Stepping in for injured teammate Ayaka Hamasaki, former Deep Jewels champion Saori Oshima saved her excellent Rizin FF document intact with a submission win tonight at Rizin Preventing Federation: “Landmark Vol. 8” in Saga, Japan. Oshima completed Claire Lopez with a second-round armbar.
Oshima, who took the struggle on simply over one week’s discover, needed to work exhausting for her victory tonight however finally rebounded in an enormous method after shedding her Deep Jewels atomweight title in September. The expert grappler politely requested for a Rizin FF girls’s tremendous atomweight title shot following her win.
Oshima (13-4-0) tried a rolling kimura early within the struggle after taking Lopez (8-6-0) down, however she misplaced the place and two subsequent takedowns didn’t result in something substantial. Lopez stood over Oshima and kicked at her legs till Oshima was introduced again to her ft. Late within the spherical, Oshima obtained Lopez down into the headscarf maintain place, however Lopez swept and she or he completed the spherical on prime.
Within the second spherical, the tempo slowed considerably as Oshima gave the impression to be tiring. Lopez cracked her with some exhausting punches on the ft and stuffed a takedown earlier than reversing one other. Oshima finally obtained Lopez down and seemed to be making ready to arrange a shawl maintain armlock when Lopez swept as soon as once more. Nevertheless, this time Oshima reacted rapidly and she or he went belly-down with an armbar from the underside. Lopez was trapped and tapped out on the 3:18 mark of spherical two.
Oshima, who remains to be the reigning Deep Ladies’s Microweight Champion at 97 kilos, made her future intentions identified throughout her post-fight speech. Now 4-0 in Rizin, Oshima requested a shot on the girls’s tremendous atomweight title that’s presently held by Seika Izawa.
