US fighter Amanda Buckner won the Smackgirl Open Weight Title from Megumi Yabushita in the main event of the Feb. 15 Smackgirl show at Korakuen Hall. Buckner won with a guillotine choke hold at 3:45 of round one. The end came when Buckner turned a failed Yabushita judo throw into the choke hold and Yabushita tapped out. So this belt goes home to the US with Buckner. Yabushita says she wants to go to the US at her own expense to challenge Buckner for the title. Well, she'll have to find someone to promote it first.
The semi main event was a flyweight bout with kickboxer and rising MMA star Hisae Watanabe dominating her masked opponent 15. After beating up 15 in the first round with kicks, Watanabe knocked her out with a straight right at 31 seconds of round two. Watanabe proceeded to unmask her fallen opponent. Then 15 was put on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. No, this isn't pro wrestling. Clearly, Watanabe is very tough but needs better opponents.
In other matches, Hitomi Akano defeated US fighter Debi Purcell by unanimous decision. Akano knocked Purcell down in the second round and also concentrated on attacking Purcell's arm. Windy Tomomi dominated her Korean opponent Cha Seong Jin and the bout was stopped at 3:47 of round one after a left hook. Like Hisae Watanabe, Tomomi is a kickboxer but she is training with Pancrase these days. After the match, Windy Tomomi said she is setting her sights on The Sambo Queen Megumi Fujii, one of the toughest fighters anywhere. Negotiations are ongoing to make that match happen possibly in Pancrase. Here's the results of the show. All matches were for two five minute rounds.
SMACKGIRL - 2/15/06 - Korakuen Hall
FLYWEIGHT BOUT-KM-MAKI def. Mizuho Kawasaki by unanimous decision
MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT-Miki Morifuji def. Yumiko Sugimoto by unanimous decision
55KG BOUT-Seri def. Akiko Naito by unanimous decision
60KG BOUT-Takayo Hashi def. Kazuna Moroboshi by unanimous decision
OPEN WEIGHT BOUT-Tama Chan def. Lee Hee Jin by TKO at 1:48 of round 2
56KG BOUT-Windy Tomomi def. Cha Seong Jin by TKO at 3:47 of round 1
61.5KG BOUT-Hitomi Akano def. Debi Purcell by unanimous decision
FLYWEIGHT BOUT-Hisae Watanabe def. 15 by KO at 31 sec. of round 2
SMACKGIRL OPEN WEIGHT TITLE BOUT-Amanda Buckner def. Megumi Yabushita by submission at 3:45 of round 1
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