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Japanese Professional wrestling star Syuri Kondo will make her debut in front of a home town audience.

Related Topics: Syuri, kick boxing

The UFC’s women’s straw weight division has brought a constant influx of new talent to the promotion. While featherweight and bantamweight struggle to find new top talent, strawweight has regularly found new fighters to feature. On the UFC’s upcoming trip to Saitama, Japan, they’ve picked up another new face in pro-wrestler and kickboxer Syuri Kondo. She’ll be facing recent acquisition Chan-Mi Jeon on the FXX prelim card.

Who is Syuri Kondo?

Syuri Kondo or, as she is more commonly known in the Japanese Professional Wrestling world, Syuri, has made a seamless transition from sports entertainment to real fighting.