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RIZIN FIGHTING FEDERATION WORLD GRAND PRIX 2017

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VIR ONMIDDELLIKE VRYSTELLING
Joe Ferraro & Frank Trigg named RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2017
PPV announcers
Desember. 29 & 31 LIVE op PPV uit Japan
NEW YORK CITY(Desember 14, 2017) – Veteraan “Onthulling” Joe Ferraro en voormalige MMA-vegter John Trigg have been named announcers for RIZIN Fighting Federation World Grand Prix twin shows, highlighted by the return of combat sports superstar Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Desember 29 & 31, airing live on pay-per-view from Saitama City, Japan.
Die Desember. 29 en 31 (1 voormiddag. /10 namiddag. PT begin) sal wêreldwyd live-gestroom word (uitgesonderd Japan op die FITE.TV platforms vir $19.99 of die tweedaagse RIZIN Pack-aanbieding vir slegs $29.99. Aanhangers kan die FITE-app eenvoudig aflaai – gratis om af te laai van iTunes en Google Play – en gooi dan die stryd op die groot skerm deur die direkte stroom-tot-TV-funksie te gebruik. Die FITE-app werk met enige televisie wat aan Wi-Fi verbind is, regoor die wêreld, iOS- en Android-toestelle, sowel as stroomtoestelle soos Roku, Chromecast en meer. Aanhangers kan ook die gevegte live op die FITE-webwerf bywww.fite.tv vanaf enige rekenaar.
Geïntegreerde sportmedia sal op Oujaarsaand via kabel en satelliet PPV versprei (Desember. 31 –5:00 voormiddag. EN / 2:00 voormiddag. PT Begin) extravaganza woon in Noord-Amerika via iN Demand, Vubiquity, en DISH in die VSA, sowel as op SaskTel en Telus in Kanada, vir 'n voorgestelde kleinhandelprys van slegs $19.95.
Ferraro will handle blow-by-blow responsibilities, while Trigg serves as color commentator. Ferraro has called multiple RIZIN events leading up to the conclusion of its World Grand Prix. Trigg, who is working this RIZIN twin-bill the same month as he made his debut as a UFC referee, was a popular fighter at the highest level of international competition, UFC and PRIDE.
The Dec. 29ste winners of the men’s bantamweight quarterfinals will advance to the Dec. 31stwomen’s super-atomweight and kickboxing semifinals and then later in the finals. The Special Added Attraction on that card is a light heavyweight clash between Jiri “Denisa” Prochazka(19-3-0, 16 KO / TKO, 2 SUB), Czech Republic and. Karl Albrelktsson (6-1-0, 2 KO/TKOs, 3 SUB), Swede.
The finals of the RIZIN World-Grand Prix kickboxing, women’s super-atomweight and men’s bantamweight championships will be preceded by three entertaining matches. Croatian heavyweight “Cro Cop” Filipovic (35-11-0, 27 KO / TKO, 5 SUB) takes on Japanese favorite Tsuyoshi Kosaka (27-19-2, 8 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) in a Special Added Attraction on the Desember. 31stkaart. Ook, the long-awaited return of Japanese lightweight Takanori “The Fireball Kid” Gomi(18-6-0, 13 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) will be showcased in his throw-down with fellow countryman Yusuke Yachi (18-6-0, 5 KO / TKO, 1 SUB). A women’s match between American flyweights Shinju “juju” duidelik (1-0-0, 1 SUB) en pro-debut Chelsea LaGrasse is also on tap.
A special one-day kickboxing tournament will be held Dec. 31st between Japan’s Kazuyuki Fujita en Mitsuhisa Sunabe and undefeated knockout artist (20-0, 16 Uitklophoue) Tenshine Nasukawa vs. TBA with the winners facing off in the championship round on the card’s championship final.
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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 (foto) 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 op Sondag, Sewe. 25. Photo courtesy of (C)M-1 Sports Media.

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

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

A 17-year veteran of the sport with an aggressive, crowd-pleasing style of fighting, die 5-voet-8, 36-year-old Bennett of Ocala, Fla. put himself on the map 16 years ago with a first round (1:55) KO (punch) van 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, eerste ronde (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 (hak haak) van Paul Rodriguez in Kissimmee, Fla. op Mei 14.


