6/19 Valkyrie 06 - Fight Order

GCM have announced the fight order for their 6th Valkyrie event. Unfortunately there are only 5 (!) fights on the card...

Considering that the men's card has 6 fights later, I dont know why they havent made this into one ticket event.

The Vakyrie card does have some good fights though, and I am really looking forward to seeing if Rin Nakai can extend her winning streak.

Main-Event - Flyweight (-45.4kg) Tournament Final:
5. Naoko Omuro 11-7-3 vs. 11-4-3 Yasuko Tamada

4. -61.2kg: Megumi Yabushita 19-16-0 vs. 6-0-0 Rin Nakai
3. -56.7kg: Mutsumi Kasai 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ayame Miura
2. -48.5kg: Naho "Sugi Rock" Sugiyama vs. 1-0-0 Megumi Morioka
1. -52.2kg Novice-Rule: Kimie "Sakura" Okada vs. "Butterfly knife" Yuka

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6/19 Valkyrie 06 - Rin Nakai Fighting

GCM have added a fight to their Valkyrie event in Differ Ariake on June 19. This starts at 12.30 and will be followed by the Cage Force event.

Today they have announced the addition of the undefeated and very promising Rin Naka. She will be taking on the very experienced Megumi Yabushita.

Also on the card will be the Flyweight tournament final between Naoko Omuro and Yasuko Tamada.

Added:
-61.2kg: Megumi Yabushita 19-16-0 vs. 6-0-0 Rin Nakai

Previously Announced:
Flyweight (-45.4kg) Tournament Final:
Naoko Omuro 11-7-3 vs. 11-4-3 Yasuko Tamada

-56.7kg: Mutsumi Kasai 4-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Ayame Miura
-48.5kg: Naho "Sugi Rock" Sugiyama vs. 1-0-0 Megumi Morioka
-52.2kg Novice-Rule: Kimie "Sakura" Okada vs. "Butterfly knife" Yuka

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2/11 Cage Force & Valkyrie 04 - Fight Order

GCM have announced their 2 cards for tomorrow, and to be honest I think the Valkyrie card is the better one...

Hiroko Kitamura is a late replacement, and comes in for an injured "Sachi", the crowd favorite broke her leg during training and will be sidelined for this event.

The main-event will be the Female featherweight title fight between Yuka Tsuji and "V Hajime". Also on the card is one of my favorite fighters, Rin Nakai.

The main-event for the Cage Force (or the male part) is Katsuhiko Nagata, who will be taking on Koji Ando. This is a great chance for Ando to get a good win, but Nagata will be coming in as the favorite here.

Valkyrie:
Main-Event: Female Fetherweight Title fight (3x5min):
7. Yuka Tsuji 22-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi

Female Flyweight (45.4kg) Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
6. Naoko Omuro 10-7-3 vs. 0-1-0 Yuko Takagi
5. Yasuko Tamada 9-4-3 vs. 5-3-0 "Happy" Fukuko Hamada

4. Feather (52.2kg): "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-12-1 vs. 16-15-5 Masako Yoshida
3. Welter (61.2kg 3x3min): Rin Nakai 5-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Mizuho Sato
2. -53kg: Hiroko Kitamura 2-0-0 vs. 0-1-1 Kimie "Sakura" Okada
1. Bantam（48.5kg 3x3min）: Mamiko Mizoguchi 2-3-1 vs. Megumi Morioka

Cage Force:
Main-Event:
6. Light(70.3kg 3x5min): Katsuhiko Nagata 5-6-1 vs. 2-1-2 Koji Ando

5. Feather: Wataru Takahashi 9-12-4 vs. 4-0-0 Runki
4. Fly (56.7kg 3x3min 3x3min): Hirotaka Miyakawa 4-6-2 vs. 1-5-1 Hayato "Cat" Sato
3. Middle (83.9kg 3x3min): Yusuke Sakashita 5-2-0 vs. 0-1-0 Takeshi Ogawa
2. Light (3x3min): Kosuto Umeda 7-7-3 vs. Naoki "Ken Taisho" Akimoto
1. Feather: (65.7kg 3x3min): Ryo Takagi 1-1-0 vs. Kaoru Yamaguchi

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2/11 Valkyrie 04 - Fights Announced

Valkyrie has announced a very good and interesting card for february 11. This event is held before the the Cage Force event in Differ Ariake.

