{"id":29473,"date":"2023-03-03T20:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T04:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateglobal.com\/?p=29473"},"modified":"2023-03-03T20:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T04:56:43","slug":"combate-global-takes-on-rizin-in-tokyo-on-april-30-claire-lopez-collides-with-rena-kubota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/combate-global-takes-on-rizin-in-tokyo-on-april-30-claire-lopez-collides-with-rena-kubota","title":{"rendered":"COMBATE GLOBAL TAKES ON RIZIN IN TOKYO ON APRIL 30: CLAIRE LOPEZ COLLIDES WITH RENA KUBOTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MIAMI <\/strong>\u2013 <strong>March 3, 2023 <\/strong>\u2013 Combate Global and RIZIN today announced a showdown between two women\u2019s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) stars \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/fighters\/claire-lopez\"><strong>Claire Lopez<\/strong><\/a> (7-4) and <strong>Rena Kubota<\/strong> (13-4) \u2013 from their respective fight organizations, for Sunday, April 30, in Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup will be contested at RIZIN\u2019s much-anticipated event at Yoyogi Gymnasium, at a catchweight of 112.6 pounds, and will consist of three, five-minute rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The fight will take place in a cage, rather than RIZIN\u2019s customary square ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a phenomenal matchup for both fighters as well as for MMA fans around the world, so I am excited for Combate Global to partner with RIZIN for it,\u201d said Mike Afromowitz, Sr. VP of Operations and Communications for Combate Global.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting out of London, England, the 34-year-old Lopez, a native of Beziers, France, is a member of Great Britain Top Team headed by Brad Pickett.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez, the runner-up in Combate Global\u2019s first-ever, one-night, eight-woman tournament in August 2021, is a dangerous finisher who has earned six of her seven career victories by way of (T)KO or submission.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Kubota, a native of Osaka, Japan, is a famed champion of Shootboxing, and a record six-time winner of the promotion\u2019s \u2018S-Cup\u2019 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Kubota made her MMA debut with RIZIN on December 31, 2015, defeating Jleana Valentino by way of a flying armbar submission in the second round of action, and proceeded to reel off victories in each of her next five bouts, two of which came at the RIZIN World Grand Prix 2017 women\u2019s atomweight (108 pounds) tournament.<\/p>\n<p>In her last start on July 31, 2022, Kubota defeated Anastasiya Svetkivska via unanimous decision at RIZIN 37 in Saitama, Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about Combate Global and its athletes can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\">www.CombateGlobal.com<\/a> as well as on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CombateGlobal\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/combateglobal\/?utm_medium=copy_link\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/combateglobal\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClvfFzGFsKp5x4V8SaeG9Dw\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI \u2013 March 3, 2023 \u2013 Combate Global and RIZIN today announced a showdown between two women\u2019s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) stars \u2013 Claire Lopez (7-4) and Rena Kubota (13-4) \u2013 from their respective fight organizations, for Sunday, April 30, in Tokyo, Japan. 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