Women's match added to March 13 PANCRASE show

Happy Fukuko, Mamiko Mizoguchi

PANCRASE announced today that they have added a women's match to the Mar. 13 show at Taisho Azeria in Osaka. The good news is that WINDY Tomomi isn't one of the fighters. PANCRASE has made noise about possibly reviving the Athena title for female fighters.And WINDY was supposed to be on the Feb. 6 show but was scratched. I do expect PANCRASE to run some sort of women's tournament later this year. They like to do tournaments and are doing a Bantamweight tournament on the Mar. 13 show. In a match contracted for 48kg and scheduled for two five minute rounds, Happy Fukuko will face Mamiko Mizoguchi. Both are VALKYRIE veterans. Happy Fukuko is the ringname for Fukuko Hamada. Happy is her nickname. She trains at Cobra Kai. Her record is 5-6 and her last fight was a majority decision loss to Kayo Nagayasu on the Apr. 11 VALKYRIE show. Mamiko Mizoguchi trains at Alliance. Her record is 2-4 and her last fight was a TKO loss to Megumi Morioka at the Feb. 11, 2010 VALKYRIE show. Mizoguchi used to fight at 52kg but was overmatched so she dropped down to 48kg for her last couple of fights. Hopefully this is the first of several women's matches to appear on PANCRASE shows this year.