DEEP held a press conference today to announce that DEEP Women's Lightweight Champion MIKU will defend her title at DEEP 44 IMPACT Oct. 10 at Korakuen Hall against WINDY Tomomi. This will be the semi main event of the show. The fight is contracted for 51kg. MIKU normally fights at a lighter weight and WINDY normally fights a heavier weight. So they're splitting the difference. MIKU trains at Club Barbarian. Her record is 21-4 and her latest title defense was over Lisa Ward on the June 28 DEEP show. Tomomi trains at Pancraseism. Her record is 12-10-1 and her last fight was a draw against Jet Izumi on the Aug. 9 SHOOTO show. Like her longtime pal and training partner Hisae Watanabe, Tomomi is a kickboxer with devastating punching power but she tends to get into trouble on the ground. MIKU is a grappler but she has worked a lot on her striking over the last year and has improved tremendously in that area. Tomomi called MIKU a "lovely junior". She was at MIKU's fight against Lisa Ward and she approached DEEP matchmaker Shigeru Saeki about challrnging MIKU for her title. She plans to send MIKU to the hospital. MIKU recalls seeing WINDY for the first time when she debuted in 2004 and thought she was scary at the time. She says she respects her but doesn't fear her and is ready to win. MIKU also said if she wins, she wants to face Megumi Fujii next. Don't let MIKU's looks fool you. She's tough.
Hm. Seems like Miku should have this in the bag.
ReplyDeleteI hope they make Miku x Megu happen sooner than later.