Rin Nakai

Rin Nakai (born October 22, 1986) is a Japanese professional female mixed martial artist. Starting her MMA career in 2006,
She has participated in the organizations Pancrase, Smackgirl, Valkyrie (mixed martial arts) and the UFC.https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-85-Hunt-vs-Mir-47939https://www.sherdog.com/events/UFC-Fight-Night-52-Hunt-vs-Nelson-37745
Nakai has been rated highly by MMA fighter ranking system portals, being rated amongst Top 10 of Women's Flyweight and Bantamweight fighters between 2006 and 2018.https://www.fightmatrix.com/fighter-profile/Rin+Nakai/36736/ -- retrieved March 04th, 2022
==Biography==
Nakai is from Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture.https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/rin-nakai She graduated from Takanawadai High School (a Middle School attached to Tokai University) and later dropped out of Teikyo University.
===Early MMA===
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.
===Smackgirl===
On May 19, 2007, she fought against Kazue Matake in her first fight for the Smackgirl promotion and won the decision.https://www.boutreview.com/data/reports05/070519smackgirl.html
On September 6, 2007, she fought against Asha Ingeneri in Smackgirl and defeated her on round one, at 1 minute 3 seconds with an armbar.https://www.boutreview.com/data/reports05/070906smackgirl.html
On April 25, 2008, she defeated Kanako Takeshita at her final fight for the Smackgirl promotion.
===Valkyrie===
On December 7, 2008, she fought against WINDY Tomomi at the 4th "Pancrase-ism"-sponsored event and won by TKO with a mounted punch.
Nakai had a year and two month-long gap before her next fight. In February 11, 2010, she played against Mizuho Sato at VALKYRIE 04, which was her first fight for the Valkyrie (mixed martial arts) promotion, and won by Kimura Lock.
On June 19, 2010, she fought against Megumi Yabushita at VALKYRIE 06 and won a 3-0 decision.
On September 26, 2010, she fought against Mayumi Aoki in the semi-final of the women's open-weight class first champion decision tournament of VALKYRIE 07, and won with a armbar.
On November 28, 2010, she faced-off again with Mizuho Sato in the women's open-weight first championship tournament final of VALKYRIE 08.
Nakai defeated Sato by Doctor Stoppage, when it was suspected that Sato had fractured of the orbital floor of her left eye. This win also earned Nakai the Valkyrie tournament win.http://gbring.com/sokuho/result/result2010_11/1128_valkyrie.htm - in Japanese
On December 30, 2010, in the VALKYRIE-sponsored match of the "Battlefield - Soul of Fight" event held at the Ariake Coliseum, she fought Mika "HARI" Harigai and won by Keylock submission. This extended Nakai's winning streak from her debut to 10 and this achievement landed her on the front page of Tokyo Chunichi Sports the following day.エロツヨ中井りんが10連勝 2011年の乳ヒロインだ!! 中日スポーツ(CHUNICHI Web) 2010年12月31日2010年12月31日付東京中日スポーツの紙面
===Return to Pancrase===
On September 4th 2011, Nakai fought Danielle West to a split-decision draw at "Pancrase - Impressive Tour 9". On December 1, 2012, Nakai would rematch Danielle West at "Pancrase - Progress Tour 14", with Nakai this time defeating West by unanimous decision.
On May 11, 2014, she fought against Sarah D'Alelio in Pancrase and won the decision.
She fought against Tara LaRosa in Pancrase on September 29, 2013, winning a 2-0 decision.https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/108046-pancrase-252-rin-nakai-vs-tara-larosa
===UFC===
In 2014, Nakai made her move to the American UFC promotion. When Nakai began competing for the UFC, the organization did not have a women's flyweight division (-56.7 kg), so she had to compete at bantamweight (-61.2 kg). Her UFC debut took place at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson on September 20, 2014. Her opponent was Miesha Tate, who at the time was ranked second in the women's bantamweight rankings.https://www.fightermag.se/2014/09/16/miesha-tate-vs-rin-nakai/ Nakai would lose the fight by 0-3 decision and was the first loss in her MMA career. At UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir on March 19, 2016, she faced Leslie Smith (fighter) and lost a 0-3 decision.
===Post UFC===
On July 24, 2016, she fought against Emiko Raika at Pancrase 279https://www.mmarising.com/news/2016/05/12/rin-nakai-vs-emiko-raika-announced-for-pancrase-279-in-july/ and won by TKO with an elbow on the ground.https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/bouts/259182-pancrase-279-rin-nakai-vs-fujin-raika-emiko
On September 29 2016 Nakai competed at Rizin 3 - Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round. She defeated the decorated female wrestler Kanako Murata via 3rd round submission (Rear Naked Choke) to improve her record to 19-2.
On February 24, 2018, she made a comeback at DEEP 82 IMPACT for the first time in a year and two months. She fought against Kim Ji-young, taking the mount position and winning the TKO with a series of elbow strikes.
On October 22, 2019, she fought against Titapa Junsookplung (alias Diamond Rose the Rocket) at DEEP JEWELS 26 and defeated her with an armbar.
https://efight.jp/result_s-20191022_366469 -- Retrieved March 04th 2022 
==Championships and accomplishments==
*Valkyrie (mixed martial arts)
** First VALKYRIE Open Weight Championship (2010)
*Pancrase
** First Bantamweight Queen of Pancrase Championship (2012)
*Fight Matrix
** Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2010, #2 Women Flyweighthttps://www.fightmatrix.com/fighter-profile/Rin+Nakai/36736/https://www.fightmatrix.com/historical-mma-rankings/generated-historical-rankings/?Issue=81&Division=14&Page=1#Rin%20Nakai
Category:Mixed martial artists
Category:1986 births
Category:Japanese martial artists
Category:People from Ehime Prefecture