cruickshank o Wayne, mi. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on Ebrill 17, sgorio rownd gyntaf (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed Shinji Sasaki.

A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, Iseldiroedd, 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 ar ffurf cylch cyntaf (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 bunnoedd) Seren MMA 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, sgorio rownd gyntaf (2:36) PWY (punches) in her professional debut on Tapa Lei'd at the RIZIN FF promotional kick-off event on Rhagfyr 31, and submitting anna Malyukova with an armbar in the second round (2:04) of battle at the RIZIN FF affair on Ebrill 17.

Dim ond 22 oed, Murata made her professional MMA debut under the promotion of RIZIN FF on Ebrill 17, notching a unanimous decision overNatalia Denisova, and has since already competed twice more, curoMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) PWY (punches) acIlona Wijmans ar ffurf cylch cyntaf (1:17) PWY (punches), ar Fehefin 4 a Gorffennaf 7, yn y drefn honno.

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 - Ebrill 4, 2016- Re'zin FF, hyrwyddo brwydro yn erbyn chwaraeon a arweinir gan gyn-bennaeth PRIDE FC 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 CC) in the special grappling tag team matchup that will headline the highly-anticipated, star-studded extravaganza in Nagoya Japan, ar Dydd Sul, Ebrill 17.

Tamura and Silva will tussle with another all-time great Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 CC) ac 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 ac Dave Menne, as well as superstars Renzo Gracie ac Jeremy Horn.

Tamura was groomed by famed pro wrestling trainers Billy Robinson,Nobuhiko Takada ac 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, ar Dachwedd 23, 2005.

Pris o 100,000 Yen, 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 CC) will collide with submission expertShinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 bunnoedd) matchup.

In a women’s open weight bout, haddurno bencampwr byd Brasil Jiu-Jitsu a MMA gobaith pwysau trwm merched Gabi Garcia (1-0) Bydd yn gwrthdaro gyda pencampwr Pankration dwy-amser anna Malyukova (1-0).

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

ricin semifinalist twrnamaint FF Grand Prix Diweddar Theodore Tall (8-3) Bydd sgwâr i ffwrdd gyda cyn-bencampwr K-1 Jaideep "Calon" wythnos (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing KO yn) mewn 216- ymladd punt catchweight.

bencampwr byd Sambo Vadim Nemkov (5-1) Bydd yn cymryd ar undefeated, ymosodwr ymosodol eu meddwl a top gobaith Nordig "Brenin" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) mewn pwysau trwm ysgafn (205 bunnoedd) tilt.

Mewn cystadleuaeth rheolau MMA 180-punt catchweight, Puncher pŵer dinistriolHisaki Kato (5-2) Bydd cymryd ar gyd-finisher Yuta "Arall" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Dychwelyd i weithredu am y tro cyntaf mewn pum mlynedd, pwysau trwm annwyl Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), yn wynebu RIZIN diweddar FF Grand Prix twrnamaint ail wobr a'r artist knockout peryglus George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

yn pwysau pryf (125 bunnoedd) gweithredu, ace cyflwyno Allan "Grim" Geni (14-3) Bydd clo cyrn gyda pencampwr coch-poeth Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 CC).

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 (y llun) will make her much-anticipated professional MMA debut against Russian rising star Natalya Denisova at the star-studded RIZIN FF event in Nagoya, Japan ar Dydd Sul, Ebrill 17.

TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Re'zin FF, hyrwyddo brwydro yn erbyn chwaraeon a arweinir gan gyn-bennaeth PRIDE FC 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 ar Dydd Sul, Ebrill 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 onMedi 26, she utilized her sharp, aggressive striking arsenal to finish Marina Lvova yn yr ail rownd (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

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

Yn y prif ddigwyddiad, cyn-bencampwr pwysau canol PRIDE CC a superstar toreithiog Wanderlei "Mae'r Murderer Axe" Silva (35-12-1, 1 CC) Bydd tîm i fyny gyda ymladdwr i'w gyhoeddi cyn hir, mewn grappling arbennig "gêm tag,"Ac yn frwydr deuawd sy'n cynnwys cyd-chwedl, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 CC) ac Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

Prolific striker and 13-fight UFC veteran Daron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 CC) will collide with submission expert Shinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 bunnoedd) matchup.

