Headlined by a rescheduled tremendous atomweight bout between Namiko “Hime” Kawabata and former Pancrase champion Honoka Shigeta, eight fights are actually confirmed for Deep Jewels 49, which takes place on Could twenty fifth in Tokyo, Japan. Officers introduced seven new fights for the cardboard on Monday.
Kawabata and Shigeta had been first booked to face one another at Deep Jewels 48 one month in the past, however the struggle was postponed when Shigeta sustained an harm. Among the many different matchups introduced for Deep Jewels 49 is a 58kg co-main occasion between Aoi Kuriyama and Yuka “Dosukoi” Okutomi.
Kawabata (5-4-0) and Shigeta (4-1-0) will every minimize barely extra weight for his or her 49kg struggle subsequent month after initially being booked at 50kg for the deliberate Deep Jewels 48 bout. Kawabata scored a key win in September after struggling in bouts at greater weights. Shigeta, who’s 17 years youthful than Kawabata, will search a contemporary begin at a a lot decrease weight in Deep Jewels after shedding her Flyweight Queen of Pancrase title to Shizuka Sugiyama in July.
The co-feature between Kuriyama (8-5-1) and Okutomi (3-1-0, 1 NC) can also be an vital one for each opponents. Kuriyama is within the midst of a four-fight successful streak that features three first-round knockouts, and she or he is among the prime strikers on the Deep Jewels roster. Okutomi went 5-0 as an newbie and received her first three professional fights earlier than being dominated by Momoko Saito at Deep Jewels 44. That bout was dominated a No Contest as a result of Saito lacking weight, however Okutomi suffered her first official loss in her ONE Championship debut in July when she was choked out by Faine Mesquita. Okutomi hopes to get herself again on monitor by handing Kuriyama her first loss in additional than two years.
In different featured motion at Deep Jewels 49, Saki Kitamura (3-4-0) battles Princess Saaya (1-2-0) in 49kg tremendous atomweight motion. Whereas each are expert strikers, Kitamura and Saaya have every been hindered by inconsistency. Kitamura has alternated between losses and wins relationship again to her professional debut, however her performances in her 4 most up-to-date fights have proven marked enhancements and her very lively preventing schedule does look like paying off. Saaya earned her first professional win in November, however she dropped a Break up Resolution to Misaki Suda at Deep Jewels 48.
The 44kg microweight division can even be featured when Rena Kobayashi (5-4-0) takes on unbeaten 16-year-old Mahina China (2-0-0). Kobayashi has received three of her previous 4 fights together with a lopsided second-round TKO win towards Kyoka “Chibisai” Minagawa at Deep Jewels 48. Her lone defeat up to now two years got here towards Akari Kamise. China (2-0-0) debuted for Deep Jewels on the younger age of 15 this previous March and received her first two fights towards Minagawa and Momoko Yamazaki. She is among the prime younger prospects on the Deep Jewels roster, however this can be her hardest check so far.
Rounding out the confirmed fights for Deep Jewels 49, the aforementioned Akari Kamise (4-2-0, 1 NC) faces Miku Yokose (1-1-0) at atomweight; Yua Yokose (1-1-0) takes on Yura Narumoto (0-1-0, 1 NC) in a 54kg matchup; Elena faces Chanrina in a 60kg kickboxing bout; and former Rizin FF ring woman Akipi (1-1-0 newbie) clashes with Misaki Horiuchi (0-0-0 newbie) in newbie strawweight MMA motion.
Deep Jewels 49 takes place on Could twenty fifth at New Pier Corridor in Tokyo, Japan.