Bo: 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, die 5-voet-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, insluitendKaew Fairtex as well as Japanese stars Hideaki Yamazaki en Masaaki Noiri, to reach elite status in the sport.

In sy laaste begin, Kimura picked up a unanimous decision victory over “Noman” in a K-1 World Grand Prix tournament reserve bout on Junie 24.

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

MMA legendes Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (Plaasmoorde: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Skopboks: 23-8, 12 KO se) en 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 Wêreld Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round

Opgedateer 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
Liggewig: Daron Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Swaargewig: 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
Veergewigtitel: 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 op Sondag, Sewe. 25. Yamamoto will square off with Kubota, while Murata will face off with Combate Americas star Kyra Batara.

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

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

Tokio - Augustus 16, 2016 - Re'zin VF, 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 (Plaasmoorde) bouts slated for the highly-anticipated Grand Prix event in Tokyo on Sondag, Sewe. 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 pond) wedstryd.

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, Åsen Yamamoto (0-1). The weight limit of the Kubota-Yamamoto matchup will be announced soon.

Daarbenewens, 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 gebeurtenis.

The five fighters join previously announced MMA legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (Plaasmoorde: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Skopboks: 23-8, 12 KO se), 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

Die 6-voet-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) voorlegging (armbar) van Anna Malyukova at the RIZIN FF extravaganza onApril 17.

Yarbrough of Fresno, Kalifornië. 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 rekord. The stocky powerhouse led the league last season in both touchdowns and rushing yards.

A lifelong athlete, Yarbrough made an explosive, professional MMA debut onApril 1, scoring a 33-second TKO (dokter oponthoud) op Crystal Parson.


Caption: Combate Americas MMA star Kyra Batara (bo) 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 (stoot), in flyweight (125 pond) wedstryde.

Veg uit Las Vegas, Nev., the 4-foot-11, 21-year-old Batara, who typically fights in the atomweight (105 pond) afdeling, 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) van stryd.

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 se).

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) van aksie.

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

Miyuu’s son, Asen, sal bots met Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Japan at a weight to be determined.

RIZIN FF Wêreld Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round

Opgedateer 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
Liggewig: Daron Cruickshank vs. Andy Souwer
Swaargewig: 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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Webwerf – http://www.rizinff.com/en/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/rizinfightingfederation /
Twitter – https://twitter.com/rizin_PR
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Re'zin VF: 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

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

TOKYO – July 16, 2016 - Re'zin VF, 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 (Plaasmoorde: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Skopboks: 23-8, 12 KO se) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-een, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on Sondag, Sewe. 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 van die 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) of Curitiba, Parana, Brasilië, 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 Donderdag, 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) Estland, 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) en Andy Souwer (Plaasmoorde: 1-0, Skopboks: 159-19, 98 KO se) – will collide in a lightweight (155) verhouding.

Cruickshank van Wayne, my. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on April 17, scoring 'n eerste ronde (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed Shinji Sasaki.

A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, Nederland, 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 deur middel van die eerste ronde (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 pond) MMA sterre 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, scoring 'n eerste ronde (2:36) WIE (stoot) 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 April 17.

Net 22 jaar oud, Murata made her professional MMA debut under the promotion of RIZIN FF on April 17, notching a unanimous decision overNatalia Denisova, and has since already competed twice more, verslaanMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) WIE (stoot) enIlona Wijmans deur middel van die eerste ronde (1:17) WIE (stoot), Junie 4 en Julie 7, onderskeidelik.

