Jewels 24th Ring
Jewels 24th Ring
This Saturday, Jewels will be holding there 24th event. Jewels Champion Naho “Sugirock” Sugiyama (8-2) will be defending her title against Ham Seo Hee (10-5) in the main event.
MMA BOUTS
Naho Sugiyama (8-2) vs Ham Seo Hee (10-5)
47 KG 3R 5M Jewels Special Rules
Mika Nagano (12-8) vs Takumi Umehara (1-0)
53KG 2R 5M Jewels Official Rules
“V.V” Mei Yamaguchi (10-5-1) vs Seo Ye Jung (0-1)
52KG 2R 5M Jewels Official Rules
Jade Marie Anderson (2-0) vs Yurika Nakakura (0-0)
63KG 2R 5M Jewels Official Rules
Jewels Kickboxing
Satomi Takano vs Kaoru Chatani
48KG 3R 2M
Grappling Rules
Emi Tomimatsu vs Masako Yoshida
52KG 2R 4M
Yukiko Seki vs Madoka Ebihara
50KG 2R 4M
BJJ Rules
Madoka Ebihara vs Abe Irodori
Yukiko Seki vs Abe Irodori
Japanese K-1 great Musashi opens a new gym in Japan
Japanese K-1 great Musashi opens a new gym in Japan
Former K-1 World Grand Prix great Musashi has opened a new facility in Japan.
As one of Japan’s best kickboxers, Musashi enjoyed a stay at the top of the ranks for many years before succumbing to age and a new breed of kickboxer. As a four time winner of the K-1 GP Japan, he certainly has the name power to go through with such, whether or not he has a customer base is a different question.
The gym will be located in Atsugi, Kanagawa prefecture. It advertises “Fight, Fitness, and REFRESH” as it’s key goals, thus we are not quite sure if it will have a dedicated MMA program or not.
The gym will open on June 1st.
Coming to America – Mark Hunt resolves visa issues
Coming to America – Mark Hunt resolves visa issues
After news broke two weeks ago that Mark Hunt had an old case hanging over his head, the MMA community was collectively sighing, thinking “Not again…”
Those worries came to a guaranteed end today.
Mark Hunt will make the trip to Las Vegas to fight Junior Dos Santos in a possible title eliminator bout. Hunt, who has fought the most talented fighters of any fighter in mixed martial arts history, will face possibly his fiercest challenge in recent time against Dos Santos, who is the former UFC Heavyweight Champion.
Hunt, if you will recall, not only won a K-1 Grand Prix, but was the man to put the brakes on Wanderlei Silva’s run in PrideFC. On top of that, he has fought fighters such as Alistair Overeem and Fedor Emelinaneko as well as Hidehiko Yoshida and Josh Barnett. With a 9-7 record, it looks quite deceiving, but Hunt is likely one of the most fearless, engaging fighters of our time.
Hunt meets Dos Santos at UFC 160, replacing Alistair Overeem in the co-main event of the evening. The event takes place May 25th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pancrase 247 Play By Play
Pancrase 247 Play By Play
Catch Wrestling Rules 67 Kg Bout 5×2: Naoya Uematsu vs Takahashi Hasegawa
R1 -
Takahashi shoots in but Naoya unds up on top before an escape by Takahshi. Naoya takes the back from standing! drags Takahashi down, scramble, Naoya gets mount. nice transtions by both men. Naoya always coming out on top. Takahasi escapes but slamed down. bell rings.
R2-
Both gents joking for position. Flying Armbar fails for Taka and Naoya on top in mount again. Near hammerlock and straight armbar by Naoya. Naoya gets the armbar! fast tap.
Winner: Naoya Uematsu
Featherweight Bout 5×2 - Masakazu Takafuji vs Shunpei Ota
R1-
Both men firing kicks but Ota drops and gets an easy td. Ota moves to half guard, fishing for a choke but no dice. Takafuji trinf to get up but Ota takes his back! DEEP neck crank but Takafuji defends well. Takafuji escapes! big knee to Ota’s gut. bell rings.
