Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion Rin Nakai showcased much-improved hanging and earned her twelfth straight end in tonight’s Deep Jewels 47 important occasion at New Pier Corridor in Tokyo, Japan. Nakai stopped Haruka “Boss” Suzuki with punches throughout the first spherical of their non-title 58kg matchup.
Additionally on the cardboard, Machi Fukuda took one other step again towards strawweight title rivalry with a second-round submission victory over former Deep Jewels Microweight Champion Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn within the co-main occasion, and Mana Akagi made brief work of Marina Kumagai.
Nakai (28-2-1) seemed to shut the space with Suzuki (2-3-0) early of their struggle tonight and he or she landed a proper hand that brought on Suzuki to lose her steadiness. Suzuki recovered and scored with an uppercut, however Nakai continued to maneuver ahead and he or she landed two extra proper fingers adopted by a left hook that despatched Suzuki to the canvas. As Suzuki tried to face again up, Nakai swarmed on her with a barrage of punches that resulted in a TKO stoppage on the 3:32 mark of the opening spherical as a wounded Suzuki fell ahead on her face.
Tonight’s efficiency on the toes was one in all Nakai’s greatest from the previous 5 years, and a whole change from her most up-to-date struggle in Might when she battled accidents and landed only a few strikes in her third-round submission win in opposition to Namiko “Hime” Kawabata. Nakai was rather more aggressive in opposition to Suzuki and that paid off within the type of her fast TKO win.
“I skilled my hanging with Okay-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii and with Kosei Yamada,” Nakai defined after her win tonight. “I felt that my left hook was efficient. I want to compete overseas, however I’ve not been capable of make that occur. I wish to struggle Kana [Watanabe] as a result of I really feel that I’m stronger.”
Within the strawweight co-feature, Fukuda (6-2-0) caught a kick from Boonsorn (5-6-0) and took her down throughout the opening spherical, which allowed Fukuda to rack up a number of minutes of management time till the fighters have been finally introduced again to their toes. Boonsorn blocked a head kick earlier than the tip of the spherical, and he or she opened the second stanza with a tough proper cross to Fukuda’s face. Fukuda answered with a takedown and he or she resumed working from the highest till the fighters entered a duelling leglock place. Fukuda hunted for heel hooks till she was capable of safe an inverted heel hook on Boonsorn’s proper leg for the faucet on the 2:27 mark of the second spherical.
“I used to be glad that I may do some hanging throughout the first spherical and I didn’t go for a takedown immediately,” Fukuda famous backstage. “I had ready some mixtures that I used to be not capable of present, so look out for these sooner or later. I used to be assured in my leglocks, however I didn’t wish to rely solely upon them. I nonetheless need a championship, so I’ll struggle to make that occur subsequent yr and I hope to be in Rizin once more as properly. [Former opponent] Arisa [Matsuda] just isn’t preventing sturdy opponents, so I don’t care. I’m solely dealing with sturdy opposition, even simply two years into my professional profession.”
Rin Nakai (left) and Machi Fukuda (proper) backstage following Deep Jewels 47 victories.
One among tonight’s most spectacular performances got here from 25-year-old Akagi (4-4-0), who steamrolled Kumagai (5-7-0) of their temporary bantamweight bout. Akagi opened the struggle with two takedowns, then threw Kumagai all the way down to the mat a 3rd time and landed on prime within the scarf maintain place. She trapped Kumagai in a shawl maintain armlock and Kumagai instantly tapped out on the 1:08 mark. Akagi has alternated between wins and losses in each struggle relationship again to her novice debut, however tonight’s victory was arguably her greatest so far.
Additionally within the bantamweight division, Momoko Saito (3-2-0, 1 NC) smothered Yurina Horiguchi (2-4-0) on the bottom and in the end completed her off with punches on the 4:14 mark of spherical two. Saito threatened with an arm-triangle choke within the first spherical after taking Horiguchi down, after which landed a number of punches to Horiguchi’s face. Throughout the second spherical, Saito took Horiguchi down once more and scored with extra punches. She finally handed to mount and dropped heavy photographs to Horiguchi’s face for the TKO stoppage.
