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.
Izawa, who previously won both the Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Championship and the Deep Jewels Strawweight Championship, captured Rizin’s women’s super atomweight grand prix title with tonight’s win. Post-fight, she expressed an interest in facing Invicta FC ace Jillian DeCoursey.
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.
Teen standout Moeri Suda gained a measure of revenge in her main event victory today at Deep Jewels 38 in Tokyo, Japan. Suda avenged the first loss of her pro career by defeating the previously unbeaten Aya Murakami to potentially set up another shot at the Deep Jewels atomweight title.
Deep Jewels returned with its latest event on Sunday afternoon at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The Deep Jewels 38 card featured an atomweight contender’s rematch between undefeated rising star Aya Murakami and recent title challenger Moeri Suda, who first faced off in October 2020.