Tag Archives: Mirko Filipovic

RIZIN PROELIUM FOEDERATIO MUNDI GRANDIS PRIX 2017

PRIMUS DE LIBERO
Iosephus Ferraro & Frank Trigg nomine RIZIN FF World Praefectus Urbi 2017
PPV praecones
Dec. 29 & 31 VIVERE in PPV ex Iaponia
NEW EBORACUM CITY(December 14, 2017) – Veteran “Showdown” Iosephus Ferraro et prior MMA pugnator Ioannes Trigg Praecones sunt nominati pro RIZIN Pugnans Foederatio Mundi Praefectus Urbis ostendit geminae, reditus ex luce pugnae ludis superstar Mirko “Curabitur ut mollis nisl Cro” Filipovic, December 29 & 31, airing live on pay-per-view from Saitama City, Japan.
The Dec. 29 atque 31 (1 a.m. /10 p.m. TP satus) erit vivere-spatiata per orbem (praeter Iaponia in FITE.TV platforms for $19.99 vel duos dies RIZIN Pack speciale offer pro only $29.99. Fans potest simpliciter download in FITE app – liberum ut download from iTunes et Google Play – et deinde pugnam in magnum screen utendo ad munus instanti stream-ad TV. FITE app operatur cum quolibet Wi-FI televisifici connexis circa mundum, iOS et MASCULINUS adinventiones, tum effusis artibus ut Roku, Chromecast et amplius. Fans etiam spectare possunt pugnas in FITE loco atwww.fite.tv ab aliquo computatrum.
Ludis Media integrata via funem ac satellitem PPV distribuet in Novo anno in Eva (Dec. 315:00 a.m. ATQUE / 2:00 a.m. PT start) extravaganza vivere in America Septentrionali via in Demand, Vubiquity, ac ferculo in US, tum in SaskTel et Telus in Canada, nam id solum price $19.95.
Ferrarius officia ictus tractabit, dum Trigg militat color commentator. Ferrarius plures eventus RIZIN vocavit ad exitum mundi Praefectus Urbi. Trigg, qui hunc RIZIN libellum gemellis eodem mense operatus est cum debut suum fecit ut UFC referendarius, popularis pugnator ad summum gradum internationalis elit, UFC et superbia.
The Dec. 29th victores hominum quarteria pondo bantam ponderis Dec . progressuri sunt. 31stfeminae super-atom pondus et semifinalia kickboxing et postea in finalibus. Praecipua adiecit attractio in illo card est leve heavyweight inter se concurrunt Usus “Dionysius” Prochazka(19-3-0, 16 KO / TKO, 2 SUB), Res publica Bohemica et. Carolus Albrelktsson (6-1-0, 2 KO/TKOs, 3 SUB), Suecia.
Finales de RIZIN World-Grand Prix kickboxing, feminae super-atomweight et viri bantamweight patrocinium ante tres par convivia praevenient. Crovatica heavyweight “Curabitur ut mollis nisl Cro” Filipovic (35-11-0, 27 KO / TKO, 5 SUB) accipit in Iaponica ventus Tsuyoshi Kosaka (27-19-2, 8 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) in Special Added Attraction in Dec. 31stcard. Also, exspectati reditus Iaponica leve Takanori “Fireball Kid” Gomi(18-6-0, 13 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) erit showcased in throw-descendit cum civibus suis Yusuke Yachi (18-6-0, 5 KO / TKO, 1 SUB). Mulierum par inter musca Americana Shinju “Juju” Auclair (1-0-0, 1 SUB) et pro-debuting Chelsea LaGrasse et in ICTUS.
Peculiaris unus-dies kickboxing tournament tenebitur Dec. 31st inter Iaponiae Kazuyuki Fujita atque Mitsuhisa Sunabe et invictus Knockout artifex (20-0, 16 KOs) Tenshine Nasukawa vs. TBA cum victoribus in pilae rotundis in card finali pilae respicientibus.
Omnia subiecta sunt pugnatores ad bella et mutatio.
DELATURA:
Twitter: @FiteTV, @IntegratedPPV

