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 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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5/16 Jewels 3rd Ring - RESULTS

Jewels had their 3rd event in Shinjuku Face earlier today.

In the main event the tall Japanese fighter, Hiroko took on the American fighter Shannon Hooper. Hiroko got a decision win.

Also on the card was Harumi, going in she was 0-10, now she is 0-11. Hopefully she will get a win soon, and she is certainly showing a lot of heart.

Main-Event - Open:
10- Yuko "Hiroko" Yamanaka Def. Shannon Hooper by Decision 3-0

ShootBoxing Rules Fights:
9- 53.5kg: Saori Ishioka Def. Kanako Oka by Decision 3-0
8- 53.5kg: AZUMA Def. Misato Tomita by Decision 3-0

Jewels Rule:
8- 48kg: Misaki Takimoto Def. Yukiko Seki by armbar Round 1 3:40
7- 58kg: Shizuka Sugiyama Def. Celina by Decision 3-0
6- 54kg: Mika Nagano Def. Shinsaki Ozawa by TKO Round 1 2:09
5- Open: Chihiro Oikawa Def. HARUMI by armbar Round 1 2:22
4- 57kg: Yuko "Amiba" Oya Def. Hanako Kobayashi by Decision 3-0
3- 60kg: Miki Morifuji Def. Mayu by KO Round 1 0:16

Opening Fight:
JEWELS Amature Rule 5min x 1R
2- 54kg: Hiroko Kitamura Def. Emi Murata by armbar Round 1 2:31
1- 52kg: Miyoko Def. Yuko Kagoshima by rear-naked choke Round 1 2:50

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5/16 Jewels 3rd Ring - Fight Order

Jewels have announced the addition of opening fights and the fight order today. A total of 11 fights on the card and lots of interesting fighters on the card. Shannon Hooper is in the main event and she is getting a lot of attention in Japan. She will be taking on "Hiroko", who has done very well against Japanese opponents, her only loss coming to Hitomi Akano.

Making her MMA debut is Norwegian Celina, she will be taking on the very popular Shizuka.

Main-Event - Open:
10- Yuko "Hiroko" Yamanaka 6-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shannon Hooper

ShootBoxing Rules Fights:
9- 53.5kg: Saori Ishioka vs. Kanako Oka
8- 53.5kg: Misato Tomita vs. AZUMA

Jewels Rule:
8- 48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-10-4 vs. 4-14-0 Yukiko Seki
7- 58kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 2-0-0 vs. Celina (Team Hellboy Hansen)
6- 54kg: Mika Nagano 1-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shinsaki Ozawa
5- Open: HARUMI 0-10-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chihiro Oikawa
4- 57kg: Hanako Kobayashi 0-1-0 vs. 1-0-0 Yuko "Amiba" Oya
3- 60kg: Mayu 0-1-0 vs. 6-5-0 Miki Morifuji

Opening Fight:
JEWELS Amature Rule 5min x 1R
2- 54kg: Hiroko Kitamura vs. Emi Murata
1- 52kg: Miyoko vs. Yuko Kagoshima

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5/16 Jewels 3rd Ring - Fights Added

Jewels have confirmed 3 more fights for their 3rd event, and the card is looking complete.

Added today are 2 ShootBoxing rule fights, with familiar names such as Misato Tomita taking on J-Girls ranked #2 Azuma and Saori Ishioka taking on ShootBoxing fighter Kanako Oka.

There was also a Jewels rules fight added, between T-Blood's Smack Girls veteran Miki Morifuji and Mayu, who made her MMA debut in Jewels 1st Ring.

Added:
ShootBoxing Rules Fights:
53.5kg: Misato Tomita vs. AZUMA
53.5kg: Saori Ishioka vs. Kanako Oka

Jewels Rule:
60kg: Miki Morifuji 6-5-0 vs. 0-1-0 Mayu

Previously Announced:
Main-Event - Open:
Yuko "Hiroko" Yamanaka 6-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shannon Hooper

54kg: Mika Nagano 1-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shinsaki Ozawa
58kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 2-0-0 vs. Celina (Team Hellboy Hansen)
57kg: Hanako Kobayashi 0-1-0 vs. Amiba
48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-10-4 vs. 4-14-0 Yukiko Seki
Open: HARUMI 0-10-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chihiro Oikawa

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5/16 JEWELS 3rd Ring- Fights Announced

Jewels have annouced 4 fights for their event on May 16, and there are some intersting additions.

The main event will see "Hiroko" take on the Josh Barnett trained Shannon Hooper. Also on the card is the popular and undefeated Shizuka Sugiyama, she will be taking on one of "Hellboy"'s students in Team Hellboy Hansen, Celina.

It should be a good event in Shinjuku Face, currently there are 8 fights planned and 2 opponents yet to be named. It is interesting to see the attention given to new female fighters in Japan, but Jewels and Valkyrie is doing a good job in getting them on the cards.

