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Rena Kubota faces Dóra Perjés at RIZIN show in Yokohama

Japanese shoot boxing veteran Rena Kubota will return to the RIZIN ring on April 16 when she takes on Hungarian-born Dóra Perjés in Yokohama.

Kubota (3-0) is a veteran of kickboxing and shoot boxing, amassing a record of 32-5-1 between the two. She made her MMA debut at the year-end RIZIN show in 2015 and defeated Italy’s Jleana Valentino via flying armbar. She returned to RIZIN in late-2016 and submitted Miyuu Yamamoto. In her last outing, Rena defeated Hanna Gujwan via TKO following a body kick late in the fight.