Yuka Tsuji wins Winner Take All match at Smackgirl show

With both Yuka Tsuji & Megumi Fujii appearing, there's not much question that the June 30 Smackgirl show at Korakuen Hall was the biggest show in the company's history. Add Yoko Takahashi's tenth anniversary match and Hitomi Akano and this show was loaded.






The main event was a Winner Take All match between Smackgirl Lightweight Champ Yuka Tsuji & WINDY Tomomi. Tomomi is an expert kickboxer and current IKMF Oriental Kickboxing Champ. Tsuji defeated Tomomi in 2003 but a few months ago Tomomi started running her mouth about Tsuji. Tsuji said she had nothing to prove by fighting Tomomi but eventually agreed to a Winner Take All match with full MMA rules including no ground time limit.






Both were very confident. Tsuji said she had already ordered some new gym equipment and planned to use the winnings from this match to pay for it. Tomomi said it's not about the title. She just wanted to prove that Tsuji's time is over. But Tsuji is the sport's number one ranked fighter though Tomomi has improved.







Of course Tomomi's strength is her strikes so she attacked Tsuji at the start of the match. Obviously Tsuji prepared for this and counterpunched effectively. One of those punches put Tomomi on her back and then Tsuji went to her strength. Tsuji mounted her back and pounded her with strikes. This led to a rear naked choke. Tsuji locked it in and Tomomi turned red. Tomomi was unconscious at 4:19 of the first round. Yuka Tsuji is still the best fighter.






Though outweighed by 15 pounds, Megumi Fujii made short work of Tama Chan with an armbar at 53 seconds of round one. Yoko Takahashi won her tenth anniverary match over Michiko Takeda with a guillotine choke at 4:09 of round one. Fujii's teammate Hitomi Akano won a unanimous decision over US fighter Emma Bush.






So what's next? Well, with Megumi Fujii in Smackgirl, a showdown between Fujii and Yuka Tsuji could certainly be in the works. And don't forget that Hisae Watanabe is in the vicinity too. This is getting interesting. Here's the results of the show. All matches were scheduled for two five minute rounds unless otherwise noted.






SMACKGIRL - 6/30/06 - Korakuen Hall
2006 Smackgirl Flyweight Next Cinderella Tournament Semifinal-Fukuko Hamada def. Taeko Magamine by unanimous decision.
2006 Smackgirl Middleweight Next Cinderella Tournament Semifinal-Sakura Nakamura def.Miki Morifuji by unanimous decision.
58 KG Bout-Madoka Okada def.Yui Tatsubun by unanimous decision.
50 KG Bout-Ayumi "Edge" Saito def. Sayahana Takase via armbar at 30 sec. of the first round.
48 KG Bout-Mariko Fujimoto def. Yukiko Seki by unanimous decision.
58 KG Bout-Takayo Hashi def. Kinuka Sasaki by submission via rear naked choke at 2:31 of the first round.
52 KG Bout-Seri def. Kyoko Takabayashi by split decision.
Full Contact Karate Match (Open, 2R 2M)-Yuka Kobayashi def. Asanami Kitajima by unanimous decision.
48 KG Bout-Naoko Ohmuro def. Shiho Yamato by unanimous decision.
65 KG Bout-Hitomi Akano def. Emma Bush by unanimous decision.
Open Weight Bout-Yoko Takahashi def. Michiko Takeda via guillotine choke at 4:09 of the first round.
61 KG Bout-Megumi Fujii def. Tama Chan via armbar at 53 sec. of the first round.
Winner Take All Rules Match (52 KG, 3R 5M)-Yuka Tsuji def. WINDY Tomomi via rear naked choke at 4:19 of the first round.