TOKYO – March 29, 2016- Re'zin FF, den kampsport kampanjen ledet av tidligere PRIDE FC hodet 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 på Søndag, 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 i den andre runden (: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.

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

I hovedturneringen, tidligere PRIDE FC mellomvekt mester og produktive superstjerne Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) vil slå seg sammen med en fighter å bli annonsert snart, en spesiell grappling i "tag kamp,"Og kjempe mot en duo bestående av stipendiat legende, Kazushi Sakuraba, (26-17-1, 2 NC) og 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" Sasaki (16-8-3) in a lightweight (155 pounds) matchup.

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

I kvinne åpen vekt handling, dekorert brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu verdensmester og kvinners MMA tungvekt prospektet Gabi Garcia (1-0) vil kollidere med to-tiden pankration mester Anna Malyukova (1-0).

Siste ricin FF Grand Prix-turnering semifinalist Theodore Tall (8-3) vil stille opp med tidligere K-en mester Jaideep "Heart" uke (2-1 MMA; 40-10, 13 KO er kickboksing) i 216- pound catchweight kampen.

Sambo verdensmester Vadim Nemkov (5-1) vil ta på seg ubeseiret, aggressive-minded spiss og topp Nordic prospektet "Konge" Karl Albrektsson (4-0) i en lett tungvekt (205 pounds) tilt.

I en 180-pund MMA regler catchweight konkurranse, ødeleggende kraft puncherHisaki Kato (5-2) vil ta på fyren behandler Yuta “Andre” Watanabe (19-6-4).

Retur til aksjon for første gang i fem år, elskede tungvekter Kazuyuki "Ol 'Ironhead" Fujita (15-10), vil møte nylig RIZIN FF Grand Prix-turnering runner-up og farlig knockout artist George "Denise" Prochazka (16-3-1).

i fluevekt (125 pounds) handling, innsending ess Allan "Grim" Birth (14-3) vil låse horn med rødglødende mester Yuki Motoya (15-4, 1 NC).

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