Tūtohu Archives: Theodore Tāroaroa

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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 - April 4, 2016- Re'zin FF, te whakatairanga hākinakina whawhai arahina e matenga TEOTEORAA FC mua Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announced today that legendary Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) pioneer and former professional wrestling standout Kiyoshi Tamura (32-13-3), will join forces with fellow decorated icon Wanderlei Silva(35-12-1, 1 NC) in the special grappling tag team matchup that will headline the highly-anticipated, star-studded extravaganza in Nagoya Japan, i runga i Rātapu, April 17.

Tamura and Silva will tussle with another all-time great Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) a Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2) in the unique, one-of-a-kind bout.

The affair marks the first time since December 31, 2008 that the 5-foot-11, 46-year-old Tamura, recognized for his elite level catch wrestling skills and quick, fluid movements, will see action in combat.

In his last start under MMA rules on the K-1 – Dynamite!! New Year’s Eve mega-card in Saitama, Japan, Tamura earned his third consecutive win, a unanimous decision over Sakuraba.

While competing for the likes of PRIDE, K-1, Rings, DREAM and UWF International, Tamura compiled an extensive resume of conquests, including those over eventual UFC champions Pat Miletich, Maurice Smith a Dave Menne, as well as superstars Renzo Gracie a Jeremy Horn.

Tamura was groomed by famed pro wrestling trainers Billy Robinson,Nobuhiko Takada a Akira Maeda, to eventually become a force in the sport’s middleweight division. In his final bout before retirement, Tamura notched a victory over fellow hybrid MMA star and professional wrestler Josh Barnett, i runga i Noema 23, 2005.

Utu i 100,000 iene, 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 NC) will collide with submission expertShinji "Torao supernova te" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pauna) matchup.

In a women’s open weight bout, whakapaipai toa ao Palāsilá Jiu-Jitsu me MMA amanaki taumahamaha o te wahine GaBi Garcia (1-0) ka tutuku ki e rua-te wā toa Pankration Anna Malyukova (1-0).

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

Tata ricin whakataetae semifinalist FF Grand Prix Theodore Tāroaroa (8-3) ka tapawha atu ki mua toa K-1 Jaideep "Heart" wiki (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing o KO) i roto i te 216- whawhai pauna catchweight.

toa Sambo ao Vadim Nemkov (5-1) Ka tangohia i te tūturu, patu kaitaua-whakaaro, me te runga amanaki Nordic "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i roto i te taumahamaha marama (205 pauna) honga.

I roto i te whakataetae ture 180-pauna MMA catchweight, puncher mana kinoHisaki Kato (5-2) ka tango i runga i hoa faaoti Yuta "Ētahi" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Hoki ki te mahi mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te rima tau, taumahamaha aroha Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), ka fehangahangai tata RIZIN FF Grand Prix whakataetae runner-ake, me te toi knockout kino George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

i roto i te mā (125 pauna) mahi, hai tukunga Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) Ka maukati haona ki toa whero-wera Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

Women’s amateur wrestling champion Kanako Murata (0-0) will make her highly-anticipated, professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut against rising starNatalya Denisova (2-1) in a 116-pound catchweight affair.

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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 (whakaaturia) will make her much-anticipated professional MMA debut against Russian rising star Natalya Denisova at the star-studded RIZIN FF event in Nagoya, Japan runga Rātapu, April 17.

TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Re'zin FF, te whakatairanga hākinakina whawhai arahina e matenga TEOTEORAA FC mua 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 runga Rātapu, 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 onMahuru 26, she utilized her sharp, aggressive striking arsenal to finish Marina Lvova i roto i te rua o a tawhio noa (:32) of battle with a barrage of punches.

