Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Seika Izawa remained undefeated with a clear-cut Unanimous Decision victory in non-title action tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 48 in Saitama, Japan. Izawa defeated former Rizin grand prix winner Kanna Asakura, who retired after the fight.
Izawa constantly worked for a finish throughout the three-round bout, and she threatened with numerous submission attempts, but Asakura escaped each time and she even rallied with stomps late in the fight. Both women reflected on the entertaining matchup when discussing it backstage.
Invicta Fighting Championships returned to Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas tonight with an eight-fight all-female card. Invicta FC 57 featured a vacant atomweight championship bout between Elisandra “Lili” Ferreira de Oliveira and Andressa “Gauchinha” Romero, who both earned wins in June.
Several of the top female fighters on the Pancrase roster were in attendance at a press conference today in Tokyo, Japan to discuss training for their upcoming matchups at Pancrase 347, which takes place on September 29th. The card features a total of four women’s bouts including one title fight.
Rebounding from a pair of razor-thin interim title fight defeats, 21-year-old rising star Machi Fukuda scored a dominant win in her strawweight main event bout tonight at Deep Jewels 46 in Tokyo, Japan. Fukuda submitted Morgane “Souris” Manfredi with a second-round arm-triangle choke.
Deep Jewels returned to New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan tonight with its latest all-female fight card. Deep Jewels 46 was headlined by a strawweight clash between recent two-time Deep Jewels interim title challenger Machi Fukuda and France’s Morgane “Souris” Manfredi, who made her promotional debut.
Invicta Fighting Championships travelled to the Stockyards Event Center in Denver, Colorado tonight with an eight-fight card. Invicta FC 56 was headlined by a bantamweight matchup between former flyweight titleholder Jennifer Maia, who made her return to the promotion, and Mayra Cantuária.
Shooto held its third all-female Colors event tonight at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Shooto: “Colors 3” featured a vacant Shooto Women’s Atomweight Championship bout between Zenny “Lady Gogo” Huang and Aira Koga, who previously fought each other on the inaugural Colors card.
Rizin FF and two-division Deep Jewels champ Seika Izawa next competes on September 29th at Rizin Fighting Federation 48 in Saitama, Japan. Izawa is set to face 2017 Rizin Grand Prix Champion Kanna Asakura in a non-title bout, which will serve as the 26-year-old Asakura’s retirement fight.