The 2016 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup took place tonight at Toyosu PIT in Tokyo, Japan. The card was headlined by a Shoot Boxing Women’s Flyweight Championship bout between defending champion Rena Kubota and Polish challenger Klaudia Pawicka, who made her promotional debut.
In tonight’s 48kg Girls S-Cup tournament semi-finals, Mio Tsumura took on Yurika Jimbo, and Akari “Union” Nakamura battled Yuri. The winners then met in the tournament final to determine the 2016 Girls S-Cup Champion. In MMA action, standout wrestler Kanako Murata faced Ilona Wijmans.
Former top Jewels star Mika “Future Princess” Nagano makes her official return from retirement when she competes on August 27th at Deep Jewels 13 in Tokyo, Japan. Nagano is set to face off against strawweight prospect Sachiko Fujimori in a three-round bout that may headline the card.
Former Jewels champion Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama captured another title on Sunday afternoon at Deep Jewels 12 in Tokyo, Japan. Sugiyama edged out Emi Tomimatsu in the three-round main event to become Deep Jewels Atomweight Champion in front of a capacity crowd at Shinjuku FACE.
Deep Jewels held its 12th all-female fight card on Sunday at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 12 featured a vacant atomweight title bout between former Deep Jewels interim strawweight champion Emi Tomimatsu and one-time Jewels 106-pound titleholder Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama.
Krush women’s kickboxing champion Syuri Kondo began her MMA career with a close and competitive decision victory tonight at Pancrase 277 in Tokyo, Japan. Kondo edged out previously undefeated teen prospect Kanna Asakura in a featured strawweight showdown on tonight’s main card.
Top-ranked contenders Emi Tomimatsu and Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama will face off for the newly-vacant Deep Jewels Atomweight Championship on June 5th at Deep Jewels 12 in Tokyo, Japan. The 105-pound championship fight was one of seven bouts officially announced for the card earlier today.
Shoot Boxing Women’s Flyweight Champion Rena Kubota extended her winning streak to 16 with a Unanimous Decision victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 1 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The popular Kubota defeated Chute Boxe representative Cyndi Alves in a 51kg shoot boxing matchup.
Former Deep Jewels Interim Strawweight Champion Emi Tomimatsu earned one of the biggest victories of her career this afternoon at Deep Jewels 11 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomimatsu submitted popular contender Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka in round two of the Deep Jewels 11 atomweight main event.