The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
One of the best female fighters in the world has her next match set. Megumi Fujii will take on Saori Ishioka on Saturday July 11th. The fight will be contested at 114 pounds and will be the main event of JEWELS 4th Ring.
Saori Ishioka, who is being promoted as “The Face of JEWELS,” called out Mega-Megu in the ring at the last JEWELS event. It appears now that she will get her chance. Ishioka will be looking to continue her current three fight win streak.
JEWELS is an all female MMA promotion that was born out of the death of the “Smackgirl” promotion. Smackgirl began in 2001 and held over 50 MMA and grappling events before running into money problems earlier this year.
Along with Valkyrie, there are now two organizations trying to fill the gap for female mma in Japan. JEWELS’ first event was held on November 16 in Shinjuku Face, Tokyo.
Fight Card results:
Yuko Oya defeated Shinsaka Ozawi via Submission (armbar) in Rd. 1
Rina Tomita defeated Miki Miki via Submission (armbar) in Rd. 1
Shiho Shiho defeated Mayu Mayu via KO (punches) in Rd. 1
Shisuka Sugiyama defeated Harumi Harumi via Submission (RNC) in Rd. 1
Kikuyo Ishikawa defeated Sumie Yamada via Submission (Triangle Choke) in Rd. 1