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

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

I roto i te hui matua, toa whitu TEOTEORAA FC mua, me te superstar āna Wanderlei "te kaikohuru Tuaina" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) ka rōpū ki te toa ki runga ki te kia kauwhautia hohoro, i roto i te grappling motuhake "kēmu tūtohu,"A whawhai he one arā, o hoa pūrākau, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) a Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

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

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

I roto i te tuwhera mahi taimaha o te wahine, whakapaipai toa ao Palāsilá Jiu-Jitsu me MMA amanaki taumahamaha o te wahine GaBi Garcia (1-0) ka tutuku ki e rua-te wā toa Pankration Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Tata ricin whakataetae semifinalist FF Grand Prix Theodore Tāroaroa (8-3) ka tapawha atu ki mua toa K-1 Jaideep "Heart" wiki (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing o KO) i roto i te 216- whawhai pauna catchweight.

toa Sambo ao Vadim Nemkov (5-1) Ka tangohia i te tūturu, patu kaitaua-whakaaro, me te runga amanaki Nordic "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i roto i te taumahamaha marama (205 pauna) honga.

I roto i te whakataetae ture 180-pauna MMA catchweight, puncher mana kinoHisaki Kato (5-2) ka tango i runga i hoa faaoti Yuta "Ētahi" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Hoki ki te mahi mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te rima tau, taumahamaha aroha Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), ka fehangahangai tata RIZIN FF Grand Prix whakataetae runner-ake, me te toi knockout kino George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

i roto i te mā (125 pauna) mahi, hai tukunga Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) Ka maukati haona ki toa whero-wera Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

A pee i Re'zin FF:

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RIZIN FF tohu DARON Cruickshank AND "HUGGY pea,"Ka ta TUARIMA NEW, STAR-hokowhitu MMA pāngia FOR APERIRA 17 MEGA-MAHINGA I Nagoya, JAPAN

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sensation Kōmāmā Daron Cruickshank (whakaaturia) Kua hainatia ki ricin FF, a ka meinga e tona tuatahi whakatairanga i runga i te Sabati, April 17.

e Cruickshank i runga i Shinji Sasaki i whakataetae Kōmāmā;
Huggy Bear anga Kirill Sidelnikov i roto i te pupūtanga taumahamaha

Ētahi atu:
Women o Open Taumaha: GaBi Garcia vs. Anna Malyukova
216 pauna Catchweight: Theodore vs Tāroaroa. Jaideep Singh
Marama Heavyweight: Vadim Nemkov vs. Karl Albrektsson
TOKYO - March 24, 2016- Re'zin FF, te whakatairanga hākinakina whawhai arahina e matenga TEOTEORAA FC mua Nobuyuki Sakakibara, faaite i roto i te amuiraa press teie mahana, that it has inked five new, Arts Arts Mixed whetu-hokowhitu (MMA) pāngia hoki ona nui-tūmanako mega-kaupapa i roto i Nagoya, Japan runga Rātapu, April 17, tae atu i te ono tekau (155 pauna) whakataetae i waenganui i hainatia hou sensation TūrongoDaron Cruickshank (16-8, 1 NC) me te tohunga tukunga Shinji "Torao supernova te" Sasaki (16-8-3), me te pai ano te matchup taumahamaha i waenganui i hoa toi knockout Chris "Huggy Bear" Barnett (14-2) a Kirill Sidelnikov (8-4)

I roto i te tuwhera mahi taimaha o te wahine, whakapaipai toa ao Palāsilá Jiu-Jitsu me MMA amanaki taumahamaha o te wahine GaBi Garcia (1-0) ka tutuku ki e rua-te wā toa Pankration Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Tata ricin whakataetae semifinalist FF Grand Prix Theodore Tāroaroa (8-3) ka tapawha atu ki mua toa K-1 Jaideep "Heart" wiki (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 Kickboxing o KO) i roto i te 216- whawhai pauna catchweight.

toa Sambo ao Vadim Nemkov (5-1) Ka tangohia i te tūturu, patu kaitaua-whakaaro, me te runga amanaki Nordic "King" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i roto i te taumahamaha marama (205 pauna) honga.