Added:
Main-Event - Open:
Yuko "Hiroko" Yamanaka 6-1-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shannon Hooper

54kg: Mika Nagano 1-2-0 vs. 0-2-0 Shinsaki Ozawa
58kg: Shizuka Sugiyama 2-0-0 vs. Celina (Team Hellboy Hansen)
57kg: Hanako Kobayashi 0-1-0 vs. Amiba

Previously Announced:
ShootBoxing Fights:
Misato Tomita vs. TBA
Saori Ishioka vs. TBA (ShootBoxing fighter)

MMA Rules fights:
48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-10-4 vs. 4-14-0 Yukiko Seki
Open: HARUMI 0-10-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chihiro Oikawa

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5/16 JEWELS 3rd Ring - Card Updated

Jewels 3rd event will include some ShootBoxing fights, and this is a testament to how popular this form of fighting is becoming. Of course there will be the usual Jewels/MMA rules fights as well.

The 2nd event was not the best, but this card is looking interesting. Fighting in the ShootBoxing fights will be ShootBoxer Misato Tomita and the popular MMA veteran Saori Ishioka. The opponents are not yet set.

Also fighting in this event will be the SmackGirls veteran "Hiroko", her opponent is not yet named, but it is said to be a foreign fighter.

Harumi has been in both the JEWELS events so far, she is 0-10 in her career, and she is back to have another go at getting the win. This time she is taking on Chihiro Oikawa and one of them will get their 1st win.

ShootBoxing Fights:
Misato Tomita vs. TBA
Saori Ishioka vs. TBA (ShootBoxing fighter)

MMA Rules fights:
Open: Yuko "Hiroko" Yamanaka 6-1-0 vs. TBA (Foreign Fighter)
48kg: Misaki Takimoto 9-10-4 vs. 4-14-0 Yukiko Seki
Open: HARUMI 0-10-0 vs. 0-1-0 Chihiro Oikawa

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10/23 DEEP 38 Impact - Additional Fights Announced

DEEP announced an additional 2 fights for their event on October 23.

Worth noticing in the addition of Masayuki Okude, this fight is pitted as one or the ZST vs. DEEP challenges and should be interesting. Okude has turned a bad run lately and racked up 3 straight wins in ZST. He will be facing "ISE" or Toshikazu Iseno, who has actually lost his only DEEP fight. "ISE" did have a decent run in GCM (Cage Force) though and this should be a competitive fight.

In the other fight, 2 DEEP fighters will square off. Sojiro Orui has had 2 ZST fights, but the rest of his 11 fights are all in DEEP. He will face the very experienced Ryuta Sakurai. Both of these guys lost in the first round of the DEEP middleweight tournament. I would still favor Sakurai in this one.

This is the card as it looks now, there should be lots more fights to be announced.

Added:
Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 5-4-2 vs. 5-4-5 Masayuki Okude
Sojiro Orui 5-2-4 vs. 17-14-4 Ryuta Sakurai

Previously announced:
Daiki Hata "DJ Taiki" 8-5-3 vs. 15-7-2 Naoya Uematsu
Masanori Kanehara 10-4-5 vs. 6-3-1 Takafumi Otsuka
Satoko Shinashi 28-2-2 vs. 4-13-0 Yukiko Seki
Seigo Mizuguchi 3-3-0 vs. 2-1-0 Shunji Kosaka

Participating:
Riki Fukuda 11-4-0
Yasuhito Namekawa 24-16-3
Yusuke Kawaguchi 7-0-0
Eiji Ishikawa 16-14-3

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10/23 DEEP 38 Impact

DEEP has announced the first fights for their DEEP Impact 38. It looks like it will be a very good card again. There are no title-fights so far (looks like the Satoko Shinashi fight is a non-title fight), but there are some good fights and with the participants announced it looks very promising.

Yusuke Kawaguchi went through the MegaTon GP without much trouble (one fight was a split decision, the rest were mismatches). After winning the title, he said that fighting in DREAM was the... well, dream... Lets see what Saeki has planned for him. I hope it is someone good.

Also participating are Ryuta Sakurai and Riki Fukuda.

Daiki Hata "DJ Taiki" 8-5-3 vs. 15-7-2 Naoya Uematsu
Masanori Kanehara 10-4-5 vs. 6-3-1 Takafumi Otsuka
Satoko Shinashi 28-2-2 vs. 4-13-0 Yukiko Seki
Seigo Mizuguchi 3-3-0 vs. 2-1-0 Shunji Kosaka

Participating:
Ryuta Sakurai 17-14-4
Riki Fukuda 11-4-0
Yasuhito Namekawa 24-16-3
Yusuke Kawaguchi 7-0-0
Eiji Ishikawa 16-14-3
Toshikazu Iseno "ISE" 5-4-2
Sojiro Orui 5-2-4

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