RIZIN PROELIUM FOEDERATIO MUNDI GRANDIS PRIX 2017

RIZIN Pugnans Foederatio
World Grand Prix 2017 actio claudere 2017 MMA temporum
Mirko “Curabitur ut mollis nisl Cro” Filipovic & Takanori “Fireball Kid” Gomi reditus Novus Annus Eve
Dec. 29 & 31 VIVERE in PPV ex Iaponia
NEW EBORACUM CITY (December 11, 2017) —Internationalis mixtis-martialibus artibus et kickboxing fans claudere potest 2017 tempore in grandi stilo, RIZIN Pugnans Foederatio Mundi Praefectus Urbi actio duplex viewing barred, reditus ex luce pugnae ludis superstar Mirko “Curabitur ut mollis nisl Cro” Filipovic,December 29 & 31, airing live on pay-per-view from Saitama City, Japan.
The Dec. 29th victores hominum quarteria pondo bantam ponderis Dec . progressuri sunt. 31st feminae super-atom pondus et semifinalia kickboxing et postea in finalibus (see below).
Special Added Attraction in Dec. 29thcard est lux heavyweight par inter Usus “Dionysius” Prochazka (19-3-0, 16 KO / TKO, 2 SUB), Res publica Bohemica vs. Carolus Albrelktsson(6-1-0, 2 KO/TKOs, 3 SUB), Suecia.
The Dec. 29 atque 31 (1 a.m. /10 p.m. TP satus) erit vivere-spatiata per orbem (praeter Iaponia in FITE.TV platforms for $19.99 vel duos dies RIZIN Pack speciale offer pro only $29.99. Fans potest simpliciter download in FITE app – liberum ut download from iTunes et Google Play – et deinde pugnam in magnum screen utendo ad munus instanti stream-ad TV. FITE app operatur cum quolibet Wi-FI televisifici connexis circa mundum, iOS et MASCULINUS adinventiones, tum effusis artibus ut Roku, Chromecast et amplius. Fans etiam spectare possunt pugnas in FITE loco at www.fite.tv ab aliquo computatrum.
Ludis Media integrata via funem ac satellitem PPV distribuet in Novo anno in Eva (Dec. 315:00 a.m. ATQUE / 2:00 a.m. PT start) extravaganza vivere in America Septentrionali via in Demand, Vubiquity, ac ferculo in US, tum in SaskTel et Telus in Canada, nam id solum price $19.95.
“Ad annum claudendum duabus rebus iucundis excitamur, RIZIN World Praefectus Urbi 2017, plus reditus internationalis MMA astra Mirko “Curabitur ut mollis nisl Cro” Filipovic et Takanori “Fireball Kid” Gomi,” dixit Flipps Media Co-conditor et CEO, Kosta Jordanov. “Hae eventus capient nostrae felicis certaminis programmandi in MMXVII.”
“Laeti sumus eventum de Iaponia deducere hunc Novum Annum Eve, featuring CRO Cop’ et RIZIN World Praefectus Urbi finales ad American et Canadian pugnae ludis fans,” Vestibulum Sports praeses Media Doug Jacobs dictum. “Haec rara occasio est MMA Americanae Septentrionalis et fans kickboxing ut aliquos optimos pugnatores internationales speculari possit.”
Finales de RIZIN World-Grand Prix kickboxing, feminae super-atomweight et viri bantamweight patrocinium ante tres par convivia praevenient. Crovatica heavyweight “Curabitur ut mollis nisl Cro” Filipovic (35-11-0, 27 KO / TKO, 5 SUB) accipit in Iaponica ventusTsuyoshi Kosaka (27-19-2, 8 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) in Special Added Attraction in Dec. 31stcard. Also, exspectati reditus Iaponica leve Takanori “Fireball Kid” Gomi(18-6-0, 13 KO / TKO, 6 SUB) erit showcased in throw-descendit cum civibus suisYusuke Yachi (18-6-0, 5 KO / TKO, 1 SUB). Mulierum par inter musca Americana Shinju “Juju” Auclair (1-0-0, 1 SUB) et pro-debuting Chelsea LaGrasse et in ICTUS.
Peculiaris unus-dies kickboxing tournament tenebitur Dec. 31st inter Iaponiae Kazuyuki Fujita atque Mitsuhisa Sunabe et invictus Knockout artifex (20-0, 16 KOs) Tenshine Nasukawa vs. TBA cum victoribus in pilae rotundis in card finali pilae respicientibus.
Omnia subiecta sunt pugnatores ad bella et mutatio.
RIZIN World Grand PRIX MATCHES
Hominum Bantamweights
Ian “avunculus Creepy” McCall (13-5-0), USA vs. Manel Kape (8-1-0), Angola
Kyoaji Horiiguchi (20-2-0), Iaponia vs. Gabriel Oliveira (10-0-0), Brazil
Takafumi Otsuka (23-13-0), Iaponia vs. Khalid Tahna (11-0-0), Germania
Shintaro Ishiwatari (23-6-0), Iaponia vs. Kevin “Macine Gun” deinde (12-3-0), Gallia
Mulierum Super-Atomweights
Rena Kubota (5-0-0), Iaponia vs. Irene “Nina” Rivera (7-4-0), Hispania
Kanna Asakura (9-2-0), Iaponia vs. Maria Oliveira (10-2-0), Brazil
Kickboxing
Yamato Fujita, Iaponia vs. Mitsushisa Sunabe, Japan
Tenshin Nasuikawa, Iaponia vs. TBA
DELATURA:
Twitter: @FiteTV, @IntegratedPPV