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

Yn gweithredu pwysau agored merched, haddurno bencampwr byd Brasil Jiu-Jitsu a MMA gobaith pwysau trwm merched Gabi Garcia (1-0) Bydd yn gwrthdaro gyda pencampwr Pankration dwy-amser anna Malyukova (1-0).

ricin semifinalist twrnamaint FF Grand Prix Diweddar Theodore Tall (8-3) Bydd sgwâr i ffwrdd gyda cyn-bencampwr K-1 Jaideep "Calon" wythnos (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing KO yn) mewn 216- ymladd punt catchweight.

bencampwr byd Sambo Vadim Nemkov (5-1) Bydd yn cymryd ar undefeated, ymosodwr ymosodol eu meddwl a top gobaith Nordig "Brenin" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) mewn pwysau trwm ysgafn (205 bunnoedd) tilt.

Mewn cystadleuaeth rheolau MMA 180-punt catchweight, Puncher pŵer dinistriolHisaki Kato (5-2) Bydd cymryd ar gyd-finisher Yuta "Arall" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Dychwelyd i weithredu am y tro cyntaf mewn pum mlynedd, pwysau trwm annwyl Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), yn wynebu RIZIN diweddar FF Grand Prix twrnamaint ail wobr a'r artist knockout peryglus George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

yn pwysau pryf (125 bunnoedd) gweithredu, ace cyflwyno Allan "Grim" Geni (14-3) Bydd clo cyrn gyda pencampwr coch-poeth Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 CC).

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RIZIN FF ARWYDDION Daron Cruickshank A "HUGGY BEAR,"YN CYHOEDDI FIVE NEW, STAR serennog MMA byliau EBRILL 17 MEGA-DIGWYDDIAD yn Nagoya, JAPAN

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teimlad Ysgafn Daron Cruickshank (y llun) wedi arwyddo gyda FF ricin, a bydd yn gwneud ei ymddangosiad cyntaf yn hyrwyddo ar ddydd Sul, Ebrill 17.

Cruickshank yn cymryd ar Shinji Sasaki mewn cystadleuaeth ysgafn;
Huggy Bear yn wynebu Kirill Sidelnikov yn ornest pwysau trwm

Mwy:
Merched Pwysau Agored: Gabi Garcia vs. anna Malyukova
216 Pound Catchweight: Theodore Vs. Tall. Jaideep Singh
Golau pwysau trwm: Vadim Nemkov vs. Karl Albrektsson
TOKYO - Mawrth 24, 2016- Re'zin FF, hyrwyddo brwydro yn erbyn chwaraeon a arweinir gan gyn-bennaeth PRIDE FC Nobuyuki Sakakibara, cyhoeddi yn ystod cynhadledd i'r wasg heddiw, that it has inked five new, Crefft Ymladd Cymysg llawn sêr (MMA) pyliau ar gyfer ei hir-ddisgwyliedig mega-ddigwyddiad yn Nagoya, Japan ar Dydd Sul, Ebrill 17, gan gynnwys ysgafn (155 bunnoedd) gystadleuaeth rhwng teimlad trawiadol sydd newydd ei lofnodiDaron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 CC) ac arbenigwr cyflwyniad Shinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3), yn ogystal â matchup pwysau trwm rhwng gyd-artistiaid knockout Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) ac Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4)

Yn gweithredu pwysau agored merched, haddurno bencampwr byd Brasil Jiu-Jitsu a MMA gobaith pwysau trwm merched Gabi Garcia (1-0) Bydd yn gwrthdaro gyda pencampwr Pankration dwy-amser anna Malyukova (1-0).

ricin semifinalist twrnamaint FF Grand Prix Diweddar Theodore Tall (8-3) Bydd sgwâr i ffwrdd gyda cyn-bencampwr K-1 Jaideep "Calon" wythnos (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing KO yn) mewn 216- ymladd punt catchweight.

bencampwr byd Sambo Vadim Nemkov (5-1) Bydd yn cymryd ar undefeated, ymosodwr ymosodol eu meddwl a top gobaith Nordig "Brenin" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) mewn pwysau trwm ysgafn (205 bunnoedd) tilt.

