Deep Jewels staged its fifth all-female fight card tonight at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 5 was headlined by a Deep Jewels Lightweight Championship rematch between interim titleholder Emi Tomimatsu and teen prodigy Mizuki Inoue. Tonight’s bout determined an undisputed champion.
Also on the card, ex-Jewels champs met when former Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki dropped to 106 pounds to face one-time Jewels Featherweight Queen Champion Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama in the co-main event. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for Deep Jewels 5.
A women’s strawweight bout between prospects “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant and Kailin Curran has been added to UFC Fight Night 54: “MacDonald vs Saffiedine.” The event is set for October 4th at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both fighters make their UFC debuts.
15-year-old “Muay Thai Genius” Saya Ito is set to face one of her most experienced opponents to date on August 12th at the prestigious Queen’s Cup event in Bangkok, Thailand. Ito takes on American foe Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu, who has compiled an impressive fight résumé in the country.
Shoot Boxing superstar Rena Kubota outlasted three opponents to win her fourth Girls S-Cup title tonight at Yamano Hall in the Yoyogi district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Kubota knocked out Thicha Rongrien Kila Korat in the world tournament final to win the 2014 50kg Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup.
The 2014 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup took place tonight at Yamano Hall in the Yoyogi district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. This year’s event featured both a 48-kilogram all-Japan tournament and an eight-woman 50-kilogram world grand prix. Two champions were crowned in a single evening tonight.
History was made this past month with the official inception of the UFC women’s strawweight division. Decorated BJJ black belt Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha and Polish striking sensation Joanna Jędrzejczyk both picked up impressive decision victories in their respective 115-pound Octagon debuts.
Japanese star Shizuka Sugiyama’s 125-pound debut will have to wait. The popular karateka was scheduled to face South Korean kickboxer Hyo Kyung Song on next Saturday’s Deep Jewels 5 card in Tokyo, but Song has been forced out due to an injury and Sugiyama has been removed from the card.
All four quarterfinal matchups have now been announced for the 2014 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup world tournament, which takes place on Saturday night at Yamano Hall in the Yoyogi district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Seven different countries will be represented in this year’s prestigious tournament.