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

K-1 kickboxing star Minoru Kimura (pictured) will make his MMA rules debut against CharlesKrazy HorseBennett at the highly-anticipated RIZIN FF World Grand Prix 2016: Opening Round event in Tokyo, Japan Sunday, Septem. 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 SEPTEMBER 25

Tocio - August 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 libras) Mixed Martial Arts (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 scriptor) to the federation’s already stacked Grand Prix event in Tokyo on Sunday, Septem. 25.

A 17-year veteran of the sport with an aggressive, crowd-pleasing style of fighting, ad pedem V-VIII, 36-year-old Bennett of Ocala, Fla. put himself on the map 16 years ago with a first round (1:55) KO (punch) autem 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, primum circum (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 (insidiaberis calcaneo hamo) autem Paul Rodriguez in Kissimmee, Fla. on May 14.


Supra: Charles “Krazy HorseBennett 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, ad pedem V-VIII, 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, includingKaew Fairtex as well as Japanese stars Hideaki Yamazaki atque Masaaki Noiri, to reach elite status in the sport.

Sua ultima start, Kimura picked up a unanimous decision victory over “Noman” in a K-1 World Grand Prix tournament reserve bout on June 24.

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

MMA legends Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 KO scriptor) atque 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 Orbis Praefectus Urbi 2016: Opening Round

Updated Card Pugnate

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
Lightweight: Daron Cruickshank nobis. Andy Souwer
Heavyweight: Gabi Garcia nobis. Destanie Yarbrough
Strawweight: Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
Weight TBD: Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
Weight TBD: Asen Yamamoto vs. Kizaemon Saiga
Featherweight: Charles Bennett vs. Minoru Kimura

Sequitur Re'zin FF:

Website – http://www.rizinff.com/en/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/rizinfightingfederation /
Twitter – https://twitter.com/rizin_PR

RIZIN FF ANNOUNCES MATCHUPS FOR THREE STAR-STUDDED WOMEN’S MMA BOUTS AT GRAND PRIX EVENT IN TOKYO, SEPTEMBER 25

Pictured (de sinistro ad dextram): 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 Sunday, Septem. 25. Yamamoto will square off with Kubota, while Murata will face off with Combate Americas star Kyra Batara.