Daron Cruickshank vs. Shinji Sasaki

Cruickshank o Wayne, mi. Bydd yn gosod droed yn y cylch RIZIN FF am y tro cyntaf, yn dilyn 4-blynedd, 13-ymladd cyfnod gyda'r Pencampwriaeth Ymladd Ultimate (UFC) a oedd yn cynnwys buddugoliaethau dros sêr wrthwynebydd Yves Edwards, Erik Koch ac Anthony Njokuani.

A dwy-amser rhagbrofol cenedlaethol Is-adran NCAA III reslo ar gyfer Coleg Olivet ac ail radd gwregys du yn Tae Kwon Do, y 5-droed-8, 30-mlwydd-oed Cruickshank wedi ennill edmygedd o gefnogwyr ledled y byd gyda'i set o sgiliau trawiadol ffrwydrol.

Sasaki Hiroshima, Japan is a former Shooto Pacific Rim champion in the midst of a three-fight win streak. In his last start on March 12, y 5-droed-9, 35-mlwydd-oed sydd wedi ennill 10 o'i 16 gyrfa yn ennill drwy gyflwyno, sgorio daranllyd, 40-ail TKO ar Parc Sik Won gyda storm o punches.

(Uchod: Chris “Huggy Bear” Barnett, clad yn ei lofnod, siwt arth llawn-gorff, stands behind MMA legends Fedor Emelianenko (Gadawodd) a Wanderlei Silva (hawl) at a press conference in Japan before Barnett’s first round TKO victory over Shinichi Suzukawa on New Year’s Eve 2014)

Chris Barnett vs. Kirill Sidelnikov

Gyda dwylo trwm, ystwythder anhygoel am ei physique enfawr a phersonoliaeth ecsentrig sy'n spawned ei "Huggy Bear" moniker, Barnett o Tampa, Fla., wedi bod yn gwneud sŵn yn y byd MMA yn ddiweddar.

Mae'r 5-droed-9, 29-mlwydd-oed a oedd yn gwneud ei mynedfeydd cylch gwisgo siwt arth llawn-gorff ac yn dathlu ei fuddugoliaethau gan berfformio symudiadau breakdance a cartwheels yn y cylch, wedi ennill 12 o'i 14 gyrfa yn ennill hyd yn hyn ar ffurf (T)KO. Yn ei gychwyn diwethaf, sgoriodd TKO rownd gyntaf (punches) ar Shinichi Suzukawa, yn Tokyo arRhagfyr 31

Sidelnikov o Stary Oskol, Rwsia yn 5 troedfedd-11, 27-mlwydd-oed cyn ffafr gan yr holl-amser MMA mawr Fedor Emelianenko. Ar Rhagfyr 29, gwnaeth ei ddychwelyd i'r cylch ar ôl bwlch o bum mlynedd, sgorio dinistriol, rownd gyntaf (2:23) PWY (punches) ar Carlos Toyota yn y digwyddiad RIZIN FF agoriadol ym Saitama, Japan.

Gabi Garcia vs. anna Malyukova

Mae bencampwr byd Brasil Jiu-Jitsu chwe-amser ac yn nawfed gradd gwregys du, y 6 troedfedd-2, 30-mlwydd-oed Garcia o Los Angeles, Calif. drwy Sao Paulo, Bydd Brasil yn dychwelyd i'r cylch FF RIZIN am yr ail waith ar ôl sgorio rownd gyntaf (2:36) PWY (punches) ar Tapa Lei'd ar Rhagfyr 31.