Daron Cruickshank vs. Shinji Sasaki

Cruickshank o Wayne, ahau. ka whakaturia waewae i roto i te whakakai RIZIN FF mo te wa tuatahi, e whai ake nei i te-tau 4, 13-whawhai poto ki te whawhai Championship Ultimate (UFC) e ngā whakauru mo whetu tāwhai Yves Edwards, Erik Koch a Anthony Njokuani.

He rua-wa Division NCAA III nonoke ma'u motu mō Oriwa College me te tuarua tohu whitiki pango i roto i te Tae Kwon Do, te 5-waewae-8, 30-Kua riro Cruickshank tau-tau faahiahia i pā te ao ki tona huinga o taikaha pūkenga a Tūrongo.

Sasaki o 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, te 5-waewae-9, 35-tau-tau e kua roaa 10 o tona 16 mahi toa i te ara o te tāpaetanga, piro te patiri, 40-TKO tuarua i runga i Won pikitanga Park ki o nifó he tupuhi.

(Runga ake: Chris “Huggy Bear” Barnett, ropia i roto i tona waitohu, -Tinana tonu pea take, stands behind MMA legends Fedor Emelianenko (mahue) ko Wanderlei Silva (matau) 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

Ki te ringa taimaha, raka maere no tona Force nui me te tuakiri rereke i rö tona "Huggy Bear" moniker, Barnett o Tampa, Fla., kua hanga ngangau i roto i te ao MMA o te mutunga o.

Te 5-waewae-9, 29-tau-tau e hanga ana tatau mowhiti mau he-tinana tonu pea take me whakanui ana whakaora i na roto i te raveraa i nekehanga breakdance me cartwheels i roto i te whakakai, Kua roaa 12 o tona 14 toa mahi ki te rā i te ara o (T)KO. I roto i tona timatanga whakamutunga, piro ia he TKO a tawhio tuatahi (nifó) i runga i Shinichi Suzukawa, i roto i te Tokyo i runga iHakihea 31

Sidelnikov o Stary Oskol, Russia Ko te 5-waewae-11, 27-tau-tau protégé mua o katoa-wā MMA nui Fedor Emelianenko. I Hakihea 29, i hanga e ia tona hokinga ki te mowhiti i muri i te faafaaearaa-tau e rima, te kaute i te kino, tuatahi a tawhio noa (2:23) WHO (nifó) i runga i Carlos Toyota i te hui tuatahi RIZIN FF i Saitama, Japan.

GaBi Garcia vs. Anna Malyukova

He ono-wa toa ao Palāsilá Jiu-Jitsu me te iwa tohu whitiki pango, te 6-waewae-2, 30-Garcia tau-tau o Los Angeles, Calif. mā Sao Paulo, ka hoki mai Brazil ki te mowhiti RIZIN FF mo te rua o te wa i muri i te kaute i te a tawhio tuatahi (2:36) WHO (nifó) i runga i Lei'd Tapa i runga i Hakihea 31.

Malyukova o 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, record mahi runaruna o 7-1, hanga Malyukova tona tuatahi ngaio i runga i Mahuru 26, 2015, kowhetetia te whakatau loto mo tauranga Tatiana.

Theodore vs Tāroaroa. Jaideep "Heart" wiki

Te 6-waewae, 24-Aukstuolis tau-tau o Ukmerge, Lithuania Ko te toa Judo motu kua nei kua Nō te "Lithuanian Werewolf" e pā Japanese nei ite i te toa taitama whakamahi tona kāhua kaitaua ki te patoto i roto i (meke) Bruno Henrique Cappelozza i roto i te taka noa tuatahi (3:32) o atamira quarterfinal te whakataetae o RIZIN FF Grand Prix o te whawhai i runga i Hakihea 29, 2015, i mua i te turakina e toa whakataetae iku "King Mo" Lawal i roto i te taka noa whiringa whāiti

