Hitomi Akano won the Smackgirl Middleweight Championship at Smackgirl's Sept. 15 Korakuen Hall show. But it looks like a new challenger is on the horizon as Kanako Takeshita won the 2006 Smackgirl Next Cinderella Middleweight tournament. Also, JD Star Athtress Fuuka, US fighter Lisa Ward and WINDY Tomomi were victorious in their matches. And Fuuka had someone very special in her corner.
The vacant Smackgirl Middleweight Chanpionship was up for grabs in the main event between Hitomi Akano & Molly Helsel. Akano's ground attack is her strength and other opponents have found her very difficult to deal with. Helsel tried to counter with kicks but Akano's perserverence paid off as she secured an armbar which forced Helsel to tap out at 1:32 of round two. Akano credited her victory to her training with Megumi Fujii and other teammates. She declared this a great day for women's MMA. WINDY Tomomi wasted no time in pounding her opponent Seri with punches and a devastating body shot finished her at 2:15 of round one. Lisa Ward made a successful Japanese debut by easily defeating MIKU with an armbar at 3:04 of round one. Afterwards, Club Barbarian president Rian Fukumoto said MIKU was fighting above her weight class and she won't do that anymore.
JD Star pro wrestler Fuuka returned to Smackgirl with Josh Barnett in her corner. Her opponent Mai used strikes to counter Fuuka's takedown attempts. That didn't seem to work as Fuuka had several successful takedowns. But she was unable to finish Mai off as she couldn't do much with her once Fuuka got Mai on the mat. Fuuka won a unanimous decision despite a bloody nose and it appears she may have broken her thumb too. She'll have to see a doctor this week. Kanako Takeshita won the 2006 Smackgirl Next Cinderella Middleweight tournament over Sakura Nakamura with an armbar in 3:04 of round one. So a big win for Hitomi Akano and it should be interesting to see who will come forward to challenge her for her title. All bouts were scheduled for two five minute rounds unless otherwise noted. Here's the results of the show.
SMACKGIRL - 9/15/06 - Korakuen Hall
OPEN WEIGHT BOUT-Tama Chan def. Natsuko Kamei by armbar at 3:13 of round one
52 KG BOUT-Kyoko Takabayashi def. Akiko Naito by unanimous decision
48 KG BOUT-Ayumi "Edge" Saito def. Ikuko Tamada by unanimous decision
2006 SMACKGIRL NEXT CINDERELLA FLYWEIGHT SEMI FINAL-Fukuko Hamada def. KM-MAKI by unanimous decision
2006 SMACKGIRL NEXT CINDERELLA MIDDLEWEIGHT FINAL-Kanako Takeshita def. Sakura Nakamura by armbar at 3:04 of round one
48 KG BOUT-Masako Yoshida def. Eri Kanetari by unanimous decision
52 KG BOUT-Fuuka def. Mai by unanimous decision
52 KG BOUT-Lisa Ward def. MIKU by armbar at 3:04 of round one
54 KG BOUT-WINDY Tomomi def. Seri by KO at 2:15 of round one
SMACKGIRL WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT (3-5 min. rounds)-Hitomi Akano def. Molly Helsel by armbar at 1:32 of round two
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