JEWELS held a press conference today to announce two more matches for their Feb. 4 Shinjuku FACE show. Both matches will have young pro wrestlers making their MMA debuts. The first match is at 58kg and will have veteran Saori Ishioka vs Hanako Kobayashi (left). Ishioka's record is 6-3 and her most recent match was a win over Mika Nagano at the first JEWELS show. Kobayashi is a 20 year old pro wrestler and she works for the Kaoru Ito Dojo. This is her MMA debut. She says she watched Ishioka's match at the JEWELS show and is very excited to fight her. The other match is an Open Weight match with veteran Super Benkei vs Chiharo Oikawa (right). Benkei's record is 2-6 and most recently lost to HIROKO at the first JEWELS show. Oikawa is a 21 year old rookie pro wrestler and is the only woman working for BATTLARTS. She debuted last May. BATTLARTS is different from other pro wrestling companies because of their emphasis on martial arts techniques and submissions. She says her wrestling training got her interested in MMA and she is looking forward to her MMA debut. JEWELS will add two more matches to this show but they haven't named the main event yet. The two young wrestlers will attract fans that normally wouldn't attend MMA shows.
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