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 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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2/4 JEWELS Second Ring - RESULTS

The 2nd JEWELS event is currently underway in Shinjuku Face. I think the card looked average, but that doesnt mean the fights wont be good.

They were very late in announcing fight for this card, and I didnt even see the fight order anywhere... But it looks like I was right in my assumption that Saori Ishioka would fight in the main event, against debutant Hanako Kobayashi.

I will update the results as they become official.

So far, Harumi lost again and she is now 0-10, obviously not the start you would like to your career but I am sure she will get a win soon.

7. Main-Event - 58kg: Saori Ishioka Def. Hanako Kobayashi by TKO Round 1 2:20
6. Open: Hiroko Def. Michiko Takeda by TKO Round 2 3:25
5. 48kg: Yasuko Tamada Def. Misaki Takimoto by Decision 3-0
4. Open: Mayumi Aoki "Benkei" Def. Chihiro Oikawa by Arm-bar Round 2 2:30
3. 52kg: Masako Yoshida Def. Shinsaki Ozawa by TKO Round 1 0:54
2. 60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama Def. Shiho by TKO Round 1 2:55
1. 60kg: Rina Tomita Def. HARUMI by arm-bar Round 2 0:22

Opening Fights:
Amature-Rule －48kg 5min x1R: MIYOKO vs. Satoko Kameda
Grappling-Rule －55kg 4min x1R: Yuko Oya vs. Rikako Yuasa

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2/4 JEWELS Second Ring - Fights Announced

DREAM has a reputation for being late in announcing their match-ups, but the day before the event, Jewels have added 3 fights to the card! Honestly, I think this card is missing a big fight... I dont know what the main-event will be, but I guess Ishioka vs. Kobayashi.

Hiroko vs. Takeda should be a close fight, and so should Takimoto vs. Tamada. But these are not going a draw a big crowd.

I guess the draws on this card will be Ishioka, and the 2 pro-wrestlers making their debuts (Chihiro Oikawa and Hanako Kobayashi).

Also keep an eye on Harumi, she is 0-9 and will be fighting to avoid her 10th straight loss. I hope she can get a big win here, but have a feeling Tomita might be too strong.

Added:
60kg: HARUMI 0-9-0 vs. 1-0-0 Rina Tomita

Opening Fights:Amature-Rule －48kg 5min x1R: MIYOKO vs. Satoko Kameda
Grappling-Rule －55kg 4min x1R: Yuko Oya vs. Rikako Yuasa


Previously Announced:
58kg: Saori Ishioka 6-3-0 vs. Hanako Kobayashi
Open: Mayumi Aoki "Benkei" 2-6-0 vs. Chihiro Oikawa
Open: Hiroko 5-1-0 vs. 3-2-1 Michiko Takeda
48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-9-4 vs. 8-4-3 Yasuko Tamada
52kg: Masako Yoshida 14-14-5 vs. 0-1-0 Shinsaki Ozawa
60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Shiho

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2/4 JEWELS 2 - Fights Announced

JEWELS have announced another couple of fights for their event February 4. This will be held in Shinjuku Face and is the 2nd Jewels event.

It was announced that the experienced fighters Saori Ishioka and Mayumi "Benkei" Aoki will take on 2 debutants. The 20 year old Hanako Kobayashi is a pro-wrestler that will take on the experienced Saori Ishioka. This should be a quick fight for Saori Ishioka.

The other debutant is Chihiro Oikawa, also a debutant and also transitioning from pro-wrestling. She is taking on "benkei", who does not have an impressive record. This fight will probably go the distance.

Added:
Saori Ishioka 6-3-0 vs. Hanako Kobayashi
Mayumi Aoki "Benkei" 2-6-0 vs. Chihiro Oikawa

Previously Announced:
Open: Hiroko 5-1-0 vs. 3-2-1 Michiko Takeda
48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-9-4 vs. 8-4-3 Yasuko Tamada
52kg: Masako Yoshida 14-14-5 vs. 0-1-0 Shinsaki Ozawa
60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Shiho

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2/4 JEWELS 2 - First Fights Announced

Jewels have announced the first fights for their 2nd event, called 2nd ring. This event will be held in Shinjuku Face, and of course it will be an all female lineup.

The question I have is really: What happened to the competition (Valkyrie)? Roxanne Modafferi was one of the fighters on the original Valkyrie card and she has written a post for Fightlinker on the topic, you can read that here.

To me, it has been very quiet from the Valkyrie side... On their blog there is nothing since new year. We just have to wait and see, I guess.

Meanwhile, for those of us who are missing Smack Girl, Jewels will be putting on a card that resemble what you would have been abel to see with Smack Girl.

The first fight is a re-match of a fight that did happen in Smack Girl, that was almost 2 years ago and Hiroko got a decision win over Michiko Takeda. Takeda has not fought since that split decision loss, while Hiroko has had 3 fights.

Also added are 2 veterans, Misaki Takimoto and Yasuko Tamada will square off in what should be in interesting fight between to very experienced female fighters.

In terms of talent, Jewels has called back to debutants from the first event. Both Shizuka Sugiyama and Shiho won their fights on Jewels 1, this time they will face eachother.

Open: Hiroko 5-1-0 vs. 3-2-1 Michiko Takeda
48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-9-4 vs. 8-4-3 Yasuko Tamada
52kg: Masako Yoshida 14-14-5 vs. 0-1-0 Shinsaki Ozawa
60kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 1-0-0 vs. 1-0-0 Shiho

Participating:
Saori Ishioka 6-3-0
Mayumi "Benkei" Aoki 2-6-0

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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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