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| Hisae Watanabe |
Former DEEP Lightweight Champion Hisae Watanabe made her long awaited return at today's Shoot Boxing show at Korakuen Hall. She was supposed to face Shoot Boxing teenage poster girl RENA but RENA suffered a broken finger in training. So karate champ Megumi Igawa stepped in to face Watanabe. Watanabe won by TKO in round two. She said afterwards that she will face RENA when she recovers. I'm sure most fans are aware that Watanabe retired in 2008 to marry her cartoonist husband and then she had a baby. She was supposed to return at a kickboxing show in Thailand last year but the show was cancelled. Then she suffered a broken foot in training. She sort of returned in an exhibition with Megumi Fujii at an August Shoot Boxing show. So now she has officially returned. But the big question about Watanabe is will she return to MMA or will she only compete in kickboxing and shoot boxing? Her power is her strength and she's not that good on the ground. We'll see. Hisae Watanabe adds a lot of personality and flair to women's MMA but she may want to stick with what she is really good at.
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