Yuka Tsuji will defend her featherweight title against "V Hajime". This is a rematch of the first Valkyrie event, on that occation the champion come out on top.

Also on the card is a tournament to determine the first ever Valkyrie Flyweight champion.

I am very excited to see Rin Nakai back in the ring, she is my favorite female fighter (next to Megumi Fuji) and hope to see her more in the future.

Announced:
Female Fetherweight Title fight (3x5min):
Yuka Tsuji 22-1-0 vs. 5-2-0 Mei "V Hajime" Yamaguchi

Female Flyweight (45.4kg) Championship Tournament Semi-Finals:
Naoko Omuro 10-7-3 vs. 0-1-0 Yuko Takagi
Yasuko Tamada 9-4-3 vs. 5-3-0 "Happy" Fukuko Hamada

Welter (61.2kg 3x3min): Rin Nakai 5-0-0 vs. 5-3-0 Mizuho Sato
Feather（52.2kg 3x3min）: Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto 6-4-1 vs. 0-1-1 Emi "sakura" Okada
Bantam（48.5kg 3x3min）: Mamiko Mizoguchi 2-3-1 vs. Megumi Morioka

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10/24 GCM Valkyrie 03 - Results

Valkyrie held their 3rd event earlier today. Not the biggest card they have had, and suffering the loss of a fight with just days to meant that the card had 7 fights.

Most of the favorites took home the win, but there were a few upsets (IMO), debutant Naoko Sugiyama defeated Paraestra Matsudo's Madoka Ebihara. Another debutant that got a good start to the career was "Ayame" Miura.

Main-event- 52.2kg: Misaki Takimoto Def. Yasuko Mogi by TKO Round 3 0:51
46kg: Naoko Omuro Def. Yukiko Seki by Decision 3-0
48.5kg: Sachiko Yamamoto Def. Maho Muranami by arm bar Round 2 2:32
48.5kg: "Sugirock" Naoko Sugiyama Def. Madoka Ebihara by Decision 3-0
45.4kg: "Happy" Fukuko Hamada Def. Yuko Takagi by arm bar Round 2 1:01
56.7kg: "Ayame" Miura Def. Masae Mori by Decision 3-0

Gi-Grappling Pro Rule (no gi...):
46kg: Yuki Sugiuchi Def. Yuki Tanaka by arm bar Round 2 0:47

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10/24 GCM Cage Force and Valkyrie 03 - Fight Order

GCM will have a double header in Differ Ariake on Saturday. First up are the female fighters when Valkyrie holds their 3rd event.

The card suffered a loss though, when Izumi Noguchi had to step down from her fight with Emi Fujino due to injury. It is now a 7 fight event, and the question is if Valkyrie is fighting a losing "battle" with Jewels. They do have some popular fighters on the card though, "Sachi" will have some fans in the crowd for sure and will Naoko Omuro.

Valkyrie 03
Starts: 12:30
Main-Event - Valkyrie Rule 3x3min:
7. Misaki Takimoto 10-11-4 vs. 4-4-0 Yasuko Mogi

6. Naoko Omuro 9-7-3 vs. 5-17-0 Yukiko Seki
5. Maho Muranami 4-5-2 vs. 5-4-1 Sachiko Yamamoto
4. Naoko Sugiyama vs. 4-2-0 Madoka Ebihara

Valkyrie Rule 2x3min:
3. "Happy" Fukuko Hamada 4-3-0 vs. Yuko Takagi
2. Masae Mori 0-1-0 vs. "Ayame" Miura

Gi-Grappling Pro Rule:
1. Yuki Sugiuchi vs. Yuki Tanaka


The Cage Force card in the afternoon is looking stronger. The main event will see former Olympic silvermedalist Katsuhiko Nagata take on the undefeated Daisuke Hoshino. The co-main event should also be very good with Isao Terada taking on the very popular grappler "Hadairo".