Malyukova o Penza, Penza kgm, Russia is a former collegiate basketball star turned Russian MMA Championship and World Cup of MMA winner. After amassing a near unblemished, cofnod gyrfa amatur o 7-1, gwneud Malyukova ei début proffesiynol ar Fedi 26, 2015, ennill penderfyniad unfrydol dros porthladdoedd Tatiana.

Theodore Vs. Tall. Jaideep "Calon" wythnos

Y 6 troedfedd, 24-mlwydd-oed Aukstuolis o Ukmerge, Lithuania yn bencampwr Jiwdo cenedlaethol sydd wedi cael ei trosleisio'r y "Lithwaneg werewolf" gan gefnogwyr Siapaneaidd a welodd y Diffoddwr ifanc yn defnyddio ei arddull ymosodol i guro allan (punch) Bruno Henrique Cappelozza yn y rownd gyntaf (3:32) cyfnod quarterfinal y twrnamaint RIZIN FF Grand Prix o frwydr ar Ragfyr 29, 2015, cyn cael eu colli Wrecsam gan hyrwyddwr twrnamaint yn y pen draw "Brenin Mo" Lawal yn y rownd semifinal

Mae pob un ond un o'r buddugoliaethau Aukstuolis ', hyd yn hyn, wedi dod ar ffurf (T)KO neu gyflwyno.

Singh o Punjab, India yn 6 troedfedd-6, 28-mlwydd-oed, cyn-pwysau trwm bencampwr twrnamaint kickboxing K-1 a RISE a gymerodd ei risg fwyaf hyd yma pan gamodd yn y cylch gyda Emelianenko yn y prif ddigwyddiad y digwyddiad gic gyntaf FF RIZIN ar Rhagfyr 31, colli i'r ymladdwr Rwsia eiconig ar ffurf cylch cyntaf (3:02) PWY (punches).

Daeth Singh ennill proffil uchaf hyd yn hyn yn y K-1 Byd Grand Prix 2010 digwyddiad olaf yn Tokyo, Japan pan sgoriodd rownd gyntaf (2:58) KO ar superstar Rwsia Sergei Kharitonov gyda bachyn dde.

Vadim Nemkov vs. Charles "Brenin" Albrektsson

ffafr arall o Emelianenko a brawd iau M-1 kingpin pwysau trwm golau Byd-eang Viktor Nemkov, y 23-mlwydd-oed Vadim o Stary Oskol yw tri-amser cenedlaethol a 2014 byd brwydro yn erbyn pencampwr Sambo.

Cyrhaeddodd Nemkov y cam semifinal y twrnamaint RIZIN FF Grand Prix arRhagfyr 29, gorffen Goran Reljic ar ffurf cylch cyntaf (2:58) PWY (punches) cyn cael ei colli Wrecsam o'r playoff wyth dyn gan Jiri Prochazka.

Y 6 troedfedd-2, 22-year-old Abrektsson of Sweden will make his RIZIN FF promotional debut as one of the hottest emerging forces in Europe. With a fearless, arddull syml o drosedd, yr aelod o'r tîm Pancrase Campfa wedi gorffen pob un o'r pedwar o'i wrthwynebwyr proffesiynol tu mewn dwy rownd, drwy (T)KO neu gyflwyno.

Pris o 100,000 Yen, tocynnau ar gyfer "Anrhegion Top RIZIN Ymladd Ffederasiwn Rwy'n,"A gynhelir yn Nippon Hall Gaishi, ar werth a gellir eu prynu ar-lein yn Ticketbis.com.

Yn y prif ddigwyddiad, cyn-bencampwr pwysau canol PRIDE CC a superstar toreithiogWanderlei "Mae'r Murderer Axe" Silva (35-12-1, 1 CC) Bydd tîm i fyny gyda ymladdwr i'w gyhoeddi cyn hir, mewn grappling arbennig "gêm tag,"Ac yn frwydr deuawd sy'n cynnwys cyd-chwedl, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 CC) ac Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

Mewn cystadleuaeth rheolau MMA 180-punt catchweight, Puncher pŵer dinistriolHisaki Kato (5-2) Bydd cymryd ar gyd-finisher Yuta "Arall" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Dychwelyd i weithredu am y tro cyntaf mewn pum mlynedd, pwysau trwm annwyl Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), yn wynebu RIZIN diweddar FF Grand Prix twrnamaint ail wobr a'r artist knockout peryglus George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

yn pwysau pryf (125 bunnoedd) gweithredu, ace cyflwyno Allan "Grim" Geni (14-3) Bydd clo cyrn gyda pencampwr coch-poeth Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 CC).

