The other day someone asked me who would win the main event at Smackgirl's Apr. 28 Taisho Azeria show between Yuka Tsuji & Thricia Poovey. I suggested that the better question is how long will it take for Tsuji to finish her. For all Smackgirl's attempts to hype Poovey as King Of The Cage Flyweight Champ and Small Satan, she doesn't belong in the ring with Tsuji. And Tsuji is very calm about it. She just goes in and gets the job done. Poovey attempted to attack Tsuji with strikes but once Tsuji took her down, she just pounded on her until the ref stopped the match at 4:10 of round one. Poovey tried to bridge out but couldn't and Tsuji continued to hammer her. So an easy win for Yuka Tsuji. The big rumour is that Tsuji and Megumi Fujii will have their long awaited showdown in August. I sure hope so.
Megumi Yabushita made her return to Smackgirl against Benkei. Yabushita threw her around at will and along with several judo throws she nailed her with knee kicks while on the ground. Benkei got a yellow card for an illegal strike to the face and that assured Yabushita of win by unanimous decision. Smackgirl brought in a fighter named Kanitta from Thailand to face Ayumi "Edge" Saito in a Smackgirl Killer Queen Flyweight tournament bout. Edge hit her with a left hook and then took her down and finished her with an arm bar at 4:17 of round one.
Other fights included the Gi Grappling One Day tournament. Mika Nagano won over Atsuko Yamaguchi 5-4. Yasuko Mogi won over Yumi Masuda 3-0. In the final Yasuko Mogi won over Mika Nagano with an arm bar at 3:48 of round two. In a Next Cinderella Middleweight tournament match, Miyuki Aruga won over Hiromi Obata by unanimous decision. In a Next Cinderella Lightweight tournament match, Saori Ishioka won over YOKO by unanimous decision. In a kickboxing match, MANA won over Mi Kuni by unanimous decision. In a tae kwon do match, Yukiko Inoue won over Keiko Hanaoka. And Fukuko Hamada won over Akemi Morihara with an arm bar at 1:28 of round two. Check out the above picture of Yuka Tsuji posing with Hisae Watanabe, Madoka Okada and her title belt. Want to see more? The following slide show is courtesy of the Gravity Japanese Womens MMA fansite.
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