Smackgirl held a press conference Tuesday to announce the brackets for the first round of the Open Weight tournament of the World REMIX tournament at the Feb. 14 Korakuen Hall show. They also announced three Discovery fights. The matchups are Megumi Yabushita vs Hitomi Akano and Atsuko Emoto vs Tama Chan. The winners will face two gaijins TBA on April 25 at Korakuen Hall. Akano was absent but the other three were at the press conference (from l-r, Emoto, Tama Chan, Yabushita). Tama Chan joked about Emoto's masked Bullfight Sora pro wrestling gimmick. Emoto suggested that Tama Chan should take her more seriously. Yabushita said she is looking forward to facing someone in Akano who has judo skills equal to her own. That should be a very interesting match.
Smackgirl announced three additional matches for this show. Madoka Okada will face Sakura Nakamura in a 56Kg match. Okada is 4-1 and most recently won over Shawn Tamarabuchi at the Dec. 26 Smackgirl show. Nakamura is 2-1 and her last fight was a loss to Kaneko Takeshita at the Sept. 15, 2006 Smackgirl show. She's a 19 year old amateur karate champ. In a 50kg match, Masako Yoshida will face Asami Kodera. Yoshida is 13-12-5 and most recently lost to MIKU at the Oct. 28 DEEP show. Kodera is 2-1 but recently returned to MMA after several years off with a win over Mamiko Mizoguchi on the Nov. 25 Grapple Kingdom show. HARUMI will face Megu in a Middleweight bout. HARUMI is 0-6 and her last loss was to Benkei at the May 19 Smackgirl show. Megu is making her MMA debut. She was the 2007 57kg Karate Road Champ. She has faced several current fighters as an amateur.
Smackgirl announced three additional matches for this show. Madoka Okada will face Sakura Nakamura in a 56Kg match. Okada is 4-1 and most recently won over Shawn Tamarabuchi at the Dec. 26 Smackgirl show. Nakamura is 2-1 and her last fight was a loss to Kaneko Takeshita at the Sept. 15, 2006 Smackgirl show. She's a 19 year old amateur karate champ. In a 50kg match, Masako Yoshida will face Asami Kodera. Yoshida is 13-12-5 and most recently lost to MIKU at the Oct. 28 DEEP show. Kodera is 2-1 but recently returned to MMA after several years off with a win over Mamiko Mizoguchi on the Nov. 25 Grapple Kingdom show. HARUMI will face Megu in a Middleweight bout. HARUMI is 0-6 and her last loss was to Benkei at the May 19 Smackgirl show. Megu is making her MMA debut. She was the 2007 57kg Karate Road Champ. She has faced several current fighters as an amateur.
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