For the tenth consecutive time, reigning Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion Rin Nakai secured a stoppage victory in her fight tonight at Deep Jewels 40 in Tokyo, Japan. Nakai finished top contender Aoi Kuriyama with a second-round rear-naked choke in tonight’s featured flyweight main event.
The Deep Jewels 40 co-main event ended in similar fashion, as unbeaten prospect Machi Fukuda upset Namiko “Hime” Kawabata at strawweight. Fukuda choked Kawabata unconscious with just five seconds remaining in the first round, spoiling Kawabata’s return to the strawweight division.
Deep Jewels held its first event of 2023 tonight at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. The Deep Jewels 40 card was headlined by a non-title matchup between Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion Rin Nakai, who has her sights set on a return to the UFC, and Aoi Kuriyama, who was unbeaten in 2022.
Rizin FF and Deep Jewels champ Seika Izawa added a third championship to her collection with a close and hard-fought Split Decision victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 40 in Saitama, Japan. Izawa narrowly edged out rival Si Woo “Korean Queen Bee” Park in a closely-contested rematch.
Seven fights are now official for Deep Jewels 40, which will take place on February 18, 2023 at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. The first Deep Jewels event of the new year features a strawweight matchup between rising star Namiko “Hime” Kawabata and highly-touted prospect Machi Fukuda.
Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion Yoko Higashi extended her winning streak to four today at Deep Jewels 39 in Tokyo, Japan. Higashi battered Titapa “Diamond Rose The Rocket” Junsookplung on the ground en route to a dominant third-round TKO stoppage in their bantamweight main event.
Deep Jewels showcased its final event of the year on Wednesday afternoon at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 39 featured a bantamweight matchup between new Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion Yoko Higashi and Thailand’s Titapa “Diamond Rose The Rocket” Junsookplung.
Shooto Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Satomi “Sarami” Takano makes her second Rizin FF appearance on November 6th at Rizin Fighting Federation: “Landmark Vol. 4” in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Takano will face PAWFC strawweight champ Maria Laura Alves Fontoura in a 49kg matchup.
Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Seika Izawa kept her perfect MMA record intact with a second-round submission win tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 38 in Saitama, Japan. Izawa defeated Anastasiya Svetkivska in the co-main event to advance on to the 49kg grand prix final.