CAGE FORCE
Starting at 17:30
Cage Force 3x5min:
Main-Event:
Light: Katsuhiko Nagata 4-6-1 vs. 5-1-0 Daisuke Hoshino

Bantam: Isao Terada 7-8-4 vs. 9-7-3 Tetsu "Hadairo" Suzuki
Middle: Shuji Morikawa 2-3-1 vs. Atsushi Hamada(?)
Light: Asato Hashimoto 1-2-3 vs. 1-2-2 Hideto Kondo
Bantam: Takumi Murata 6-11-6 vs. Fumiya Sasaki (?)
Fly: Hirotaka Miyakawa 3-6-2 vs. 0-1-0 Hiroya Kaneuchi
Welter: Ken Taisho vs. 7-9-0 Taku Aramaki

Prelimiary Fights 3x3min:
Feather: Katsunori Tsuda 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Takuya Iwai
Light: Daisuke Teramoto vs. Ranki
Bantam: 淳伸 Konishi (?) vs. 1-2-0 Ryo Taguchi

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10/24 GCM Valkyrie 03 - Participants Announced

GCM is planning another double header, with the female fighters of Valkyrie kicking off the action in Differ Ariak at 12.30. The male fighters with finish off what should be an action packed day with a Cage Force event later in the day.

Valkyrie have announced 9 participants, but no match-ups yet. On the card will be some very good fighters: Naoko Omuro, Emi Fujino, "Sachi" and Fukuko Hamada to name a few.

Participants:
Naoko Omuro 9-7-3
Emi Fujino 8-3-0
Maho Muranami 4-5-2
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Sachiko Yamamoto 5-4-1
Masae Mori 0-1-0
Yuko Takagi
Fukuko Hamada 4-3-0
Yukiko Seki 5-17-0

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4/25 Valkyrie 02 - Results

The event has just finished in Differ Ariake, and we now have the first Valkyrie champion as Yuka Tsuji defeated Kate Martinez in the main event.

There was also a 1st round in a tournament to determine her first challenger. Kyoko Takabayashi and "V Hajime" moves on in that tournament.

Main-Event: Featherweight Title Fight:
Yuka Tsuji Def. Kate Martinez by Arm-Bar Round 1 4:20
Takayo Hashi Def. Chisa Yonezawa by rear-naked choke Round 2 1:43

Featherweight Tournament to Determine the next Challenger:
Kyoko Takabayashi Def. "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba by rear-naked choke Round 1 1:41
Megumi "V Hajime" Yamaguchi Def. Emi Fujino by Decision 3-0

Naoko Omuro Def. Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto by TKO Round 1 2:50
Mizuho Sato Def. Masae Mori by arm-bar round 1 2:28

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4/25 Valkyrie 02 - Fight Order

GCM have announced the fight order for the all female part of the afternoon on April 25 in Differ Ariake. That also means that there is unlikely to be additions to this card, and with only 5 fights on it I was hoping for a couple more.

But there are some good fights on, so if you are going to the Cage Force event later that same day, why not go to this one too? Roxanne Modafferi was presented as a participant early on, but she is not on the card.

On the card are some very good and experienced fighters. Some of the bigger names are: Yuka Tsuji, Emi Fujino, "Windy" Tomomi, Takayo Hashi and "Sachi".

The main event is the first Valkyrie title fight between former SmackGirl champion Yuka Tsuji and Kate Martinez. The co-main event will see another SmackGirl veteran, Takayo Hashi, take on new-comer Chisa Yonezawa.

Main-Event: Featherweight Title Fight:
6. Yuka Tsuji 21-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Kate Martinez

5. Welter: Takayo Hashi 11-1-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chisa Yonezawa

Featherweight Tournament to Determine the next Challenger:
4. "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-9-0 vs. 8-3-0 Kyoko Takabayashi
3. Megumi "V Hajime" Yamaguchi 3-2-0 vs. 8-2-0 Emi Fujino

2. 46.8kg: Naoko Omuro 8-7-3 vs. 5-3-1 Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto
1. Welter: Mizuho Sato 3-2-0 vs. Masae Mori

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4/25 Valkyrie 02 - Fights Added

The second event in the all female Valkyrie organization is planned for April 25 in Differ Ariake. This is before the Cage Force event, you will need to buy tickets for both, but it is a very good chance to have a day packed with MMA action.