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RIZIN FF ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF KAZUYUKI FUJITA; WILL FACE NEW YEAR’S EVE GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT RUNNER-UP JIRI PROCHAZKA IN NAGOYA, JAPAN ON APRIL 17

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Kazuyuki Fujita will return to MMA action in the RIZIN FF ring on Sunday, Ebrill 17. Fujita held up a poster board with an image of his opponent, recent RIZIN FF Grand Prix tournament runner-up Jiri Prochazka, at a press conference today to announce his matchup. Llun: Re'zin FF

Mwy: Allan Nascimento squares off with
fellow flyweight sensation Yuki Motoya

TOKYO - Mawrth 16, 2016- Re'zin FF, hyrwyddo brwydro yn erbyn chwaraeon a arweinir gan gyn-bennaeth PRIDE FC Nobuyuki Sakakibara, cyhoeddi yn ystod cynhadledd i'r wasg heddiw, the return of all-time fan favorite Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), who will take on recent RIZIN FF Grand Prix tournament runner-up and dangerous knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1), in a heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) contest at the 10,000 capacity Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan ar Dydd Sul, Ebrill 17.

Also announced today for the “Top Presents RIZIN Fighting Federation I” extravaganza next month, was a flyweight (125 bunnoedd) matchup between submission ace Allan "Grim" Geni (14-3) and red-hot championYuki Motoya (15-4, 1 CC).

Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Jiri Prochazka

During his memorable 16-year career in the fight game, y 6 troedfedd, 45-year-old Fujita of Funabashi, Chiba, Japan has collected two major, professional wrestling championships and faced off with nearly every rival force of his era in MMA’s heavyweight division, including former pound-for-pound king Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko Cro Cop, Wanderlei Silva ac Mark Coleman, while competing under the elite promotional banners of PRIDE FC, K-1 and Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye.

Fujita’s notable victories include a first round (6:46) PWY (corner stoppage) o“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” Ken Shamrock, rownd gyntaf (8:25) KO (punch) o James Thompson and unanimous decisions over Gilbert Yvel and two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tournament winner and NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion Mark Kerr.

The 6-foot-4, 23-year-old Prochazka of Hosteradice, Czech Republic is coming off a breakthrough performance in which he scored a first round (1:36) PWY (head kick and knee strikes) of Olympic Judo Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii in the quarterfinal stage of the RIZIN FF eight-man Grand Prix elimination tournament on December 29, 2015.

Two days later, Prochazka returned to the ring and earned a first round (10:00) PWY (retirement) ennill dros Vadim Nemkov before suffering a first round (5:09) KO (punch) at the hands of superstar "Brenin Mo" Lawal in the championship stage round. Of Prochazka’s 16 career wins, 13 wedi dod ar ffurf (T)KO a 2 drwy gyflwyno.

Allan Nascimento vs.Yuki Motoya

Touted as a miniature version of all-time great Anderson Silva, the 24-year-old Nascimento of Sao Paulo, Brazil boasts an astounding 86 percent submission rate, having forced 12 y 14 opponents he has conquered, i fanteisio allan.

At 5-foot-9, Nascimento towers over the majority of his competition in the 125-pound division, and is known for effectively using his reach advantage and high-level Muay Thai skills to frustrate and inflict damage on opponents from a distance, and set up slick submissions.

Mae'r 5-droed-7, 26-year-old Motoya of Nagoya is the reigning DEEP flyweight champion and the number one ranked 125-pound fighter in Japan. Motoya is riding a seven-fight win streak, with four of the victories coming by way of TKO or submission.

