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Jewels 7th Ring was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

(MMA) event hosted by MMA promotion Jewels

Jewels (mixed martial arts)

Jewels is a mixed martial arts organization owned by Marverous Japan Co., Ltd. focused on female fighters. It's the direct successor of Smackgirl...

. It was held on at Shinjuku Face

Shinjuku Face

is an event hall located on the 7th floor of the Humax Pavilion Shinjuku complex, 1-20-1 Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan. It mainly hosts mixed martial arts, boxing and professional wrestling events. Shinjuku Face has a capacity of approximately 600 people.-History:...

in Kabukicho, Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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Background

Jewels events for 2010 were announced on . On , Jewels announced the first four fights of the event with Hitomi Akano

Hitomi Akano

, is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She uses a song she penned herself called "Between the Sky" as her entrance music.Akano is a former Smackgirl Middleweight Champion at 128 pounds...

versus Hiroko Yamanaka

Hiroko Yamanaka

, more commonly known simply as Hiroko and nicknamed or Cat's Eye, is a Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter...

headlining it. On , three more fights were added to the card. The weigh-ins and fight order announcement were done on . The card featured a special exhibition match between kickboxers Rena Kubota

Rena Kubota

, better known by her ring name or Reina , is a professional Japanese kickboxer. She competes mainly in shoot boxing, where she won the 2009 and 2010 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournaments.-Early life:Kubota was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan on...

and Seo Hee Ham

Seo Hee Ham

Ham Seo-Hee , often anglicised to Seo-Hee Ham, is a South Korean female mixed martial artist and kickboxer.In Japan, she is occasionally nicknamed Arale-chan, in reference to her similar looks outside of the ring to the character from the manga and anime series Dr...

. During the event, Miku Matsumoto

Miku Matsumoto

Miku Matsumoto is a female Japanese mixed martial artist. She retired as the DEEP Women's Lightweight Champion.Growing up, Matsumoto studied piano and penmanship and was not interested in sports...

announced her retirement exhibition match with Megumi Fujii

Megumi Fujii

Megumi Fujii is a female Japanese mixed martial artist. She is currently the #3-ranked pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #1-ranked female flyweight according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.-Biography:Fujii specializes mainly in submission fighting and is...

at DEEP: 47th Impact, and Megumi Yabushita

Megumi Yabushita

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions. She is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament...

and Yoko Takahashi

Yoko Takahashi (fighter)

is a Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer and former boxer and professional wrestler. Takahashi is a former Smackgirl open weight champion...

announced their partnership with American

United States

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clothing brand Fight Chix.

Opening fight

1st match: Jewels grappling rules -48 kg bout, 4 min / 1 R

Shiho Yaginuma (ankurapudo Kokubunji) vs.

Satoko Kameda (P's Lab Yokohama)

Yaginuma defeated Kameda by submission (armbar

Armlock

An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint and/or shoulder joint. An armlock that hyperflexes or hyperrotates the shoulder joint is referred to as a shoulder lock, and an armlock that hyperextends the elbow joint is called...

) at 2:20 of round 1.

Main card

1st match: Jewels official rules -52 kg bout, 5 min / 2 R

Yoko Kagoshima (Shinagawa CS) vs.

Sakura Nomura

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist and kickboxer.-Martial arts training:While attending the Takaoka University of Law, Nomura achieved third place in 1996 and second place in 1998 at the All Japan Student Judo Championships in the -56 kg and -57 kg categories, respectively.At a Brazilian...

(Club Barbarian Impact)

Nomura defeated Kagoshima by technical submission (referee stoppage, armbar) at 4:35 of round 1.

Round one was controlled by Nomura's grappling. Kagoshima reacted with punches in the second round but Nomura got a takedown

Takedown (grappling)

A takedown is a martial arts and combat sports term for a technique that involves off-balancing an opponent and bringing him or her to the ground, typically with the combatant performing the takedown landing on top. The process of quickly advancing on an opponent and attempting a takedown is known...

and followed it with an armbar to end the fight.

2nd match: Jewels official rules -48 kg bout, 5 min / 2 R

Kikuyo Ishikawa

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She won the 2010 Jewels Rough Stone GP in the -48 kg category. Ishikawa is the first female mixed martial artist from Okinawa....

(freelance

Freelancer

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) vs.

Miyoko Kusaka (GRABAKA

GRABAKA

is a mixed martial arts training facility located in Nakano, Tokyo. The team was founded by ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champion Sanae Kikuta on June 28, 2000, with Eiji Ishikawa, Genki Sudo, and Hiroo Matsunaga as charter members. Since its founding, it has added to its ranks 2006 PRIDE...

)

Kusaka defeated Ishikawa by decision (1-2)

Split decision

A split decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which two of the three judges score for the same fighter as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other...

