Rin Nakai (中井 りん, Nakai Rin, born October 22, 1986) is a Japanese professional athlete. She is best known as a female mixed martial artist.
Rin is currently the #10-ranked Women’s Bantamweight (129-139.9 lbs) fighter in the world as of 5/25/2014 by http://www.fightmatrix.com.[1]
Nakai has participated in MMA promotions Pancrase, Smackgirl and Valkyrie. She is 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) and 56.7 kg (125 lb).[source?]
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.[2][3][4][5]
On September 29 2016 Nakai competed at Rizin 3 - Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round. She defeated decorated wrestler Kanako Murata via 3rd round submission (Rear Naked Choke) to improve her record to 19-2.