Yn ei ddechrau olaf ar Rhagfyr 29, Motoya faced off with Philip Ephraim at the inaugural RIZIN FF event, outworking Efrain early in the bout before suddenly being floored by a left hand that Efrain followed up on with a series of strikes, prompting the referee to stop the contest. Because Efrain had not made weight for the fight, Fodd bynnag,, the result was overturned from TKO to no contest.

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

Yn y prif ddigwyddiad, former PRIDE FC middleweight champion and all-time greatWanderlei "Mae'r Murderer Axe" Silva (35-12-1, 1 CC) Bydd tîm i fyny gyda ymladdwr i'w gyhoeddi cyn hir, mewn grappling arbennig "gêm tag,"Ac yn frwydr deuawd sy'n cynnwys cyd-chwedl, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 CC) ac Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

Mewn 180 pound MMA rules contest, Puncher pŵer dinistriol Hisaki Kato (5-2) will take on fellow prolific finisher Yuta "Arall" Watanabe (19-6-4).

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

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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, JAPAN

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TOKYO – March 7, 2016- Re'zin FF, hyrwyddo brwydro yn erbyn chwaraeon a arweinir gan gyn-bennaeth PRIDE FC Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference, the signing of all-time Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) mawr Wanderlei "Mae'r Murderer Axe" Silva (35-12-1, 1 CC) 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, Japan arDydd Sul, Ebrill 17.

Pris o 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, mewn grappling arbennig "gêm tag,” the rules for which will be announced soon, and battle a duo consisting of another legend, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 CC) ac 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.

Mewn 180 pound MMA rules contest, Puncher pŵer dinistriol Hisaki Kato (5-2) will take on fellow prolific finisher Yuta "Arall" 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, ail rownd (:34) KO (punch) on American star Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling yn Bellator 139 ar Fehefin 26, 2015.

Hyd yma, 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 Cyfradd gorffen y cant, gyda 11 o'i 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) cyflwyniad (tagu cefn-noeth) defeat at the hands of Keita Nakamura ar Gorffennaf 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, Fodd bynnag,, 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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Re'zin FF: JEROME LEBANNER YN DYCHWELYD I MMA, BYDD WYNEB HEN SUMO STAR KAIDO HOOVELSON AT EXTRAVAGANZA KICK-OFF FLWYDDYN NEWYDD YNG TOKYO

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TOKYO - Rhagfyr 14, 2015 - Re'zin FF, hyrwyddo frwydr i gyd-newydd a arweinir gan gyn-bennaeth PRIDE FC Nobuyuki Sakakibara, a gyhoeddwyd heddiw dychwelyd pob amser cicfocsio gwych Jerome LeBanner, i Crefft Ymladd Cymysg (MMA) Cystadleuaeth rheolau, mewn matchup super pwysau trwm gyda seren reslo sumo cyn Kaido "Baruto Kaido" Hoovelson, ar Dydd Iau, Rhagfyr. 31.

LeBanner (3-2 MMA; 81-22-2, 1 CC (65 KO yn) kickboxing) o Etretat, Seine-Maritime, Bydd Ffrainc yn gwneud ei ymddangosiad cyntaf o dan reolau MMA ers 2010 pan gollodd penderfyniad unfrydol i Jiwdo enillydd medal Satoshi Ishii. Cyn y gorchfygiad, Roedd LeBanner sgorio tri knockouts yn olynol yn MMA rheolau byliau, i gyd o dan hybu K-1.

Mae'r 42-mlwydd-oed LeBanner, sydd wedi wynebu ac yn trechu pob wrthwynebydd mawr ei genhedlaeth yn y cylch kickboxing yn ystod ei yrfa broffesiynol blwyddyn 20-plus, Roedd yn fuddugol yn y ddwy o'i dechrau eleni, sgorio ail rownd (:52) KO ar Claudiu Istrate gyda ergyd pen-glin i'r corff i gadw ei ISKA. byd super pwysau trwm Teitl K-1 rheolau ar Ebrill 25, ac yn ennill penderfyniad unfrydol dros Karl Roberson ar Awst 4.

