RIZIN announced this morning two women's matches have been added to their New Year's Eve shows at Saitama Super Arena. The shows will be Dec. 29-31 but exact dates have not been announced. These shows will air live on FITE TV. In a 70kg match, KING Reina will face veteran Cindy Dandois. And in a 57kg match Shinju Nozawa-Auclair will face Chelsea LaGrasse. RIZIN is trying to sell Reina vs Cindy as a competitive match. But Cindy has looked terrible lately. Her UFC fight against Alexis Davis was so bad she was immediately released. She also has a fight coming up next week in Cage Warriors against Kerry Hughes. And Cindy usually fights at a lighter weight. Usually in Japan this would be at Open Weight. Maybe Cindy wanted an announced weight. Reina seems like a pretty good fighter though it's hard to tell against low level competition. RIZIN is trying to sell Cindy as better competition. I'm not so sure. Shinju is best known in Japan as the daughter of the popular actress Naoko Nozawa. But Shinju lives in the US. She was supposed to be on last month's RIZIN show. But she recently moved from Michigan to San Francisco to train at Gilbert Melendez' El Nino Training Center. RIZIN wanted to give her time to get settled. Shinju won her debut. But her opponent was so bad it was hard to tell if Shinju is any good. This fight could be more competitive. Chelsea is from Ohio. She is making her MMA debut. But she fought Shinju as an amateur in March. Chelsea won by DQ because of an illegal head kick. So this fight has the potential to be interesting and we may get a better idea about Shinju's skills.
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