R2-
Takafuji very alert to Ota’s wrestling now. stuffing everything but Ota gets a lovely single leg. Takafuji trying to hold in full guard but Ota passes, opening up an escape by Takafuji, big knees and punches, Ota is tired! Takafuji landing well. ding ding…how will the judges see it.
Ota takes it!
Winner: Shunpei Ota
Super flyweight Bout 5×2 – Yuki Yasunaga vs Yasutaka Koga
R1-
Both men swinging hard, Yuki is laid out with a hook!! he looks dead…wow
Winner: Yasutaka Koga
Yuki is still out…he’s being stretchered out…
Middleweight Bout 5×2 – Nobumasa Anzai vs Yuji Hisamatsu
R1-
Anzai shoots, gets it no problem. Yuji working butterfly guard but eating good shots. Anzai mauling Yuji, Yuji back up under the ropes, ref restart. smart move there. Anzai is putting on a gnp clinic here, Yuji escapes but taken right back down. bell rings.
R2-
Anzai goes right for the td, Yuji has no answer. more gnp by Anai but Yuji holding him close. Anzai moves to side control, Yuji under the ropes again. Ref Wada yellow cards Yuji. This is about as one-sided as it gets. Anzai breifly gets mount, more gnp. time runs out.
Winner: Nobumasa Anzai
Down to the business end of the card now.
Athena Rules Light-flyweight Bout 5×3 – Emi Fujino vs Amber Brown
R1-
Emi tries to tie up but eats hard knees coming in. Emi working hard on the bodylock td, gets it, working a triangle. Amber escapes, back up. Amber with the bodylock now. ref breaks em. few nice punches by Emi. clinch and trip by Emi into half guard. good gnp by Emi. Amber escapes but eats a flurry. ding!
R2-
Emi drops for a guillotine…doesn’t really have it but she’s really trying. Aber mounts! good punches but Emi sweeps! Amber has full guard, fishing for an armbar! almost but Emi pops out and takes the back. working a tight neck crank, AMBER TAPS! wow, great round.
Winner: Emi Fujino
Bantamweight Bout 5×3 – Shunichi Shimizu vs Yuki Baba
R1-
Baba firing off probing jabs. Shimizu moving very well but no action here. Baba with a td, Shimizu recovers half, looking to sweep. Baba just backs away. both guys working the kicks but nothing solid. oh punch staggers Baba, Shimizu follows, Baba just holding. ding.
R2- Baba just clips Shimizu with a hook, Shimizu shoots, Baba stuffs it. stuffs another. both guys get yellow carded for dancing too much. Baba finding his jab now. another yellow card! they need to step it up. Baba lands hard twice. liver kick by Shimizu, flying knee and a td by Shimizu. ding.
R3-
Baba needs a finish to win. Shimizu drags him down, takes the back and locks up an armbar! Baba taps.
Winner: Shunichi Shimizu
Bantamweight Bout 5×3 – Motonobu Tezuka vs Taichi Nakajima
R1-
Missed the start of this one but pick up action with both guys rolling for wild subs, including a head scissor choke before the bell.
R2-
Big slam by Tezuka, into half guard. both guys working hard to advance Tezuka landing good gnp. passes to side control, then mount. Taichi bucks, armbar swapped to a triangle. big scrambles to end R2.
R3-
Tezuka gets a quick td and is all over Taichi, side choke attempt, takes the back. Tezuka riding well. Taichi escapes and gets on top, big punches! going for an armbar but the bell rings.
Winner: Motonobu Tezuka
Pancrase Athena Bantamweight Rules Bout 5×3 – Rin Nakai vs Brenda Gonzale
R1-
Tentative opening seconds. Rin dancing around, Brenda stalking but nothing happening at all. Ref busting out yellow cards, justly so. Brenda throwing more, Rin finding a good jab. Rin td, Brenda back up, Rin gets behind her, powers her down with a suplex, locks in a Sleeper and Brenda taps. wow!
