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| Ai Takahashi, MIZUKI |
All the talk in SHOOT BOXING over the last few months has been about RENA and Erika Kamimura. But there is a third fighter that deserves to be in the picture. SHOOT BOXING announced today that SHOOT BOXING Women's Champion Ai Takahashi will return on the Feb. 5 Korakuen Hall show. Her opponent will be the teen kickboxer MIZUKI. Takahashi won the title from RENA last June. Then she was set for the 2012 S-Girls Cup in August. She was to face Kamimura in the first round. But then she broke her orbital bone in training and has been on the shelf since then. She's been watching recent events and is itching to get a shot at RENA or Kamimura. But her first match will be against the 17 year old MIZUKI. MIZUKI primarily works for the J-Girls kickboxing company. But she also has a 2-1 MMA record and won the JEWELS 2010 Rough Stone tournament which is supposed to spotlight newcomers. But even before MIZUKI lost to Ayaka Hamasaki on the September JEWELS show, the word was she prefers kickboxing and may step away from MMA for now. I'm not surprised as her training is karate and she may not care for the grappling part of MMA. Plus J-Girls runs plenty of shows and can keep her very busy. So it may be better for her financially. She may also be interested in the 2012 S-Girls Cup and this is a good chance to see if she likes SHOOT BOXING. We could see her in the August tournament. Takahashi has a clear experience edge and is very tall for a 56kg fighter. She may be looking to make a statement with this fight.
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