Former two-time Rizin FF Girls’s Tremendous Atomweight Champion Ayaka Hamasaki made a profitable return to the cage and earned a powerful victory tonight at Rizin Combating Federation: “Landmark Vol. 10” in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The veteran submitted Yu Ri Shim within the 49kg co-main occasion.
Hamasaki, who was sidelined for many of this 12 months on account of an damage, confirmed no ailing results from her time away and she or he put forth a stable exhibiting in opposition to former Street FC champ Shim. She used a second-round kimura to complete Shim and hopes for a fast turnaround to struggle once more on New 12 months’s Eve.
Hamasaki (25-6-0) employed a slick leg-sweep takedown to get Shim (6-5-0) right down to the mat early in tonight’s co-feature bout. She labored from the highest till Shim battled again to her toes, and the South Korean had success with straight proper arms because the spherical progressed. Within the ultimate minute, she landed two fast mixtures as Hamasaki circled alongside the cage, and momentum gave the impression to be on Shim’s aspect in the meanwhile.
That modified within the second spherical, nonetheless, as Hamasaki initiated a clinch and went for a takedown. Shim was capable of reverse it on the way in which down, and she or he tried to take Hamasaki’s again, however Hamasaki grabbed on to her arm within the course of and rolled ahead right into a kimura setup. She wrenched Shim’s arm behind her again and compelled Shim to faucet out to the kimura on the 1:15 mark of the second spherical.
The win tonight was an vital one for Hamasaki, who had dropped three of her previous 4 Rizin fights together with two to present champion Seika Izawa. Whereas Hamasaki feels that she is just not but able to tackle Izawa once more, she hopes to make a fast return and take one other step nearer to a title shot.
Ayaka Hamasaki (left) and Yu Ri Shim (proper) backstage following Rizin FF: “Landmark Vol. 10.”
“[Shim] took my again, however I grabbed her wrist and I managed to arrange the kimura from that,” Hamasaki recalled when talking backstage after her win. “I’ve educated that method for a very long time and I used it to get well when she obtained my again after the throw. I educated for this struggle with Miyuu [Yamamoto], and she or he was pleased for me and my victory. I didn’t really feel like I might focus nicely within the first spherical, and I would like extra coaching earlier than I shall be able to face Seika [Izawa] once more, however I can struggle on New 12 months’s Eve.”
“I didn’t have sufficient coaching and preparation,” Shim famous backstage. “I knew that she was robust however I used to be actually reminded of that this time throughout the struggle. Turning into a Rizin champion is just not a straightforward factor to earn. I really feel that I would like to coach my jiu-jitsu extra and I’ll focus even more durable on successful shifting ahead. Once I landed the straight punches, I felt that my putting was higher than hers, however she trapped me once I tried to take her again.”
