In the World Remix tournament in Nov. 2004, US fighter Roxanne Modaferri lost to eventual tournament champ Megumi Yabushita. Roxanne has been training in Japan for the last year. A major goal has been to get a rematch with Yabushita. This came true on the main event of the May 6 G-Shooto show at Shinjuku FACE.
Yabushita started the match with some of her trademark judo throws. But when Yabushita tried for an armbar, Modaferri got behind her and pounded Yabushita for the remainder of the round. Yabushita attempted a judo throw to begin round two but Modaferri staggered her with a right hook. Modaferri pounded Yabushita for the rest of the bout and won by unanimous decision. Modaferri said after the match that she wants to fight Laura D'Auguste & Amanda Buckner. Buckner is the current Smackgirl Open Weight Champ. Congratulations to Roxanne Modaferri on the victory. Here's the results of the show. All matches were scheduled for two five minute rounds.
G-SHOOTO - 5/6/06 - Shinjuku FACE
CLASS C+ 47KG BOUT-Youko Yamada def. Asuza Yasui by armbar at 10 sec of round 1
CLASS C+ 51KG BOUT-Yuuko - draw - Misaki Takimoto
48KG GRAPPLING BOUT-MIKU def. Madoka Ebihara by armbar at 3:28 of round 1
STRAWWEIGHT TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL-Kayo Nagai - draw - Ikuko Tamada
STRAWWEIGHT TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL-Masako Yoshida def. Maho Muranami by unanimous decision
CLASS B 62KG BOUT-Roxanne Modaferri def. Megumi Yabushita by unanimous decision
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