Kizaemon Saiga (2-1) of Sakai, Osaka, Japan will take on fellow upstartÅsen 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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Risien VF Kondig LEGENDARY MMA PIONEER Kiyoshi Tamura AS Wanderlei Silva Tag Team PARTNERS vir April 17 Hoofren IN NAGOYA, JAPAN

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Tokio - April 4, 2016- Re'zin VF, die vechtsporten bevordering gelei deur die voormalige PRIDE FC kop Nobuyuki Sakakibara, het vandag aangekondig dat legendariese Mixed Martial Arts (Plaasmoorde) pionier en voormalige professionele stoei opvallende Kiyoshi Tamura (32-13-3), sal kragte saamsnoer met mede versier ikoon Wanderlei Silva(35-12-1, 1 NC) in die spesiale worstel tag span matchup wat sal kop die hoogs verwagte, Sterbelaaide extravaganza in Nagoya Japan, op Sondag, April 17.

Tamura en Silva sal speels stoei met 'n ander all-time groot Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) en Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2) in die unieke, een-of-a-soort bout.

Die saak is die eerste keer sedert Desember 31, 2008 dat die 5-voet-11, 46-jarige Tamura, erken vir sy elite vlak te vang stoei vaardighede en vinnige, vloeistof bewegings, sal aksie in 'n geveg te sien.

In sy laaste begin onder MMA reëls op die K-1 - Dinamiet!! Oujaarsaand mega-kaart in Saitama, Japan, Tamura verdien sy derde agtereenvolgende oorwinning, 'n eenparige besluit oor Sakuraba.

Terwyl meeding vir die hou van PRIDE, K-1, ringe, DROOM en UWF International, Tamura saamgestel 'n uitgebreide CV van oorwinnings, insluitend dié oor uiteindelike UFC kampioene Pat Miletich, Maurice Smith en Dave Menne, sowel as supersterre Renzo Gracie en Jeremy Horn.

Tamura is versorg deur befaamde pro stoei afrigters Billy Robinson,Nobuhiko Takada en Akira Maeda, om uiteindelik 'n krag in die sport se middelgewig-afdeling. In sy finale rondte voor aftrede, Tamura gekerfde 'n oorwinning oor mede-hibriede MMA sterre en professionele stoeier Josh Barnett, op November 23, 2005.

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In ander aksie op die sterbelaaide stryd kaart, 13-veg UFC veteraan en aksie vegter Daron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 NC) sal bots met die indiening kennerShinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3) in 'n liggewig (155 pond) matchup.

In 'n vrou se oop gewig bout, versier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wêreldkampioen en vroue se Plaasmoorde swaargewig vooruitsig Gabi Garcia (1-0) sal bots met die tweemalige kampioen Pankrasie Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Hard-hitting uitklophou kunstenaars Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) en Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4) sal gaan na die oorlog in 'n swaargewig geveg.

Onlangse risien VF Grand Prix toernooi halfeindronde Theodore Tall (8-3) sal vierkante af met die voormalige K-1 kampioen Jaideep "Heart" week (2-1 Plaasmoorde; 40-10, 13 KO se skopboks) in 'n 216- pond catchweight stryd.

Sambo wêreldkampioen Vadim Nemkov (5-1) sal plaasvind op onoorwonne, aggressiewe-gesinde doelskieter en top Nordiese vooruitsig "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) in 'n ligte swaargewig (205 pond) kantel.

In 'n 180-pond Plaasmoorde reëls catchweight wedstryd, vernietigende krag ponserHisaki Kato (5-2) sal op mede Voleinder neem Yuta "Ander" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Om terug te kom Aksie vir die eerste keer in vyf jaar, geliefde swaargewig Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), sal in die gesig staar onlangse RIZIN VF Grand Prix toernooi naaswenner en gevaarlike uitklophou kunstenaar George "Denise" PROCHAZKA (16-3-1).

in vlieggewig (125 pond) aksie, voorlegging kampioen Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) sal sluit horings met 'n rooi-warm kampioen Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

Vroue se amateur stoei kampioen Kanako Murata (0-0) sal maak haar hoogs verwagte, professionele Mixed Martial Arts (Plaasmoorde) debuut teen stygende sterNatalya Denisova (2-1) in 'n 116-pond catchweight verhouding.

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Re'zin VF: 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 (foto) will make her much-anticipated professional MMA debut against Russian rising star Natalya Denisova at the star-studded RIZIN FF event in Nagoya, Japan op Sondag, April 17.

TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Re'zin VF, die vechtsporten bevordering gelei deur die voormalige PRIDE FC kop Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced that famed women’s amateur wrestling champion Kanako Murata (0-0) sal maak haar hoogs verwagte, professionele Mixed Martial Arts (Plaasmoorde) debuut teen stygende ster 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 op Sondag, April 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 in die tweede ronde (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

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In die belangrikste gebeurtenis, voormalige PRIDE FC middelgewig-kampioen en produktiewe superster Wanderlei "Die Byl Moordenaar" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) sal span met 'n vegter wat binnekort aangekondig word, in 'n spesiale worstel "tag wedstryd,"En die stryd om 'n duo bestaan ​​van mede-legende, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) en Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

Prolific striker and 13-fight UFC veteran Daron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 NC) sal bots met die indiening kenner Shinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3) in 'n liggewig (155 pond) matchup.

Hard-hitting uitklophou kunstenaars Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) en Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4) sal gaan na die oorlog in 'n swaargewig geveg.

In oop gewig aksie vir vroue, versier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wêreldkampioen en vroue se Plaasmoorde swaargewig vooruitsig Gabi Garcia (1-0) sal bots met die tweemalige kampioen Pankrasie Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Onlangse risien VF Grand Prix toernooi halfeindronde Theodore Tall (8-3) sal vierkante af met die voormalige K-1 kampioen Jaideep "Heart" week (2-1 Plaasmoorde; 40-10, 13 KO se skopboks) in 'n 216- pond catchweight stryd.

Sambo wêreldkampioen Vadim Nemkov (5-1) sal plaasvind op onoorwonne, aggressiewe-gesinde doelskieter en top Nordiese vooruitsig "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) in 'n ligte swaargewig (205 pond) kantel.

In 'n 180-pond Plaasmoorde reëls catchweight wedstryd, vernietigende krag ponserHisaki Kato (5-2) sal op mede Voleinder neem Yuta "Ander" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Om terug te kom Aksie vir die eerste keer in vyf jaar, geliefde swaargewig Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), sal in die gesig staar onlangse RIZIN VF Grand Prix toernooi naaswenner en gevaarlike uitklophou kunstenaar George "Denise" PROCHAZKA (16-3-1).

in vlieggewig (125 pond) aksie, voorlegging kampioen Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) sal sluit horings met 'n rooi-warm kampioen Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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RIZIN VF TEKENS Daron Cruickshank EN "HUGGY BEAR,"KONDIG VYF NUWE, Sterbelaaide Plaasmoorde BOUTS vir April 17 Mega-GELEENTHEID IN NAGOYA, JAPAN

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Liggewig sensasie Daron Cruickshank (foto) onderteken met risien VF, En Ek sal sy promosie debuut op Sondag te maak, April 17.

Cruickshank neem op Shinji Sasaki in liggewig wedstryd;
Huggy Bear gesigte Kirill Sidelnikov in swaargewig konfrontasie

Meer:
Women's Open Gewig: Gabi Garcia vs. Anna Malyukova
216 pond Catchweight: Theodore Tall Vs.. Jaideep Singh
Lig Swaargewig: Vadim Nemkov vs. Karl Albrektsson
Tokio - Maart 24, 2016- Re'zin VF, die vechtsporten bevordering gelei deur die voormalige PRIDE FC kop Nobuyuki Sakakibara, aangekondig tydens 'n perskonferensie vandag, that it has inked five new, Sterbelaaide Mixed Martial Arts (Plaasmoorde) Bouts vir sy langverwagte mega-gebeurtenis in Nagoya, Japan op Sondag, April 17, insluitend 'n liggewig (155 pond) wedstryd tussen nuut onderteken treffende sensasieDaron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 NC) en voorlegging kenner Shinji "Torao Supernova" Sasaki (16-8-3), sowel as 'n swaargewig matchup tussen mede-uitklophou kunstenaars Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) en Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4)

In oop gewig aksie vir vroue, versier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wêreldkampioen en vroue se Plaasmoorde swaargewig vooruitsig Gabi Garcia (1-0) sal bots met die tweemalige kampioen Pankrasie Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Onlangse risien VF Grand Prix toernooi halfeindronde Theodore Tall (8-3) sal vierkante af met die voormalige K-1 kampioen Jaideep "Heart" week (2-1 Plaasmoorde; 40-10, 13 KO se skopboks) in 'n 216- pond catchweight stryd.

