JEWELS announced today the main event and three other matches for their May 16 Shinjuku FACE show. Opponents for the Shoot Boxing matches featuring Saori Ishioka and Misato Tomita have yet to be announced. The main event will be an Open Weight match featuring the very tall ex-dominatix HIROKO (pictured). Her record is 6-1 and her last win was over Michiko Takeda at the Feb. 4 JEWELS show. Her opponent is Shannon Hooper. Shannon's record is 0-2 but most of us know that her real job is sweatshirt manager for Josh Barnett. Her last pro fight was in 2004. It's very tough to find opponents for HIROKO. Mika Nagano will face Shinsaki Ozawa in a 54kg match. Nagano is 1-2 and lost to Saori Ishioka on the Nov. 16 JEWELS show. Ozawa is 0-2 and lost to Masako Yoshida on the Feb. 4 JEWELS show. In a 58kg match, rising star Shizuka Sugiyama will face Celina. Sugiyama is 2-0 and last won over Shiho at the Feb. 4 JEWELS show. Celina will be making her MMA debut. She is from Norway and trains with Team Hellboy owned by former DREAM Lightweight Champ Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen. But she has also trained with Megumi Fujii at AACC and Fujii recommended her for this fight. This one could be interesting. In a 57kg match, Hanako Kobayashi will face Amiba. Kobayashi is a pro wrestler for the Ito Dojo and lost her MMA debut to Saori Ishioka on the Feb. 4 JEWELS show. Amiba is making her pro debut but she had an amateur match on a previous JEWELS show. She trains at DEEP.
Here's hoping JEWELS will air some fights soon and those of us outside of Japan will get to take a look at HIROKO in action!
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