A brand new bantamweight champion will probably be topped on February twenty third when Deep Jewels returns to New Pier Corridor in Tokyo, Japan. Momoko Saito and Juki Sue are set to face off for the vacant title in the principle occasion of Deep Jewels 52, which had a complete of 13 fights confirmed earlier this week.
Saito went undefeated in 4 fights for Deep Jewels in 2024, however she has not fought since scoring a TKO victory at Deep Jewels 47. Sue earned fast submissions in all three of her Deep bouts in 2025, with the longest combat lasting a mere 73 seconds, and she or he is unbeaten since December 2022.
Saito (3-2-0, 1 NC) started her professional profession as a flyweight in September 2023, however she suffered defeats in her first two bouts after which had a would-be victory towards Yuka Okutomi dominated a No Contest because of Saito’s failure to make weight. She moved as much as 130 kilos and stopped Tae Murayama at Deep Jewels 45, then outpointed Mana Akagi in a 132-pound contest at Deep Jewels 46, earlier than setting in at bantamweight and ending Yurina Horiguchi within the second spherical of their November 2024 matchup.
Sue (5-1-0, 1 NC), very like her opponent subsequent month, additionally struggled initially with the load reduce all the way down to 125 kilos. She additionally had a victory nullified because of coming in heavy at flyweight on the finish of 2024, however she has since established herself as a dominant power at bantamweight. Sue used straight armbars to submit Akagi and Kuriyama in successive sub-minute bouts this previous yr, then choked Haruka Suzuki unconscious with a leg scissor choke throughout their Deep showdown in Osaka on December seventh.
The bout subsequent month between Saito and Sue, who’ve each been confirmed finishers, will probably be contested for the vacant Deep Jewels Bantamweight Championship.
Additionally at Deep Jewels 52, reigning strawweight champ Machi Fukuda (9-2-0) will conflict with Highway FC consultant Dan Bi Kim (2-1-0) in a non-title matchup. Fukuda captured the title in September when she received her rematch towards Si Woo Park at Deep Jewels 50, and she or he is presently on a five-fight successful streak that dates again to her slim loss to Park in Might 2024. Kim opened her profession with a pair of victories at strawweight, however a transfer all the way down to atomweight in June led to a second-round TKO loss to Bo Mi Lee at Highway FC 73, and she or he now hopes to get again on observe within the strawweight class.
Eru Takebayashi (4-4-0, 1 NC), who made a profitable return to motion in November after greater than two years away because of a extreme jaw fracture, is ready to face off towards latest Rizin FF competitor Misaki “Iruka Umisaki” Suda (2-1-0) in a 49kg tremendous atomweight bout. Takebayashi was handily successful her Deep Jewels 42 bout towards Saki Kitamura till a single Kitamura punch shattered Takebayashi’s jaw and ended the combat. She defeated Sarah Ellen in her comeback combat at Deep Jewels 51. Suda is 2-0 as a professional for Deep Jewels, however her Rizin FF bout in November led to a loss to Noeru Narita.
Additionally at 49kg, Yuko Kiryu (13-14-0) hopes to halt the longest shedding streak of her profession when she faces Karin Horii (1-3-0). Kiryu was as soon as a high contender in Deep Jewels, and likewise had a profitable stint with ONE Championship, however she has struggled not too long ago and has dropped 4 straight fights together with a one-punch knockout defeat in September. Horii, in the meantime, earned her first professional win at a Deep Osaka occasion in September earlier than falling to Miki Oka at Deep Jewels 51.
Rounding out the skilled bouts on the cardboard, Yua Yokose (3-2-0) faces the aforementioned Miki Oka (1-0-0) in a strawweight MMA matchup, Miku Yokose (1-2-0) meets highly-touted grappler Hanami Watanabe (2-0-0 novice) in a 49kg tremendous atomweight MMA conflict, Ruka Sakamoto battles the newly-freelance Yura “Dynamite” Narumoto in strawweight kickboxing motion, and Yuka Shimamura takes on Ryoka Nakazawa in a 50kg kickboxing match.
In novice MMA fights, Marin Yamabuki (2-0-0 novice) faces Narumi “Zacky” Murai (0-0-0 novice) at 49kg, former Rizin FF ring woman Akipi (2-3-0 novice) battles Chanrina (1-1-0 novice) at strawweight, Cocoro Taniyama (1-1-0 novice) tangles with Mina Muramatsu (0-1-0 novice) in one other strawweight matchup, Serina Wada (0-3-0 novice) seeks her first win towards Kanon Yamagishi (0-0-0 novice) at 50kg, and Takara Kii (0-1-0 novice) faces Maho Tagawa (0-0-0 novice) at flyweight.
Deep Jewels 52 takes place on February twenty third at New Pier Corridor in Tokyo, Japan.
