Flyweight Title Fight Headlines Deep Jewels 53 Card On May 24Following unsuccessful attempts to fight abroad, Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion Rin Nakai will at last make the first defence of her title on May 24th at Deep Jewels 53 in Tokyo, Japan. Nakai will end her inactivity when she faces off against challenger Yuka “Dosukoi” Okutomi in the main event.

In the co-main event, prospect Eru Takebayashi will look to continue her string of victories since returning from a devastating jaw injury when she takes on South Korean upset queen Ye Ji Lee at 49kg. The headlining bouts were among 13 fights officially announced for the card earlier this week.

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Shizuka Sugiyama Regains Flyweight Title At Pancrase 361Shizuka Sugiyama became a two-time Flyweight Queen of Pancrase champ with a lopsided Unanimous Decision victory tonight at Pancrase 361 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The 17-year veteran defeated previously unbeaten Ayane Wada for the vacant title in the night’s co-main event.

Sugiyama dictated the pace of the fight from start to finish tonight by scoring takedowns and controlling the frequent clinch battles against the cage with effective knees to the body. She now reclaims the Pancrase title belt that was recently vacated by her previous opponent, Fumika Watanabe.

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Saori Oshima, Noeru Narita Earn Victories At Rizin FF 52 In TokyoRebounding from her first Rizin defeat in November, Deep and Deep Jewels Microweight Champion Saori “Little Giant” Oshima picked up a hard-fought and crucial victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 52 in Tokyo, Japan. Oshima outpointed Keito “Kate Lotus” Oyama in super atomweight action.

Also on tonight’s Rizin FF 52 card, 17-year-old prospect Noeru “Noel” Narita earned her second straight win for the promotion by quickly submitting South Korean foe Bo Mi Lee in their super atomweight matchup that opened the event. Narita trapped Lee in a slick guillotine choke for the tapout victory.

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Momoko Saito Captures Vacant Bantamweight Title At Deep Jewels 52Returning after a knee injury kept her sidelined for all of 2025, Momoko Saito became Deep Jewels Bantamweight Champion with a dominant second-round TKO victory tonight at Deep Jewels 52 in Tokyo, Japan. Saito overwhelmed opponent Juki Sue on the ground to earn the main event win.

Elsewhere on the Deep Jewels 52 card, reigning strawweight champion Machi Fukuda easily won her non-title co-main event bout against Road FC representative Dan Bi Kim. Fukuda needed just 58 seconds to submit the South Korean with a guillotine choke in the shortest fight of the night.

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Deep Jewels 52 Live Play-By-Play & ResultsDeep Jewels kicked off the new year with its first event of 2026 tonight at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 52 was headlined by a vacant Deep Jewels Bantamweight Championship matchup between Momoko Saito and Juki Sue, who both brought three-fight winning streaks into the bout.

In the non-title co-main event, Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Machi Fukuda faced off against Road FC prospect Dan Bi Kim. Elsewhere, Eru Takebayashi battled Misaki “Iruka Umisaki” Suda in 49kg super atomweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the Deep Jewels 52 card.

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Shooto: “Colors 6” Live Play-By-Play & ResultsShooto kicked off the new year with its latest all-female fight card tonight at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The Shooto: “Colors 6” card was headlined by an atomweight matchup between veteran Megumi Sugimoto and teen prospect Noa Tokumoto, who scored a 32-second KO win in September.

In the co-main event, current Shooto Women’s Strawweight Champion Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino took on replacement opponent Mika “Arami” Arai in a non-title 53kg bout. Elsewhere, Chiyo Takamoto met Erika Gibo in 50kg action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the “Colors 6” card.

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Saori Oshima Faces Keito "Kate Lotus" Oyama At Rizin FF 52 In MarchAfter struggles in 2025, Deep and Deep Jewels Microweight Champion Saori “Little Giant” Oshima seeks a fresh start this year when she competes on March 7th at Rizin Fighting Federation 52 in Tokyo, Japan. Oshima faces Keito “Kate Lotus” Oyama in a 49kg super atomweight bout on the card.

Officials announced the matchup during intermission at Rizin’s year-end event on Wednesday. Oshima fell to champ Seika Izawa in their Rizin title bout on November 3rd. Oyama hopes to propel herself into title contention by defeating Oshima and extending her current four-fight winning streak.

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Bantamweight Title Bout Headlines Deep Jewels 52 On February 23A new bantamweight champion will be crowned on February 23rd when Deep Jewels returns to New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Momoko Saito and Juki Sue are set to face off for the vacant title in the main event of Deep Jewels 52, which had a total of 13 fights confirmed earlier this week.

Saito went undefeated in four fights for Deep Jewels in 2024, but she has not fought since scoring a TKO victory at Deep Jewels 47. Sue earned quick submissions in all three of her Deep bouts in 2025, with the longest fight lasting a mere 73 seconds, and she is unbeaten since December 2022.

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