Today RIZIN held a press conference to announce an opponent for KING Reina Oct. 15 at Marine Messe Fukuoka. The fight will be at 75kg and the opponent will be Crystal Stokes. This is another example of how lack of regulation can hurt a fighter's career. The bottom line is this. RIZIN has exactly zero credible opponents for Reina. But because there is no regulation in Japan, there is no one to slap RIZIN on the wrist and tell them not to do things. A proper athletic commission would never approve Crystal Stokes to fight Reina. Crystal is 38 years old from California. She trains at Team Cyborg. The big problem is this fight is Crystal's MMA debut. And that's why an AC would never allow this fight. Reina is too experienced for her. Crystal is mainly a professional bodybuilder. She has also played football and she was a Marine stationed in Iraq. Training in MMA doesn't make her a fighter. She's a warm body and her purpose is to keep KING Reina from leaving Japan because Reina is a legit draw for RIZIN. Reina didn't seem too thrilled about her opponent but she doesn't think she'll have any trouble with her either. RIZIN also announced that Shinju Auclair will not appear on the Oct. 15 show. She is on the poster. She recently moved from Detroit to San Francisco and she wants to get settled and then get back into fighting. I guess we'll see her New Year's Eve.
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