Saturday, May 24, 2008

Takimoto wins DEEP Lightweight Title shot


DEEP had their Megaton GP2008 tournament May 24 at Shinjuku FACE. But there was a big womens match on the show. The winner of the match between Misaki Takimoto and Naoko Ohmuro will get a shot at the DEEP Lightweight Championship currently held by MIKU. This match will be at the Aug. 17 Korakuen Hall show. And these two fought to a draw at a Cage Force show in November. So this promised to be a very interesting fight. And Ohmuro was seconded by MMA legend Kaoru Uno.





Takimoto begins with a knee kick and a right hook. Ohmuro attempts to counter but Takimoto pushes her into the corner. Takimoto leads with a front kick but Ohmuro blocks her takedown attemptbut Takimoto continues to score with strikes and knee kicks. A high kick doesn't drop Ohmuro so Takimoto again goes for a takedown. A knee kick to the body followed by a combination and Takimoto gets the takedown and a side mount. Takimoto goes for an armbar and hangs on when Ohmuro stands. Ohmuro is able to escape as round one ends.





Takimoto begins round two with a knee followed by a kick. Ohmuro successfully counters with a straight right and gets a takedown. Takimoto recovers and quickly escapes. Takimoto follows a knee kick with a judo throw for a takedown. Takimoto controls Ohmuro for the remainder of the fight and wins a unanimous decision. MIKU entered the ring to congratulate Takimoto and promised a good fight on August 17. Takimoto said it was a difficuly fight as she and Ohmuro have fought previously three times. She plans to train very hard for her title match.

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