Sambo wêreldkampioen Vadim Nemkov (5-1) sal plaasvind op onoorwonne, aggressiewe-gesinde doelskieter en top Nordiese vooruitsig "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) in 'n ligte swaargewig (205 pond) kantel.

Daron Cruickshank vs. Shinji Sasaki

Cruickshank van Wayne, my. sal voet in die RIZIN VF ring vir die eerste keer, na aanleiding van 'n 4-jaar, 13-veg skof met die Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) wat ingesluit oorwinnings oor mededinger sterre Yves Edwards, Erik Koch en Anthony Njokuani.

'N Twee-time NCAA Afdeling III stoei nasionale kwalifiserende vir Olyfberg Kollege en 'n tweede graad swart gordel in Tae Kwon Do, die 5-voet-8, 30-jarige Cruickshank opgedoen het bewondering van aanhangers wêreldwyd met sy versameling van plofbare treffende vaardighede.

Sasaki van Hirosjima, Japan is a former Shooto Pacific Rim champion in the midst of a three-fight win streak. In his last start on March 12, die 5-voet-9, 35-jaar-oue wat verdien 10 van sy 16 loopbaan wen deur middel van die indiening, behaal 'n dawerende, 40-tweede TKO op Wen Sik Park met 'n storm van stoot.

(Bo: Chris “Huggy Bear” Barnett, geklee in sy handtekening, hele liggaam beer pak, stands behind MMA legends Fedor Emelianenko (verlaat) en Wanderlei Silva (reg) 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

Met 'n swaar hande, ongelooflike ratsheid vir sy massiewe liggaamsbou en 'n eksentrieke persoonlikheid wat sy "Huggy Bear" moniker produseer, Barnett van Tampa, Fla., is die maak van geraas in die MMA wêreld van die laat.

Die 5-voet-9, 29-jarige wat sy ring ingange geklee in 'n full-body beer pak maak en vier sy oorwinning deur die verrigting van breakdance beweeg en wawiele in die ring, verdien 12 van sy 14 loopbaan wen tot op hede by wyse van (T)KO. In sy laaste begin, Hy behaal 'n eerste ronde TKO (stoot) op Shinichi Suzukawa, in Tokio opDesember 31

Sidelnikov van Stary Oskol, Rusland is 'n 5-voet-11, 27-jarige voormalige protégé van alle tye Plaasmoorde groot Fedor Emelianenko. Op Desember 29, Hy het sy terugkeer na die ring na 'n vyf-jaar hiatus, scoring 'n verwoestende, eerste ronde (2:23) WIE (stoot) op Carlos Toyota by die eerste RIZIN VF gebeurtenis in Saitama, Japan.

Gabi Garcia vs. Anna Malyukova

'N Ses-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wêreldkampioen en negende graad swart gordel, die 6-voet-2, 30-jarige Garcia van Los Angeles, Kalifornië. Sao Paulo via, Brasilië sal terugkeer na die RIZIN VF ring vir die tweede keer nadat hy 'n eerste ronde (2:36) WIE (stoot) op Lei'd Tapa op Desember 31.

Malyukova van Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia is a former collegiate basketball star turned Russian MMA Championship and World Cup of MMA winner. After amassing a near unblemished, amateur loopbaan rekord van 7-1, Malyukova het haar professionele debuut op September 26, 2015, verdien 'n eenparige besluit oor Tatiana hawens.

Theodore Tall Vs.. Jaideep "Heart" week

Die 6-voet, 24-jarige Aukstuolis van Ukmerge, Litaue is 'n nasionale Judo kampioen wat al genoem is die "Litaus Werewolf" deur die Japannese ondersteuners wat getuie van die jong vegter gebruik sy aggressiewe styl te klop (punch) Bruno Henrique Cappelozza in die eerste ronde (3:32) van kwarteindstryd stadium die RIZIN VF Grand Prix toernooi se stryd op Desember 29, 2015, voordat hulle verdryf deur uiteindelike toernooi kampioen "King Mo" Lawal in die halfeindstryd ronde

Alle, maar een van Aukstuolis 'oorwinnings, dusver, kom by wyse van (T)KO of voorlegging.