In the first round Ishikawa took the offense and tried submissions on Kusaka, but Kusaka defended and counteracted with a takedown, trying to gain control, but Ishikawa scrambled. In the second round, Kusaka started the offensive and took Ishikawa once again, controlling Ishikawa and striking her body. At the end, the split decision was awarded to Kusaka.

3rd match: Jewels official rules -52 kg bout, 5 min / 2 R

Hiroko Kitamura

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She fights primarily in the MMA promotion Jewels and has also fought in Valkyrie. Kitamura won the 2010 Jewels -52 kg Rough Stone Grand Prix.-Martial arts training:...

(Zendokai Koganei) vs.

Celine Haga (Hellboy Hansen MMA)

Kitamura defeated Haga by technical submission (referee stoppage, Kimura) at 2:04 of round 1.

Kitamura quickly overwhelmed Haga and Haga was only able to retreat and try a kneebar before Haga locked a Kimura on Haga's arm, which made the referee stop the fight.

Special exhibition match

Rena Kubota

(Oikawa dojo) vs.

Seo Hee Ham

(CMA Korea)

No winner.

4th match: Shoot boxing
Shoot boxing
Shoot boxing is both a combat sport and a stand-up fighting promotion company based in Tokyo, Japan. The organization was founded by former kickboxer Caesar Takeshi in 1985....

official rules -54 kg bout, 2 min / 3 R

Ai Takahashi

is a Japanese pop singer formerly associated with Hello! Project, and best known as leader of Morning Musume and Hello!Project until 2011, and former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni...

(Caesar gym) vs.

Asako (U-File Camp Gifu)

Takahashi defeated Asako by TKO (referee stoppage, chin injury) at 1:08 of round 2.

Takahashi started aggressively attacking Asako, quickly overwhelming Asako and broking her nose. At the beginning of the second round, the referee stopped the fight to have Asako checked by the ring doctor. After restarting Takahashi threw a barrage of punches, which prompted the referee to stop the fight concerned about her broken chin.

5th match: Jewels official rules -58 kg bout, 5 min / 2 R

Miki Morifuji (T-Blood) vs.

Shizuka Sugiyama

, occasionally nicknamed and , is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She currently fights in the MMA promotion Jewels.-Background:Sugiyama was born on in New York City, New York, United States. Sugiyama has an older brother. She graduated from the sports faculty of the Tokai University...

(Zendokai Yokohama)

Sugiyama defeated Morifuji by decision (3-0)

Unanimous decision

A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....

Sugiyama tried to keep the fight on the ground, but Morifuji was able to punch Sugiyama avoiding her submission attempts. During the second round, Morifuji reversed Sugiyama's takedowns and kept punching her to win the unanimous decision.

6th match: Jewels official rules -52 kg bout, 5 min / 2 R

Mika Nagano

is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She currently fights as a lightweight in the Jewels promotion. Her nickname is Future Princess.Nagano won the 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix at 54 kg.-Early life:Nagano was born on in Gifu, Gifu, Japan...

(S-Keep/Core) vs.

Mai Ichii

is a Japanese female wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer.-Background:Ichii was born on in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.-Professional wrestling career:Ichii debuted in 2004 in a match against Emi Sakura.-Mixed martial arts career:...

(Ice Ribbon)

Nagano defeated Ichii by decision (3-0).

Despite not being able to submit Ichii, Nagano dominated both rounds with her wrestling skills, leaving Ichii unable to mount any significant offense, which gave Nagano the unanimous decision.

7th match, main event: Jewels official rules -65 kg bout, 5 min / 2 R

Hitomi Akano

, is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She uses a song she penned herself called "Between the Sky" as her entrance music.Akano is a former Smackgirl Middleweight Champion at 128 pounds...

(Abe Ani Combat Club

Abe Ani Combat Club

The Abe Ani Combat Club is a mixed martial arts gym and training camp located in Japan. The gym is renowned mostly for its female staple of fighters who were regular competitors in the Smackgirl promotion. On its roster are prominent MMA stars such as Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii and Hitomi Akano...

) vs.

Hiroko Yamanaka

, more commonly known simply as Hiroko and nicknamed or Cat's Eye, is a Japanese female mixed martial arts fighter...

(Master Japan)

Yamanaka defeated Akano by decision (1-2).

Yamanaka started the first round landing punching combinations on Akano. Akano tried to take Yamanaka down, but Yamanaka defended and kept striking and controlling Akano and escaping any submission attempt thrown by Akano. In the second round, Akano continued to try takedowns, but Yamanaka also kept striking Akano. As Akano managed to get a takedown, she tried to finish the fight with punches, but was unable to due to the time expiring. Since neither fighter was able to score decisive points, the judges ruled a split decision victory for Yamanaka, who successfully defended Akano attacks and landed several good strikes.

External links

Event information at Jewels
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