The Valkyrie should be a very interesting one. They will determine a Featherweight champion, and there is a tournament to determine the next challenger. The question is if they can get some momentum going, currently Jewels is the leading female organization.

Added today are 2 welterweight (61.2kg) fights, and the addition of Takayo Hashi is an interesting one.

Personally, I want to see Rin Nakai on this card, she would have been awesome in the tournament.

Added:
Welter: Takayo Hashi 11-1-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chisa Yonezawa
Welter: Mizuho Sato 3-2-0 vs. Masae Mori

Previously Announced:
Featherweight Title Fight:
Yuka Tsuji 21-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Kate Martinez

Featherweight Tournament to Determine the next Challenger:
Megumi "V Hajime" Yamaguchi 3-2-0 vs. 8-2-0 Emi Fujino
"Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-9-0 vs. 8-3-0 Kyoko Takabayashi

46.8kg: Naoko Omuro 8-7-3 vs. 5-3-1 Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto

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4/25 Valkyrie 02 - SACHI Fighting

GCM is putting on a double header in Differ Ariake on April 25. The evening kicks off with Valkyrie, the all female production, at 14:00. This event is looking very good, and I think the fights are looking competitive too.

Naoko Omuro will take on "Sachi", who would be very familar to the fans of Japanese female MMA. "Sachi" has lost twice to DEEP female champion Satoko Shinashi, she looks good and she is good. She should be a very good addition to the Valkyrie card, and it looks like it should be a good fight as well.

The fight that sticks out as a main-event is Yuka Tsuji taking on Kate Martinez though. I know very little about Kate Martinez, but from what I can see she is a very good kickboxer that won her first MMA fight by arm-bar. Have a feeling she will have her hands full with Yuka Tsuji though.

Two fighters looking to get back on the winning track, "V Hajime" will take on Emi Fujino. Both fighters have lost their last 2 fights, and "V Hajime" will be looking to revenge her loss from December 2007.

Naoko Omuro 8-7-3 vs. 5-3-1 Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto
Yuka Tsuji 21-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Kate Martinez
Megumi "V Hajime" Yamaguchi 3-2-0 vs. 8-2-0 Emi Fujino
"Windy" Tomomi Sunaba 12-9-0 vs. 8-3-0 Kyoko Takabayashi

Possible participant:
Roxanne Modafferi 13-4-0

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4/25 Valkyrie 02 - Valkyrie is Still Alive!

Its been a very long time since the first Valkyrie event, and it lead me to believe that we would not see another event. Luckily, I was wrong! Valkyrie is alive and will hold their second event 25 April in Differ Ariake.

On the card will be some very good fighters, Yuka Tsuji and Roxanne Modafferi are 2 of the fighters announced today.

Participants:
Yuka Tsuji 21-1-0
Naoko Omuro 8-7-3
Kyoko Takabayashi 8-3-0
Roxanne Modafferi 13-4-0

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11/8 VALKYRIE EX 01- Roxanne Modaferri Fighting!

Valkyrie have announced an additional 2 fights to their first event being held in Differ Arike November 8. I know lots of people (me included) will be happy to see that Roxanne Modafferi is getting a fight after the AFL cancelation.<

So instead of fighting Tara Larosa, Roxy will be fighting Chisa Yonezawa, the rules are Novice rule, i.e. not punches to the face on the ground.

Also added to the card is “Windy” Tomomi against Emi Fujino. Fujino is coming off her first loss and Windy Tomomi has been in awesome shape since returning from her injury in 2007.

Added:
Valkyrie (VR) Rule:
Featherweight: “Windy” Tomomi Sunabe 11-8-0 vs. 8-1-0 Emi Fujino

Novice Rule (NR):
Welterweight: Roxanne Modafferi 12-4-0 vs. Chisa Yonezawa (?)

