As part of Wrestle Expo 2006, womens MMA company G-Shooto decided to do a joshi puroresu vs womens MMA on Aug. 19 at the Tokyo Waterfront Center. G-Shooto usually puts on straightforward MMA shows but this one had goofy written all over it. And sure enough, that's exactly what it was. Pro wrestlers participating included Amazing Kong in her MMA debut, Chie Ishii in her pro debut, Kaoru Ito, Ayako Sato, Atsuko Emoto & Yoko Yamada. Yoko Yamada? Yeah, she's not really a pro wrestler. She's an arm wrestler who has fought in MMA and has had exactly one pro wrestling match. It just gives you an idea of some of the silliness that went on here.
The big news on this show was the pro debut of Hustle supported amateur wrestling champ Chie Ishii. Her opponent was karate expert Miyuki Ariga. There were a couple of Hustle characters ringside. Ishii got Ariga on the ground and basically pounded her and won by TKO at 4:38 of round one. Afterwards, Ishii said she hopes to have more MMA matches in the future but intends to concentrate on her career in Hustle. She will debut on Hustle 20 on Oct. 19 and will also appear on Hustle Mania on Nov. 23. Ishii says she wants to fight 2004 Olympic Bronze Medal winner Kyoko Hamaguchi on Hustle Mania. That would be interesting if it were to happen. Never say never but I dunno.
The problem with Amazing Kong in MMA is they have to find someone big enough to fight her. A lot of the Japanese MMA fighters are very small. So they came up with sumo wrestler Rika Shimizu. Amazing Kong's strategy was very simple. She got Shimizu on the mat and then beat the living crap out of her with punches. She won by TKO at 1:14 of round two. I'm sure she had fun. Kaoru Ito lost to Bihana by arm bar at 3:31 of round one. Ito said afterwards that she was unfamiliar with some of the rules and had been busy with her wrestling school and didn't have time to train. Maybe she should concentrate on that and forget about MMA. Ayako Sato & Atsuko Emoto also lost their matches. As for Yoko Yamada, she lost to Maho Muranami by armbar at 1:14 of round one and ran from the ring in tears. The pro wrestlers were 2-4.
Of course I don't want to forget the MMA debut of bikini model Misato Nishijima. Her opponent was Asuza Anzai. Nishijima came to the ring with four dancers and danced in the ring. Now, that kind of stuff is going to upset most fighters. And sure enough, Anzai started with a punch to Nishijima's belly and proceeded attack her with punches to the head and body. The match was stopped at 2:20 of round one after the third knockdown. Welcome to MMA, idol girl. Nishijima left the ring in tears and said she trained hard for six weeks and wanted to win. But she also said this would be her final MMA fight. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. All matches were scheduled for two five minute rounds. Here's the results of the show.
G-SHOOTO - 8/19/06 - Tokyo Waterfront Center
CLASS C+ 48KG-SACHI def. Megumi Imagawa by unanimous decision
CLASS C+ 50KG-Asuza Anzai def. Misato Nishijima by TKO at 2:20 of round 1
JOSHI PURORESU VS MMA:60 KG-Mamitora def. Ayako Sato by armbar at 2:04 of round 2
JOSHI PURORESU VS MMA:63 KG-Chie Ishhi def. Miyuki Ariga by TKO at 4:38 of round 1
JOSHI PURORESU VS MMA:75 KG-Michiko Takeda def. Atsuko Emoto by unanimous decision
JOSHI PURORESU VS MMA:47 KG-Maho Muranami def. Yoko Tamada by armbar at 1:14 of round 1
JOSHI PURORESU VS MMA:100 KG-Amazing Kong def. Rika Shimizu by TKO at 1:14 of round 2
JOSHI PURORESU VS MMA:OPEN-Bihana def. Kaoru Ito by armbar at 3:31 of round 1
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