Ar 6-droed-6, 425 bunnoedd, y 31-mlwydd-oed Hoovelson (0-0 MMA, 431-213-102 sumo) Estonia yn sbesimen monstrous a fu'n cystadlu fel sumo proffesiynol yn Japan rhwng 2004 ac 2013. Mae'r pwl gyda LeBanner yn nodi ymddangosiad cyntaf rheolau MMA Hoovelson.

Dim ond dwy flynedd yn ei yrfa, Cyrhaeddodd Hoovelson yr adran uchaf yn y gamp, yn y pen draw ennill pencampwriaeth mewn 2012 ac yn ennill pum gwobr am ysbryd ymladd.

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Re'zin FF: SHOOT BOXING RULES TO PRESIDE OVER AKEBONO VS. SAPP II AR NOS GALAN; “KING MO” YN WYNEB BRETT MCDERMOTT YN WYTH-MAN Grand Prix TWRNAMENT

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Mae dau K-1 rheolau pyliau a gyhoeddwyd ar gyfer hynod-ragwelir,
lansio tri diwrnod o RIZIN FF yn Tokyo, Japan

TOKYO, JAPAN - Rhagfyr 9, 2015 Cyhoeddodd RIZIN FF swyddogion heddiw bod y rhagwelir hynod rematch rhwng - Akebono ac Bob Sapp Bydd yn cael ei herio o dan Shoot rheolau Bocsio ar Dydd Iau, Rhagfyr. 31, a'r Llall Diffoddwr BAMMA Brett McDermott wedi cael ei enwi y gwrthwynebydd newydd ar gyfer "Brenin Mo" Lawal yn y pwysau trwm wyth dyn twrnamaint dileu Grand Prix, yn dilyn tynnu pencampwr BAMMA Mark Godbeer wythnos diwethaf oherwydd anaf.

Yn gweithredu K-1 rheolau, cyhoeddwyd bod Hiroya Kawabe yn wynebu phenom trawiadol Akiyo "Wicky" Nishiura ar Dydd Mawrth, Rhagfyr. 29, ac Takeru Segawa Bydd sgwâr i ffwrdd gyda hyrwyddwr Tseiniaidd Muay Thai Yang Ming ar Rhagfyr 31.
Shoot Bocsio sylfaenydd a Phrif Swyddog Gweithredol, Takeshi Caesar joined RIZIN FF Chairman Nobuyuki Sakakibara, Rheolwr Cyffredinol Nobuhiko Takada, SAPP, Akebono, Segawa, a chynhyrchydd Kensaku Maeda mewn cynhadledd i'r wasg yn Tokyo i wneud y cyhoeddiadau.

"Rwyf wedi bod yn ceisio cyngor ynghylch yr hyn reolau y dylai'r rematch ddisgwyliedig yn cael ei gynnal o dan, a Mr. Cyflwynodd Cezar fi i'r syniad ble bydd y ddau diffoddwyr yn gallu manteisio i'r eithaf ar eu potensial,"Meddai Sakakibara.

"Mae'r K-1 newydd," parhaodd Sakakibara, "Wedi dod yn boblogaidd yn y fath gyfradd gyflym, ac yr wyf yn hapus eu bod yn mynd i gael ei anfon eu top, talent ifanc i'n cylch. Hoffem i gyfateb y ddau K-1 cynrychiolwyr i fyny gyda gwrthwynebwyr anodd. "

Grybwyllwyd Sakakibara hefyd fod Nam Jin Jo wedi anafu ei ben-glin yn ystod hyfforddiant ac fe'i gorfodwyd i dynnu'n ôl, felly Philip Ephraim o Shoot Bydd Academi Boxe eu hwynebu Yuki Motoya.

