RIZIN announced today that Kanako Murata vs Angela Magana has been added to RIZIN 12 Aug. 12 at Dolphin Arena in Nagoya. This fight will be at Strawweight. Kanako was an amateur wrestling ace at Nihon University. She was recruited to RIZIN by Olympic wrestling champ Saori Yoshida. She is 24 years old and her record is 7-1. Her one loss was a huge mistake. Kanako really really really wanted to fight Rin Nakai. Everyone tried to talk her out of it partially because Rin is a lot bigger than her. After Kanako lost, and she gave an awful performance, she still wants a rematch. Part of the problem is RIZIN has been concentrating on Atomweight and they even farmed Kanako out to PANCRASE and DEEP. Until they figure out what to do with her, RIZIN has brought in gaijin fighters to face Kanako. In May, she beat Lanchana Green on RIZIN 10. Now they bring in Angela Magana of all people. Of course Angela is a veteran fighter. She used to be a decent fighter but injuries have really slowed her down. She was on TUF 20 and then she lost all three of her UFC fights. She had a two year break due to injury. One would think that at 34 years old, enough is enough. Retire already. I guess even Invicta doesn't want her. The one good thing about Angela is she can talk and hype a fight. But I don't think she can fight anymore. That makes her a perfect gaijin opponent for Hanako. Well, that's how RIZIN looks at it.
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