Winner: Rin Nakai
Brenda seems to have hurt her elbow. on the suplex maybe.
Main Event: Welterweight King of Pancraes Title Bout 5×3 – Takenori Sato vs Shingo Suzuki
R1-
Ok the big one up now. Sato fires first with a kick that’s blocked. Shingo sprawls on 2 td’s. Sato times the next and gets it. Shingo rolling but Sato holds on and takes the back. Shingo escapes to his feet sprawls again and rocks Sato hard! Shingo td to mount Sato escapes, headlock hip toss by Sato. round ends.
R2-
Wild td and both men tumble out of the ring! both seem hurt but Sato back in the ring first. Shingo seems to be banged up. Sato says he’s ok. They might call it off. Nope! they will continue! Sato eats a huge knee! wow he shakes it off. Sato with a headlock standing…wild fight! Sato tags Shingo, Shingo tags him back. sato gets a td off a kick, Shingo armbar, Sato escapes, Sato armbar, Shingo escapes, bell rings.
R3-
Shingo gets a td, Sato back up fast. Sato boxing Shingo up, td by Singo, Sato up, slams Shingo, locks in a top wrist lock, Shingo taps!! holy crap!!
Winner: Takenori Sato
Rafael Dos Anjos victorious in Brazil
Rafael Dos Anjos victorious in Brazil
Rafael Dos Anjos was successful in his quest for a title bid Saturday evening, winning his fourth straight.
In a fight that saw both fighters go blow for blow, both Evan Dunham and Dos Anjos left it all in the octagon, leaving the judges to decide a 29-28 unanimous decision. And while many fans were very unhappy with the decision, the hometown favorite did enough to impress the judges and take one away from Dunham.
Dos Anjos has been nothing short of impressive lately. Since a loss to Gleison Tiebau, the Brazilian has retooled his game into one that sees him drag opponents into deep waters, showing much improved striking and cardio. In his bout this evening, he again displayed that cardio which may have been the deciding factor in the third and final round.
Dos Anjos suffered a headbutt during the fight that opened up a cut over his right eye, but that did little to impair his ability. Dos Anjos improves to 19-6 and is one step closer to a possible title eliminator fight in the very near future.
PANCRASE 247 iPPV Trailer/PV
PANCRASE 247 iPPV Trailer/PV
Kyoji Horiguchi meets Shintaro Ishiwatari in Champion vs Champion bout, biggest since Aoki vs Kawajiri
Kyoji Horiguchi meets Shintaro Ishiwatari in Champion vs Champion bout, biggest since Aoki vs Kawajiri
Kyoji Horiguchi will return to Vale Tudo Japan, only this time as a Shooto champion when he faces Shintaro Ishiwatari, the bantamweight King of Pancrase.
In an interesting booking, Horiguchi will come into the fight as a favorite over Ishiwatari. Horiguchi is much more agressive, as well as a much more powerful puncher than his counterpart. Both fighters, however, are two of the best in Japan and both have been a bright spot of sports amongst true talent to be coming up in the country.
This fight stands to be the biggest in country battle since Aoki fought Kawajiri for the DREAM lightweight title. Both Horiguchi and Ishiwatari are two of the best fighters in all of Japan and their booking was thought to be near impossible seeing that they fight for different promotions. But, with the formulation of Vale Tudo Japan, the powers that be made it happen.
Horiguchi stands on on loss in his career to Shooto legend Masakatsu Ueda. He won the title handily over Ogikubo earlier this year. Ishiwatari is 15-4 and has been a one man wrecking machine in Pancrase. A winner of six fights in a row, he recently defeated Caol Uno which stands as likely the biggest win of his career.
Vale Tudo Japan takes place June 22nd in Tokyo at Tokyo Dome City Hall. VTJ is becoming one of the go to brands in Japan since reforming and is putting together some of the best fights.