Previously announced:
VR: Featherweight: Yuka Tsuji 19-1-0 vs. V 3-1-0 V Hajime

VR: Flyweight 3x 3min: Naoko Omuro 8-7-2 vs. 9-4-2 Yasuko Tamada
NR: Featherweight No Pound: Akiko Naito 4-6-0 vs. 2-1-0 Madoka Ebihara
NR: Featherweight No Pound: Mamiko Mizoguchi 1-3-0 vs. Sakura

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11/8 Cage Force Valkyrie EX 01 - Poster

More info on Valkyrie, the all female organization starting up. As you all should know by now, their first event is due to be held November 8, and the poster is ready now:

The weight divisions were announced earlier, but I missed that, so here they are:

Welterweight =61.2 Kg (135Lbs)
Lightweight = 56.7 Kg (125 Lbs)
Featherweight = 52.2 Kg (115 Lbs)
Bantamweight = 48.5 Kg (107 Lbs)
Flyweight = 45.4 Kg (100 Lbs)

Also the poster for their first event is ready:



The card announced so far:
Main-Event - Featherweight:
Yuka Tsuji 19-1-0 vs. V 3-1-0 V Hajime

Flyweight 3x 3min: Naoko Omuro 8-7-2 vs. 9-4-2 Yasuko Tamada
Featherweight No Pound: Akiko Naito 4-6-0 vs. 2-1-0 Madoka Ebihara
Featherweight No Pound: Mamiko Mizoguchi 1-3-0 vs. Sakura

***UPDATE***
Sherdog is reporting that Roxanne Modaferri has had her rematch against Tara Larosa cancelled. She is trying to get on the card in this event, but it might be difficult to find an opponent. I really hope we get to her on this card, she should be prepared and its a great oppurtunity for Valkyrie to get another big name on the card.

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11/8 Cage Force Valkyrie 01 EX

Valkyrie, the new all female fight organization, has announced 3 more fights for their first event on November 8. Since last time, more information is coming out regarding the rules and the type of fighting.

Fightlinker asked Roxy about it and to me it looks like her fears are realized (Tsujii will fight V Hajime). Jordan Breen has written
this article about the new organization for Sherdog.

So, here is what it will look like. It will have 2 classes of rules, one for "beginners" and one for more experienced fighters.

The basic rules (beginners) will be no punches to the face on the ground. There is no mention of a SmackGirl like 30 second rule. I have called it "No Pund" below (as it is consistent with the Japanese version).

For the experienced fighters, the rules are pretty much like the Cage Force rules, with one exception. No elbows.

With that in mind, half the promised card is announced now. Here are the fights:

Main-Event - Featherweight（－52.2kg):
Yuka Tsuji 19-1-0 vs. V 3-1-0 V Hajime

Flyweight（－45.4kg）3x 3min: Naoko Omuro 8-7-2 vs. 9-4-2 Yasuko Tamada
Featherweight（－52.2kg）No Pound: Akiko Naito 4-6-0 vs. 2-1-0 Madoka Ebihara
Featherweight（－52.2kg）No Pound: Mamiko Mizoguchi 1-3-0 vs. Sakura

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5/24 DEEP Megaton GP 2nd Round - RESULTS

DEEP held the 2nd round of the Megaton GP earlier today. This is an interesting concept and the fights finish early, none of the fights today made it to the 2nd round. The finals will be fought August 2.

There were also some ClubDEEP fights today, so a good day of DEEP fights.

Megaton GP:
Shunsuke Inoue (103 kg) Def. Wakaarashi (126.5 kg) by TKO Round 1 1:33
Yusuke Kawaguchi (106.5 kg) Def. Youichi Babakuchi (139 kg) by TKO Round 1 0:16
Shunji Kosaka (116 kg) Def. Katsuhiko Kumasato (150 kg) by TKO Round 1 0:10
Ken Orihashi (112 kg) Def. Mamoru Nakamura (106 kg) by TKO Round 1 4:36

Megaton Reserve Fights:
Kazuki Wakamusashi (114.5 kg) Def. Kose Matsumoto (130 kg)
IRO Seki (121 kg) Def. Itomo Ariyama (136 kg)

ClubDEEP:
Misaki Takimoto Def. Naoko Omuro by Decision 3-0
Toshiaki Kitada vs. Ippo Watanuki DRAW
Yasushi Kitazaki Def. Sotaro Yamada by Decision 2-1
Takafumi Otsuka Def. Isamu Sugiuchi by TKO Round 1 3:51
Kazuya Hirose Def. Guy Delameau by KO Round 1 1:40
Sen Nakadai vs. Yoshitomo Watanabe DRAW

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