Katoa kotahi o te whakauru Aukstuolis ', ko te kupu tenei i tawhiti, Kua tae mai na roto i te ara o (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Singh o Punjab, India Ko te 6-waewae-6, 28-tau-tau, toa K-1, ka ara, o mua taumahamaha whakataetae kickboxing nei ka mau tona mōrea nui ki te rā ka marere ia i roto i te whakakai ki Emelianenko i roto i te hui matua o te hui whana-atu RIZIN FF i runga i Hakihea 31, ngaro ki te toa Russian rongonui i te ara o te a tawhio tuatahi (3:02) WHO (nifó).

win kōtaha teitei o Singh ki te rā ka haere mai i te K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 hui Whakamutunga i roto i Tokyo, Japan ka piro ia te a tawhio tuatahi (2:58) KO runga superstar Russian Sergei Kharitonov ki te matau tika.

Vadim Nemkov vs. Charles "King" Albrektsson

Ko tētahi atu ākonga ia Emelianenko me te teina o M-1 marama Global hīanga, taumahamaha Viktor Nemkov, te Vadim-tau 23-tau o Stary Oskol ko te toru-wā motu, me te 2014 ao whawhai toa Sambo.

tae Nemkov te atamira whiringa whāiti o te whakataetae RIZIN FF Grand Prix i runga iHakihea 29, mutunga Goran Reljic i te ara o te tuatahi a tawhio noa (2:58) WHO (nifó) i mua i te turakina i te whiringa waru-tangata e Jiri Prochazka.

Te 6-waewae-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, kāhua māmā o te hara, oti te mema kapa Pancrase Faleva'inga kua katoa o tona hoariri ngaio e wha roto o rua rauna, mā (T)KO tukunga ranei.

Utu i 100,000 iene, tīkiti mō "Presents Top RIZIN Fighting Federation ahau,"E e wahi i Nippon Gaishi Hall, kei runga i te hoko, a taea te hokona ipurangi i Ticketbis.com.

I roto i te hui matua, toa whitu TEOTEORAA FC mua, me te superstar ānaWanderlei "te kaikohuru Tuaina" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) ka rōpū ki te toa ki runga ki te kia kauwhautia hohoro, i roto i te grappling motuhake "kēmu tūtohu,"A whawhai he one arā, o hoa pūrākau, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) a Hideo Tokoro (33-28-2).

I roto i te whakataetae ture 180-pauna MMA catchweight, puncher mana kinoHisaki Kato (5-2) ka tango i runga i hoa faaoti Yuta "Ētahi" Watanabe (19-6-4).

Hoki ki te mahi mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te rima tau, taumahamaha aroha Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), ka fehangahangai tata RIZIN FF Grand Prix whakataetae runner-ake, me te toi knockout kino George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

i roto i te mā (125 pauna) mahi, hai tukunga Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) Ka maukati haona ki toa whero-wera Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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Re'zin FF Faaite taiapa whakataetae, Matchups mō te Eight-tangata taumahamaha o Tournament i runga i Hakihea 29 a 31

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Fighters comment on the highly-anticipated tournament that will award its winner a $300,000 grand prize

TOKYO, JAPAN (Nov. 30, 2015) -Ko Te tuhi ki te whakatau i nga taiapa whakataetae me te atamira tuatahi matchups mo te RIZIN Tuhinga GRAND-Prix 2015 waru-tangata, whakataetae taumahamaha e ka tango i te wahi i runga i te akoranga o te rua ra – Hakihea 29 ko Hakihea 31 – and will award its winner a grand prize of $300,000, was held today in Tokyo.

BAMMA Heavyweight Champion Mark Godbeer, kua oti nei te whakaritea ki te whakataetae i roto i te whakataetae, was forced to withdraw due to a neck injury sustained in training. BAMMA will announce a replacement fighter for the tournament soon.