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

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

Tocio - August 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 Sunday, Septem. 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 libras) certamen.

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.

In addition, 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,"Rex" 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 event.

The five fighters join previously announced MMA legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (MMA: 31-11-1, 1 NC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 KO scriptor), 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 nobis. Destanie Yarbrough

VI et equitum II,, 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) deditionem (armbar) autem Anna Malyukova at the RIZIN FF extravaganza onAprilis 17.

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

A lifelong athlete, Yarbrough made an explosive, professional MMA debut onAprilis 1, scoring a 33-second TKO (medicus sistendum) on Crystal Parson.


Caption: Combate Americas MMA star Kyra Batara (supra) will make her RIZIN FF debut against Kanako Murata

Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara

I Et V-pede-, 23-year-old ex Murata Ehime, Japan will make her debut at strawweight following three consecutive wins, the last two of which came by way of TKO (pugnis), in flyweight (125 libras) Ludicrum.

Pugnatorum de Las Vegas, Nev., the 4-foot-11, 21-year-old Batara, who typically fights in the atomweight (105 libras) divisio, 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) proelii.

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 scriptor).

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

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

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

RIZIN FF Orbis Praefectus Urbi 2016: Opening Round

Updated Card Pugnate

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
Lightweight: Daron Cruickshank nobis. Andy Souwer
Heavyweight: Gabi Garcia nobis. Destanie Yarbrough
Strawweight: Kanako Murata vs. Kyra Batara
Weight TBD: Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto
Weight TBD: Asen Yamamoto vs. Kizaemon Saiga

Sequitur Re'zin FF:

Website – http://www.rizinff.com/en/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/rizinfightingfederation /
Twitter – https://twitter.com/rizin_PR

Re'zin FF: MIRKO CRO COP EMERGES FROM RETIREMENT FOR 16-MAN, OPEN WEIGHT TOURNAMENT KICKING OFF IN TOKYO ON SEPTEMBER 25!

WANDERLEI SILVA, KAZUYUKI FUJITA, AND BARUTO KAITO
ALL TABBED FOR ACTION IN MULTI-STAGE TOURNAMENT

PRAETER:
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 NC; Kickboxing: 23-8, 12 KO scriptor) will come out of retirement and return to Japan, where his legendary career was born, to compete in the highly-anticipated, 16-unum, open weight “Grand Prix” tournament that begins in Tokyo on Sunday, Septem. 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 autem 16 Grand Prix participants, including superstar Wanderlei Silva (35-12-1, 1 NC) of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, 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 Thursday, Dec. 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) Igaunijas, 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 sensationsDaron Cruickshank (17-8, 1 NC) atque Andy Souwer (MMA: 1-0, Kickboxing: 159-19, 98 KO scriptor) – will collide in a lightweight (155) negotium.

Cruickshank de Wayne, me. is a 13-fight veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) who made a successful RIZIN FF debut on Aprilis 17, scoring primum circum (4:36) TKO with a series of kicks on a downed Shinji Sasaki.

A longtime kickboxing icon, Souwer of Den Bosch, Netherlands, 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 per viam primum circum (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 libras) Stella 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, scoring primum circum (2:36) QUI (pugnis) in her professional debut on Lei'd Tapa at the RIZIN FF promotional kick-off event on December 31, and submitting Anna Malyukova with an armbar in the second round (2:04) of battle at the RIZIN FF affair on Aprilis 17.

Just 22 annorum, Murata made her professional MMA debut under the promotion of RIZIN FF on Aprilis 17, notching a unanimous decision overNatalia Denisova, and has since already competed twice more, victumMaia Kahaunaele-Stevenson via third round (3:43) QUI (pugnis) atqueIlona Wijmans per viam primum circum (1:17) QUI (pugnis), on June 4 et primo mensis Iulii 7, respective;.

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.

Sequitur Re'zin FF:

Website – http://www.rizinff.com/en/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/rizinfightingfederation /
Twitter – https://twitter.com/rizin_PR