Latest interim strawweight title challenger Machi Fukuda hopes to rebound after back-to-back razor-thin choice defeats when she subsequent competes on September eighth at Deep Jewels 46 in Tokyo, Japan. Fukuda meets France’s Morgane “Souris” Manfredi in certainly one of 11 bouts introduced for the cardboard.
In a 49kg tremendous atomweight bout, Namiko “Hime” Kawabata clashes with fellow striker Saki Kitamura. Former Deep Jewels Microweight Champion Aya Murakami takes on Yuko Kiryu at atomweight, and Momoko Yamazaki battles teen prospect Mahina China in a featured microweight matchup.
Fukuda (4-2-0) racked up three straight wins for Deep Jewels after turning professional in late 2022, then gained her Rizin FF debut in October by edging out Shooto champion Ayaka Watanabe in a detailed three-round bout. Nevertheless, she suffered her first loss the next month when she was narrowly defeated by Arisa Matsuda in a Deep Jewels interim strawweight title bout. Matsuda subsequently vacated the title and Fukuda acquired one other alternative to assert it. Sadly for her, she as soon as once more misplaced a detailed Break up Resolution at Deep Jewels 45 in Might; this time to former Rizin title challenger Si Woo Park. The gifted 21-year-old now appears to be like to get again on monitor and into the title hunt once more.
Manfredi (4-5-0) suffered choice defeats in every of her first three professional MMA bouts earlier than taking an prolonged break from the game whereas competing in different disciplines. She returned to MMA in single-round bouts late in 2022, profitable each by stoppage, after which made her lone look for ONE Championship in a shedding effort towards standout So Yul Kim. Since then, Manfredi has gone 2-1, with each wins and the defeat all ending by way of armbar. She is going to search for her second straight win when she makes her Deep Jewels debut towards Fukuda in September.
Kawabata (4-4-0) is at the moment within the midst of a three-fight shedding skid, which started with defeats towards the aforementioned Fukuda and Si Woo Park, however she held her personal in her most up-to-date struggle towards flyweight champion Rin Nakai at Deep Jewels 45. Competing as a alternative fighter, and up two weight courses, Kawabata outstruck a timid Nakai in the course of the first two rounds earlier than Nakai in the end completed her with a standing guillotine choke in spherical three. Now again within the tremendous atomweight division, the place she scored her signature win over Saori Oshima in March 2022, Kawabata is in want of a dominant win in an effort to reaffirm her place within the division’s rankings.
Kitamura (2-2-0) has already had an eventful profession for Deep Jewels in simply 4 fights. After debuting with a choice loss to Kate “Lotus” Oyama in Might 2023, Kitamura appeared to be getting ready to a second defeat when she was practically knocked out by Eru Takebayashi early of their Deep Jewels 42 bout. Nevertheless, a single highly effective counterpunch from Kitamura was sufficient to crack Takebayashi’s jaw, which resulted in a health care provider stoppage victory. Kitamura shortly misplaced her subsequent struggle to former title challenger Moeri Suda, however she is now coming off of a 36-second knockout win in March that has helped to arrange this striker versus striker matchup.
Murakami (7-2-0) captured the Deep Jewels Microweight Championship in September with a three-round Unanimous Resolution win towards Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn at Deep Jewels 42. The victory was Murakami’s third in a row after dropping a choice to Moeri Suda of their Deep Jewels 38 rematch. Nevertheless, Murakami’s championship reign was short-lived. She misplaced the belt by way of first-round TKO to Saori Oshima in a Deep and Deep Jewels microweight title unification bout at Deep Jewels 45.
Kiryu (13-11-0) is without doubt one of the most skilled fighters on the Deep Jewels roster and he or she put collectively a strong three-fight profitable streak after returning to the promotion in late 2021. She suffered setbacks towards Kawabata and Suda in her subsequent two bouts earlier than rebounding with certainly one of her greatest profession victories towards fellow veteran Hikaru Aono at Deep Jewels 42. Her most up-to-date struggle at Deep Jewels 44 resulted in a defeat, nevertheless, as she was shortly stopped by Kate Oyama.
Yamazaki (4-6-0) is one other fighter on the September card who’s in search of redemption after struggles in latest appearances, together with a devastating knockout loss to Eun Bi Cho in her most up-to-date bout at Deep Jewels 44. Yamazaki gained three of her first 5 fights after turning professional in June 2018 following a prolonged novice profession, however she has suffered setbacks in 4 of her previous 5 bouts and can face one other robust opponent at Deep Jewels 46.
China (1-0-0) kicked off her professional profession on the younger age of 15 in March and earned a Unanimous Resolution win over Deep Jewels mainstay Kyoka “Chibisai” Minagawa of their 44kg microweight matchup. She had deliberate to make a fast turnaround and compete once more at Deep Jewels 45 in Might, however her struggle was cancelled when opponent Kimika Kawaguchi was compelled to withdraw. China, who turns 16 subsequent month, goals for one more key win when she faces the far more skilled Yamazaki.
Rounding out the cardboard thus far, Momoko Saito (1-2-0, 1 NC) meets Mana Akagi (3-3-0) in a 60kg contest, Eun Bi “Libby” Cho (1-5-0) takes on Misaki Suda (2-5-0 novice) at atomweight, Akari Kamise (3-1-0, 1 NC) battles Sarah (5-2-0 novice) in one other atomweight showdown, Tae “Te-a” Murayama (3-6-0) squares off towards Haruka “Boss” Suzuki (1-2-0) at bantamweight, and Sayaka “Juicy” Hishinuma (3-3-0) faces Serina Kondo (0-3-0 novice) in a featherweight bout. On the preliminary card, Asuka Yokoe faces Hana Suyama in an novice strawweight kickboxing bout, and Miku Yokose battles Yuna Suyama in 49kg novice kickboxing motion.
Deep Jewels 46 takes place on September eighth at New Pier Corridor in Tokyo, Japan.