The night time’s lone atomweight bout ended with Sarah (1-1-0) notching her first professional win with a slender Cut up Determination verdict in opposition to Miku Yokose (0-1-0). Within the first spherical, Yokose managed the early grappling by taking Sarah’s again and suplexing her down, however Sarah rallied afterward with punches and he or she knocked Yokose down with a proper hook. Sarah held Yokose in a guillotine choke early in spherical two, then battled again to her toes. Yokose landed some strong left fingers on the toes and took Sarah down late within the shut struggle. Two judges scored it even at 19-19, with every awarding their Should Determination to Sarah and Yokose, respectively, whereas the third had it 20-18 in favour of Sarah for the win.
Regardless of a late opponent change and a transfer up in weight, Princess Saaya (1-1-0) secured her first victory as a professional by submitting Harin Horii (0-1-0) with a triangle choke on the 3:10 mark of the second spherical at strawweight. Horii did have success with knees to Saaya’s physique throughout clinches within the opening spherical, however the punching exchanges have been received by Saaya. When Horii took Saaya down within the second body, Saaya countered with a triangle choke from the underside. She adjusted her place and tightened the choke, forcing Horii to faucet out.
Opening up the skilled portion of the cardboard, Nonoka Sakamoto (1-0-0) earned a one-sided submission win over Yua Yokose (0-1-0) of their strawweight duel. Sakamoto suplexed Yokose all the way down to the bottom early within the struggle, after which used a headlock throw to get her again down into facet management. She then moved from mount to Yokose’s again and locked on a rear-naked choke for the tapout win on the 4:06 mark.
In a featured novice strawweight bout, Momoka Yoshikawa (2-8-0 novice) spoiled the MMA debut of former Rizin FF ring lady Akipi (0-1-0 novice) through a lopsided second-round TKO. Yoshikawa practically completed the struggle with a ninja choke within the opening seconds, however Akipi escaped and Yoshikawa bloodied her nostril with hooks and uppercuts. The physician checked on Akipi between rounds, however Akipi was decided to struggle on and the bout continued with Yoshikawa scoring a takedown early in spherical two. She moved to mount and rained down punches till the bout was stopped on the 1:01 mark of the second spherical. Put up-fight, Akipi was regretful for the loss however expressed her thanks for the respect proven to her by different fighters and dedicated to persevering with her coaching and growth as a fighter.
Yuka Shimamura scored standing eight counts in each rounds of her novice strawweight kickboxing match in opposition to Hana Suyama and walked away with a lopsided Unanimous Determination victory. Suyama really received the higher of the early hanging exchanges by touchdown counter proper hooks because the aggressive and smiling Shimamura charged ahead, however that modified when Shimamura swarmed with punches that prompted referee Akira Shibata to intervene for a standing rely. The identical factor occurred once more when Suyama was overwhelmed by Shimamura’s continuous punches within the second spherical as properly, leading to one other standing rely, and Shimamura simply prevailed on the scorecards with tallies of 20-16 throughout the board.
Simply because the Yokose sisters did on the skilled portion of the cardboard, the Suyama sisters additionally went 0-2 in novice motion tonight. Asuka Yokoe (1-0-0 novice) made a profitable debut by stopping Yuna Suyama (0-1-0 novice) with punches within the second spherical of their 49kg novice MMA bout. Yokoe took Suyama down into facet management and landed punches throughout the first spherical, and the fighters later traded knees to the physique. Following one other Yokoe takedown, she moved to mount in spherical two and landed rapid-fire punches for a TKO stoppage on the 1:21 mark.
“We had loads of finishes on tonight’s card,” Deep boss Shigeru Saeki remarked after the occasion. “There aren’t many opponents left for Rin in Japan. I had needed a Japanese opponent for Machi, however there was a weight discrepancy. Machi has an excellent relationship with [Shooto champion] Emi Fujino, so I believe {that a} struggle for Machi in opposition to [Pancrase champion Haruka] ‘Salt’ [Hasegawa] could be greatest.”
Full play-by-play for the Deep Jewels 47 card could be discovered right here.
