Rin Nakai
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Nakai.
Rin Nakai (中井 りん, Nakai Rin, born October 22, 1986) is a Japanese professional athlete. She is best known as a female mixed martial artist.
Rin is currently the #10-ranked Women’s Bantamweight (129-139.9 lbs) fighter in the world as of 5/25/2014 by http://www.fightmatrix.com.[1]
Career
Nakai has participated in MMA promotions Pancrase, Smackgirl and Valkyrie. She is 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) and 56.7 kg (125 lb).
Nakai started fighting on October 1, 2006. She defeated Asuka Ito by TKO (technical knockout), after breaking Ito's nose at Pancrase 2006 Blow Tour.[2][3][4][5]
On September 29 2016 Nakai competed at Rizin 3 - Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round. She defeated decorated wrestler Kanako Murata via 3rd round submission (Rear Naked Choke) to improve her record to 19-2.
References
- ↑ http://www.fightmatrix.com
Issue Date: 5/25/2014 (Official Release: #374)
Women’s Bantamweight (129-139.9 lbs) fighter ranks - ↑ 253 中井りん (in Japanese). 365人インタビュー (2009-11-30). Japan: God Bless the Ring. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ↑ 中井りん（総合格闘家／愛媛県松山市出身）第１回「格闘家への序章」 (in Japanese). FORZA SHIKOKU（月曜日更新） (2007-05-07). Japan: Sports Communications. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ↑ PANCRASE 2006 BLOW TOUR (in Japanese) (2006-10-01). Japan: Pancrase. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
- ↑ (結果) [パンクラス 10.1 梅田：史上最短の秒殺劇。近藤に秋晴訪れず] (in Japanese). Reports (2006-10-01). Japan: Bout Review. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
Other websites
- Profile Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine at Fightergirls.com
- Profile at Pancrase (in Japanese)
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Official blog (in Japanese)
- Official blog (old) (in Japanese)
- Professional MMA record for Rin Nakai at Sherdog
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