I mua ki te tātuhi, Tiamana Nobuyuki Sakakibara kī, "Ka riro tenei whakataetae te miramira o RIZIN. Toa i huri noa i te ao nei e whakakake ki te tohu i to ratou whakatairanga me te whenua, a he vēkeveke ki te whakamahi i tenei tūāpapa ki te whakanui i to ratou mahi ki te hanga i te ingoa hoki kua ratou huihui i roto i te whakataetae. E kore ai te nuinga o nga pāpāho nei huihui i tenei ra mohio nui e pā ana ki enei kaitäkaro, engari ka te tuatahi whana K-1 atu i roto i 1993, tangata i mohio e pā ana ki Branko Cikatić ranei Mike Bernardo. Ko te whawhai nei whakatuwhera ake i te tatau hou ko te hunga e nui to ratou tūmanako ".

The seven contestants slated for tournament action appeared at the press conference. Each drew an envelope numbered one through seven, and those who drew numbers one through four received the opportunity to choose their respective places in the tournament draw.

The first stage tournament matchups will be as follows:

Whawhai # 1: Lawal vs BAMMA fighter
Whawhai # 2: Aukstuolis vs Cappelozza,
Whawhai # 3 Ishii vs Prochazka,
Whawhai # 4: Reljic vs Nemkov.

A tournament reserve bout between Valentine Moldovsky and Yuta Uchida was also announced during the press conference.

Quotes toa:

– 1st Pick = “King Mo” Lawal – Kāniwha te tīpakohia

"Kua whakahonoretia ahau ki te whawhai mo RIZIN. Ahau fiefia ki te whakaatu i toku pūkenga i roto i te mua o te pā Japanese me te kia mahi i te mahi ahau. Au fiefia ki te e taea ki te tiki tau kotahi. Au tonu ahau tau kotahi. Ahau i roto i te tūnga i reira e te tiki i ahau etahi, toku mahi he ki te kuru i te tangata tu i muri ki ahau. "

“"Ahau tēnei wā e kore e whai i te hoariri, engari au e ahau tino e ka tukua atu e BAMMA he toa pai hoki ki ahau. Ko kāore te tangata e haere mai, ka kia mongamonga na pai ia kia rite. Whakaaro ahau hanga Ishii he whiriwhiri atamai ma te ape i ahau, me toku taiapa. He pai hoki ki a ia. "

"Ko te he rota o te moni! Hiahia hoko e ahau he paihere o te ice cream, te tahi mau kakahu pai, a ka haere ki Disney Ao, ka kite i te paihere o te kiriata. Hiahia haere ahau ki Vegas me rōpū, a hoko taranata o oko koura. "
– 2nd Tiki = Theodore Tāroaroa (BUSHIDO Europe Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia C

"Te mauruuru nei kia hoatu ha faingamālie taua ahau. I tenei taumata o te whakataetae, whai koe ki te kia rite ki te whawhai tangata kia kore ahau e tiaki nei e toku hoa tauwhainga. Whakapono ahau i roto i ahau, me ahau rite ki te whawhai tangata. "

"Hoki ahau, hoko i te toa i roto i nui atu te moni. Money ka whai rite ki te hua o te hoko ko ha toa mau. Toku ngakau kei te whakaritea kia riro i te whakataetae ".

"Ko te take ko te aha ahau i konei ko te mea e whakapono ahau i roto i ahau. Ka whawhai ahau ki te tohu i toku whenua iti. Toku hoariri e Tūrongo mohoao engari kahore he take he aha e ngaro i ahau. Ka hoatu e ahau ki runga ki te whakaatu, me te haere mai i roto i te wikitoria.”

– 3rd Pick = Goran Reljic (KSW Light Mua taumahamaha Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia G

"E kore ahau e tiaki nei whawhai ki ahau. Toku moe mai ko ahau he kuao koati ko ki te whawhai i roto i Japan, a ka noho ahau i te moe matau i teie nei, toku whāinga ko te ki te whakaatu i toku mahi pai i runga i te Tau Hou. "

"Ahau i rite ki te matchup. Kua kua ahau te whakangungu ki te toa Sambo ao Blagoi Ivanov a ahau waia ki te kāhua whawhai Sambo. E mohio ana ahau ki mai ia i te rōpū nui, engari ka waiho e ahau rite ki te tango i tetahi mea ia ki te whakahere pera ano te reira i te whawhai pai. "

