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Mother & Son Team Set To Compete At Rizin

Mother & Son Team Set To Compete At Rizin

 

 

Another landmark is ahead of us. For what seems like the first time (in a major promotion) a mother and son team will be fighting mma on the same stage next month (September 25th).

Rizin announced just this past Monday, that Miyu Yamamoto (41) will be making her MMA debut on the same stage her son, Asen Yamamoto (19) is set to face Kizaemon Saiga.

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Miyu Yamamoto is far from amateur by the way, she is a 3x World Champion in Women’s freestyle wrestling!

If the name Yamamoto rings a bell it might be because he famously lost to Kron Gracie during their debut on the last New Year’s Eve.

 

It’s also worth mentioning both are members of Japan’s wrestling royalty along with Ikuci Yamamoto who competed for Japan way back in the 1072 Olympic Games in Munich.

Miyu Yamamoto’s ties to the world of grappling don’t end there – she was married for Enson Inoue – one of the MMA legends as well as a now-again bjj black belt for a while.

 

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Another member of the family you might know – her nephew UFC’s Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto.

 

W can’t wait to see how the mother/son team does at Rizin on September 25th!