Deep Jewels showcased its 21st all-female fight card tonight at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 21 was headlined by an atomweight contender’s bout between Deep Jewels mainstay Tomo Maesawa and South Korean rising star Jeong Eun Park, who looked for another key win.
In the flyweight co-feature, Satsuki “Komachi Karate” Kodama met Hikari Sato. Long-time strawweight contender Mika “Future Princess” Nagano looked to get back on the winning track when she battled 17-year veteran “Jet” Izumi Noguchi. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.
Invicta FC matchmaker and Muay Thai standout Kaitlin Young returned to mixed martial arts competition for the first time since 2014 and scored a key victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 12 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Young defeated rising star “King” Reina Miura in featherweight action.
Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Grand Prix Champion Kanna Asakura extended her winning streak to eight with a Unanimous Decision victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 11 in Saitama, Japan. Asakura defeated Shoot Boxing star Rena Kubota for a second time in the 49kg headliner.
The 2018 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup took place tonight at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The event was headlined by a 51kg mixed martial arts bout between Shoot Boxing Women’s Flyweight Champion and four-time Girls S-Cup winner Rena Kubota and Brazilian Elaine “Pantera” Leal.
Deep Jewels showcased its 20th all-female fight card tonight at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 20 was headlined by an atomweight contender’s bout between former strawweight titleholder Emi Tomimatsu and South Korea’s Jeong Eun Park, who made her Deep Jewels debut.
Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Kanna Asakura earned a clear-cut victory in non-title action tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 10 in Fukuoka, Japan. Asakura posted a Unanimous Decision win over former KOTC titleholder Melissa Sophia Karagianis in 108-pound action.
Deep Jewels showcased its 19th all-female fight card tonight at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 19 was headlined by a Deep Jewels Atomweight Championship rematch between Mina Kurobe and challenger Satomi “Sarami” Takano, who first faced off in November 2014.
Competing in front of 18,316 fans in what was arguably the biggest women’s title fight in Japanese MMA history, Kanna Asakura became the inaugural Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Grand Prix Champion tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round in Saitama, Japan.