Fresh off of her Invicta FC 15 victory this past weekend, Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Mizuki Inoue is set to compete again on March 6th at Deep Jewels 11 in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue faces off against highly-touted striker Nori Date in one of six new matchups announced for the card today.

Also confirmed for the March event is an atomweight bout between Inoue’s Hakushinkai teammate, J-Girls and Shoot Boxing champ Yukari Yamaguchi, and Hana Date, who won her Deep Jewels debut in November. In other 48kg action, title contender Mina Kurobe takes on newcomer Renju Date.

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Two of the top stars on the Deep Jewels roster are set to collide on March 6th at Deep Jewels 11 in Tokyo, Japan. Former interim strawweight champ Emi Tomimatsu faces off against Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka in an atomweight contender’s bout that may determine a future title challenger.

Officials announced the matchup during today’s episode of Deep Jewels TV. Tomimatsu has won back-to-back fights since dropping a decision to Mina Kurobe in February. Ishioka was most recently defeated by then-champion Seo Hee Ham in a Deep Jewels atomweight title bout in November 2014.

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Following an eight-year retirement, former Deep Women’s Lightweight Champion Hisae Watanabe makes her return to MMA competition on February 7th at World Series of Fighting Global Championship 2 in Tokyo, Japan. Watanabe is set to face 16-year-old Ye Ji Lee in a featured matchup.

WSOF GC officials announced the fight this past weekend. Watanabe, who captured Deep’s 106-pound women’s title with a vicious knockout victory in August 2006, has not fought since earning a quick win in late 2007. Lee suffered a TKO loss very late in her MMA debut in July at Road FC 24.

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Shoot Boxing Women’s Flyweight Champion Rena Kubota kicked off her pro MMA career with a sensational submission victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 2 in Saitama, Japan. Kubota finished fellow striker Jleana Valentino with a flying armbar in the second round of their 51kg bout.

The popular Kubota, who is one of Japan’s biggest female combat sports stars, overcame a left hand injury that was aggravated very early in tonight’s bout. In other action, multi-time BJJ world champion Gabi Garcia knocked out pro wrestler Seini “Lei’D Tapa” Draughn in round one of a wild slugfest.

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Former Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi concluded her career with one of her biggest victories tonight at Shoot Boxing: “Ground Zero Tokyo 2015” in Tokyo, Japan. Takahashi avenged a past loss by edging out long-time shoot boxing rival Mizuki Inoue.

Following tonight’s victory, Takahashi, who had previously suffered three defeats against Inoue, announced her retirement from competition. In other action on the card, former J-Girls champion Gracyer Aki took a hard-fought Split Decision win over late replacement foe Akari “Union” Nakamura.

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Former Jewels champion Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama got back on the winning track with a hard-fought Unanimous Decision victory on Monday at Deep Jewels 10 in Tokyo, Japan. Sugiyama’s superior striking allowed her to edge out rising star Mina Kurobe in Monday’s atomweight main event.

In the 105-pound co-main event, former Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Emi Tomimatsu eked out a narrow Split Decision victory over Satomi “Sarami” Takano after three rounds. At strawweight, Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino outpointed a game Nori Date, who was making her pro debut.

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Deep Jewels showcased its tenth all-female fight card on Monday afternoon at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 10 was headlined by an atomweight title contender’s bout between former long-time Jewels champ Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama and once-beaten prospect Mina Kurobe.

In the Deep Jewels 10 atomweight co-feature, former strawweight champion Emi Tomimatsu took on Satomi “Sarami” Takano. Recent strawweight title challenger Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino met Nori Date in a “Deep Jewels vs Team Date” bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Fresh off of her title win in September, WPMF women’s pinweight champ Saya Ito returns to action on December 19th at Martial Arts Tournament 1 in Tokyo, Japan. Ito is set to battle fellow 16-year-old Rojana, a Thai champion who has yet to taste defeat, in one of four women’s bouts on the card.

Also confirmed for the MAT 1 card is a featured matchup between current WPMF and J-Girls Bantamweight Champion Madoka Jinnai and Kwanchai Sor.Tawanrung. J-Girls Flyweight Champion Rena Matsuda faces Lorena “Lady Pitbull” Klijn, and “Crusher” Keiko Matsukawa takes on Mizuno Shiho.

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