Singh van Punjab, Indië is 'n 6-voet-6, 28-jaar-oue, voormalige K-1 en staan ​​swaargewig skopboks toernooi kampioen wat sy grootste risiko tot op hede het toe hy trap in die ring met Emelianenko in die belangrikste gebeurtenis van die RIZIN VF afskop gebeurtenis op Desember 31, verloor om die ikoniese Russiese vegter deur middel van die eerste ronde (3:02) WIE (stoot).

Singh se hoogste profiel oorwinning tot op datum het by die K-1 Wêreld Grand Prix 2010 Laaste byeenkoms in Tokio, Japan toe hy behaal 'n eerste ronde (2:58) KO op Russiese superster Sergei Kharitonov met 'n regte hoek.

Vadim Nemkov vs. Charles "King" Albrektsson

Nog 'n protégé van Emelianenko en die jonger broer van M-1 Global lig swaargewig krinkspil Viktor Nemkov, die 23-jarige Vadim van Stary Oskol is 'n drie-time nasionale en 2014 wêreld bestry Sambo kampioen.

Nemkov bereik die halfeindstryd stadium van die RIZIN VF Grand Prix toernooi opDesember 29, afwerking Goran Reljic deur middel van die eerste ronde (2:58) WIE (stoot) voordat hulle verdryf uit die agt-man playoff deur Jiri Prochazka.

Die 6-voet-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, eenvoudige styl van oortreding, die Pancrase Gym spanlid het al vier sy professionele opponente klaar binnekant van twee rondes, via (T)KO of voorlegging.

Prys van 100,000 jen, kaartjies vir "Top Presents RIZIN Veg Federasie ek,"Wat plaasvind by Nippon Gaishi Hall, is te koop en kan aanlyn gekoop word by Ticketbis.com.

In die belangrikste gebeurtenis, voormalige PRIDE FC middelgewig-kampioen en produktiewe supersterWanderlei "Die Byl Moordenaar" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) sal span met 'n vegter wat binnekort aangekondig word, in 'n spesiale worstel "tag wedstryd,"En die stryd om 'n duo bestaan ​​van mede-legende, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) en Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

In 'n 180-pond Plaasmoorde reëls catchweight wedstryd, vernietigende krag ponserHisaki Kato (5-2) sal op mede Voleinder neem Yuta "Ander" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Om terug te kom Aksie vir die eerste keer in vyf jaar, geliefde swaargewig Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), sal in die gesig staar onlangse RIZIN VF Grand Prix toernooi naaswenner en gevaarlike uitklophou kunstenaar George "Denise" PROCHAZKA (16-3-1).

in vlieggewig (125 pond) aksie, voorlegging kampioen Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) sal sluit horings met 'n rooi-warm kampioen Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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gemengde martial arts, Plaasmoorde, Re'zin VF

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, April 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. Foto krediet: Re'zin VF

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

Tokio - Maart 16, 2016- Re'zin VF, die vechtsporten bevordering gelei deur die voormalige PRIDE FC kop Nobuyuki Sakakibara, aangekondig tydens 'n perskonferensie vandag, 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 (Plaasmoorde) contest at the 10,000 capacity Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan op Sondag, April 17.

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

Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Jiri Prochazka

During his memorable 16-year career in the fight game, die 6-voet, 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 en 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) WIE (corner stoppage) van“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” Ken Shamrock, 'n eerste ronde (8:25) KO (punch) van 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) WIE (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) WIE (aftrede) oorwinning oor Vadim Nemkov before suffering a first round (5:09) KO (punch) at the hands of superstar "King Mo" Lawal in the championship stage round. Of Prochazka’s 16 career wins, 13 kom by wyse van (T)KO en 2 by wyse van voorlegging.

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 van die 14 opponents he has conquered, te tap uit.

