RENA beats the crap out of three comedians and gets mainstream attention

I mentioned on Twitter the other day that Tokyo Broadcasting System was doing a Female Athletes special that was shown yesterday in Japan. Featured on the show was Brazilian jiu jitsu specialist Kyra Gracie and Shoot Boxing 2010 Girls S-Cup champ RENA. Kyra was recently in Japan for several media appearances. But what got my attention a few days ago was the announcement that RENA would face three comedians in an exhibition match. So I have the video of that segment. I apologize for the video quality and the music as it looks like it was recorded from the TV via camcorder. Unfortunately, TBS doesn't usually post online video. The big deal about this is that it was on network TV in Japan. As a result, the show did gangbuster ratings and RENA's segment was the highest rated segment. And yesterday she was the top search on Yahoo Sports Japan. If this show is on Samurai TV it doesn't get that kind of attention. The decline of the Japanese fight business is directly related to the lack of interest from Japanese broadcast networks. That's what we were talking about when K-1 was having problems with TBS last month. To be successful in the Japanese fight business, the network exposure is necessary. I don't know if this appearance will help women's MMA. I doubt it because RENA isn't an MMA fighter. I suppose it could help Shoot Boxing get more exposure and JEWELS can piggyback on that. It's a little iffy. I remember in 2004 when TBS did the Golden Muscles tournament won by Hisae Watanabe and how that raised the profile of women's MMA in Japan. That's what is needed. It is funny to watch RENA beat these guys up. Enjoy!