Cau Sakakibara ei gyhoeddiad drwy ddisgrifio manylion y tri diwrnod, rhad ac am ddim ymladd expo, a fydd yn dechrau ar Rhagfyr 29, ac maent yn cynnwys pyliau MMA amatur a twrnamaint grappling agored.

Mae'r rematch rhwng Akebono a Sapp a'r bout rhwng Segawa a Ming yn ymuno matchups rhwng Yuichiro Nagashima ac Andy Souwer, acAsen Yamamoto ac Kron Gracie ar Ragfyr 31st.

Sylwadau:

Bob Sapp:

"Mae wedi bod yn tra ers i mi ymladd diwethaf ar NYE, ac yn gyffrous iawn. Ac i fod yn wynebu fy nemesis unwaith eto. Y tro diwethaf yr ydym yn ymladd, rydym yn creu hanes, ac yr oedd yn anrhydedd mawr. Hoffwn i anelu at wneud hanes eto, ac yr wyf yn eich sicrhau y bydd yn ymladd cyffrous. "

Akebono:

"Rwyf wedi bod yn byw gyda galar a threchu gyfer y gorffennol 12 flynyddoedd. Rwyf wedi cario syniad o adbrynu ddwfn y tu mewn ac yn cael y cynnig ar yr amseru perffaith. Dwi byth eisiau gorfod teimlo felly eto, felly yr wyf am i bawb ddod wylio'r Akebono newydd. Rydw i'n mynd yno ar gyfer y fuddugoliaeth. "

Takeru Segawa:

"Roeddwn yn teimlo'n rhwystredig oherwydd roeddwn i eisiau i ymladd mwy eleni, ond rwy'n falch am y cyfle perffaith. Mae llawer o ymladd MMA ar y cerdyn, ond hoffwn i ddangos bod K-1 ymladd yw'r rhai mwyaf cyffrous. Rwyf am i bawb fod yn siarad am y Diffoddwr ysgafnaf yn cael y mwyaf cyffrous o blith yr holl ymladd RIZIN. "

Rheolwr Re'zin FF Cyffredinol Nobuhiko Takada:

"Rwy'n rhy gyffrous. Un o'r rhesymau yw bod y cerdyn frwydr yn agos yn gyflawn, ond yn fwy felly oherwydd y ffaith y byddwn yn gallu cicio ein digwyddiad ar y diwrnod lle mae pobl yn gwylio teledu fwyaf. Mae angen iddo fod yn miri. Rydym yn rhoi at ei gilydd amrywiol ymladd ar gyfer cynulleidfa eang. Byddem yn hoffi parhau i hyrwyddo mawredd y digwyddiad hwn. "

Parhaodd Takada yn disgrifio pob Diffoddwr. "Mae gan Hiroya y edrych a'r sgiliau sy'n teyrnasu fel y bocsiwr gorau yn K-1. Gallaf weld pam ei fod ganddo lawer o gefnogwyr benywaidd. Ond unwaith y bydd y gloch yn canu, mae'n dangos ei ymosodol a phŵer. Mae bob amser yn cythruddo pan fyddwch yn gwybod fawr ddim am eich gwrthwynebydd, ond ei fod yn benderfynol o ddangos mawredd K-1 waeth beth yw ei wrthwynebydd. "

Parhaodd ymlaen am y frwydr yn chwedlonol, "Mae'r graddau ar gyfer y frwydr yn afreal. A bydd yr un frwydr yn dod nôl. Mae yna lawer o barn am frwydr hon, ond dyna beth sy'n ei wneud mor gyffrous. Bydd llawer diffoddwyr cael eu cymell i gasglu'r holl sylw a fydd yn arwain at berfformiad gwell. Mae gan y frwydr lawer o ystyron y tu ôl iddo. "Ychwanegodd Takada,"Os Akebono ennill, efallai y flwyddyn nesaf?"Ac yn teased pawb am gem rwber posibl. Cyhoeddodd Takada fod Cezar Takeshi wedi ei neilltuo fel y canolwr ar gyfer y frwydr hon a gofyn iddo beidio â baglu yn ystod y frwydr.

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