"Kua ora ahau i te moe tamarikitanga. Ko ahau te arotahi ki runga ki tonu toku haere i runga i toku moe ki te riro i te toa i roto i Japan. Ka whakaaro ahau o ta ki te mahi ki te moni kotahi te whakatutuki ahau toku whāinga. "

– 4Pick th = Satoshi Ishii (Beijing Olympics Judo Gold mētara) – Kāniwha tīpakohia E

"He pai takanga. E kore e ite e ahau e te whawhai ko te whawhai, kua tika timata te whawhai i runga i Nye. "

"Taku mahere he ki te haumi hawhe o te moni utu i roto i te petipeti, a ka foaki te toenga."

"Ko ha tuku pai e kore i taea e ahau te tahuri iho tenei. He whakataetae MMA, Hoariri pai, moni taonga pai. E kore ahau e hiahia ki te arotahi rawa nui i runga i te toa i te whakataetae no taua e pā toku kēmu hinengaro, ka pera ano arotahi ahau i runga i tetahi whawhai i te wa. "

– 5Pick th = Bruno Cappelozza (Whawhai Jungle 100kg Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia D

"Ahau tino e kore e mohio ki tetahi ki nga whawhai o konei i tenei ra, Ka whiriwhiria e ahau toku hoariri, me te tumanako Au waimarie ahau. "

"Ka huri e momo o te moni nui toku ora, me te ora o toku utuafare. Na ka hoko ano he toa. Te hunga āhuatanga e rua e mau ohipa nui hoki ahau.”

«E ua riro toku moe ki te whawhai i roto i Japan. E kore ahau e mohio ki te nui rawa e pā ana ki toku hoa tauwhainga, engari au e ahau mohio e ineine tatou, te tokorua mo te whawhai whakaongaonga. Whakaaro ahau tenei e waiho hei whawhai pai ".

– 6Pick th = Vadim Nemkov (MMA Union Heavyweight Champion) – Kāniwha tīpakohia H

"Ka kia māngai ahau Sambo. E rite ahau ki te whakaatu i te ataahua o Sambo me te toi o Sambo.”

– 7Pick th = Jiri Prochazka (GCF Czech Light Heavyweight Champion) – tīpakohia Kāniwha F "Ko ahau rawa fiefia ki te taea ki te whakaatu i toku pūkenga i roto i te whenua te wahi i whanau i te Samurai i. E kore e whakama koutou e ahau. "

"Katoa i konei he uaua. Mai ka whawhai ahau te tino whenua, Ka toku whawhai e kohikohi whakarongo. E rite ahau ki te whakamahi i tēnei whai wāhitanga, me tenei titauraa ia riro mai i te mea i muri nui ".

"Ko reira kia nui te moni e kore ahau e matau ki te wahi ki te tīmata. E whakapono ana ahau e haere i te moni i muri mai. Na rite o teie nei, ki te hoatu i te reira katoa i ahau ki te hanga RIZIN whakakake i whiriwhiria e ratou ki ahau mo te whai wāhi toku arotahi ko ".

Kaiwhakahaere General Nobuhiko Takada ka mau te hopuoro i muri i te tātuhi, "Kua ongo'i ahau he waia, whakamarie huru makiki ano e tika i teie nei. Ko ahau fiefia noa ki te kaititiro te whanautanga o whetu heke mai. Te ti'aturi nei e ahau e taea e Ishii te mahi i roto i te ara i te wahi e meinga e ia tatou pā Japanese whakakake. Lavame'a tuatahi o Ishii i toa i te mētara koura, heoi kahore matou i kite i tetahi hua tino i ia i roto i MMA. Te ti'aturi nei tino ahau e taea e ia te whakamahi i tēnei whai wāhitanga ki te whakatutuki i te fakahoko nui o tona mahi.”