Of course the Apr. 25 Korakuen Hall Smackgirl show will feature the semi finals of the two World REMIX tournaments. The two additional fighters in the Open Weight tournament are to be announced. But Smackgirl did hold a press conference today to announce three more matches for the show. The big news is that WINDY Tomomi will make her Smackgirl return on this show. Tomomi returned to MMA after a year off with a broken ankle with a win over Emi Tomimatsu on the Jan. 30 Pancrase show. Her record is 10-8. Her opponent AZUMA is making her MMA debut. But she has a 7-3-3 record with the J-GIRLS kickboxing fed. So they know each other and AZUMA said she has wanted to fight WINDY for a while. It could be interesting but I favour WINDY because of her MMA experience and AZUMA may not have the ground game to exploit WINDY's weakness on the ground.
Smackgirl has also added two Discovery fights to the card. The first is a Lightweight match with Asami Kodera vs Mika Nagano. Kodera is 2-2 and lost her most recent match to Masako Yoshida at the Feb. 14 Smackgirl show. Nagano is a former amateur grappling champ and she lost her MMA debut to Megumi Fujii on the Dec. 26 Smackgirl show. The other is a Middleweight match with Megu vs Hitomi Sakamoto. Megu made her MMA debut with a win over Harumi at the Feb. 14 Smackgirl show. Sakamoto's one previous match was a loss to Benkei at the Mar. 11, 2007 Smackgirl show but she is now training with Megumi Fujii & Hitomi Akano at AACC. That could make a difference. Speaking of Akano, she will be singing at a joshi puroresu show called LEE Presents BEGINNING at Shin-kiba 1st Ring Apr. 6. Pro wrestler Fuuka is headlining this show.
Smackgirl has also added two Discovery fights to the card. The first is a Lightweight match with Asami Kodera vs Mika Nagano. Kodera is 2-2 and lost her most recent match to Masako Yoshida at the Feb. 14 Smackgirl show. Nagano is a former amateur grappling champ and she lost her MMA debut to Megumi Fujii on the Dec. 26 Smackgirl show. The other is a Middleweight match with Megu vs Hitomi Sakamoto. Megu made her MMA debut with a win over Harumi at the Feb. 14 Smackgirl show. Sakamoto's one previous match was a loss to Benkei at the Mar. 11, 2007 Smackgirl show but she is now training with Megumi Fujii & Hitomi Akano at AACC. That could make a difference. Speaking of Akano, she will be singing at a joshi puroresu show called LEE Presents BEGINNING at Shin-kiba 1st Ring Apr. 6. Pro wrestler Fuuka is headlining this show.
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