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.

Die 5-voet-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.

In sy laaste begin op Desember 29, Motoya faced off with Philip Efraim 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, egter, the result was overturned from TKO to no contest.

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In die belangrikste gebeurtenis, former PRIDE FC middleweight champion and all-time greatWanderlei "Die Byl Moordenaar" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) sal span met 'n vegter wat binnekort aangekondig word, in 'n spesiale worstel "tag wedstryd,"En die stryd om 'n duo bestaan ​​van mede-legende, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) en Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

In 'n 180 pound MMA rules contest, vernietigende krag ponser Hisaki Kato (5-2) will take on fellow prolific finisher Yuta "Ander" 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 VF, die vechtsporten bevordering gelei deur die voormalige PRIDE FC kop Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced during a press conference, the signing of all-time Mixed Martial Arts (Plaasmoorde) groot Wanderlei "Die Byl Moordenaar" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) 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 opSondag, April 17.

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Silva, the former PRIDE middleweight champion and 2003 PRIDE Grand Prix middleweight champion, will team up with a fighter to be determined, in 'n spesiale worstel "tag wedstryd,” the rules for which will be announced soon, and battle a duo consisting of another legend, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) en 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.

In 'n 180 pound MMA rules contest, vernietigende krag ponser Hisaki Kato (5-2) will take on fellow prolific finisher Yuta "Ander" 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, tweede ronde (:34) KO (punch) on American star Joe “Stitch ‘Em Up” Schilling by Bellator 139 Junie 26, 2015.

Tot op datum, 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 persent-klaarmaakrekord koers, met 11 van sy 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) voorlegging (agter-naak verstik) defeat at the hands of Keita Nakamura Julie 20, 2015, a loss that halted a seven-fight win streak for Watanabe.

In two different women’s bouts, Rena Kubota (1-0 Plaasmoorde, 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, egter, 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 VF: JEROME LEBANNER TERUG AAN MMA, Gesig VOORMALIGE SUMO STAR Kaido Hoovelson Nuwejaar se kick-off skouspel in Tokio

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TOKYO - Desember 14, 2015 - Re'zin VF, die hele nuwe stryd bevordering gelei deur die voormalige hoof PRIDE FC Nobuyuki Sakakibara, het vandag aangekondig die terugkeer van alle tye skopboks groot Jerome LeBanner, om Mixed Martial Arts (Plaasmoorde) kompetisiereëls, in 'n super-swaargewig matchup met die voormalige sumo stoei ster Kaido "Baruto Kaido" Hoovelson, op Donderdag, Desember. 31.

LeBanner (3-2 Plaasmoorde; 81-22-2, 1 NC (65 KO se) skopboks) van Etretat, Seine-Maritime, Frankryk sal sy eerste verskyning in MMA reëls sedert 2010 wanneer hy verloor 'n eenparige besluit om Judo medaljewenner Satoshi Ishii. Voor die nederlaag, LeBanner het drie agtereenvolgende uitklophoue behaal in MMA reëls aanvalle, almal onder die bevordering van K-1.

Die 42-jarige LeBanner, wat die gesig gestaar en verslaan elke groot mededinger van sy generasie in die skopboks ring in die loop van sy 20-plus jaar professionele loopbaan, was seëvierend in albei sy begin vanjaar, scoring 'n tweede ronde (:52) KO op Claudiu Istrate met 'n kniebesering staking aan die liggaam om sy Iska behou. wêreld super-swaargewig K-1 reëls titel op April 25, en verdien 'n eenparige besluit oor Karl Roberson op Augustus 4.

Op 6-voet-6, 425 pond, die 31-jarige Hoovelson (0-0 Plaasmoorde, 431-213-102 sumo) Estland is 'n monsteragtige eksemplaar wat in Japan as 'n professionele sumo meegeding tussen 2004 en 2013. The bout with LeBanner marks Hoovelson’s MMA rules debut.

Net twee jaar in sy loopbaan, Hoovelson bereik die top-afdeling in die sport, uiteindelik wen 'n kampioenskap in 2012 en verdien vyf toekennings vir veggees.

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