Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Yuka Tsuji title defense at Smackgirl 7th Anniversary show


Smackgirl had a couple of matches on the Nov. 25 Grapple Kingdom show. They took the opportunity to announce the main event for the Smackgirl 7th Anniversary show Dec. 26 at Korakuen Hall. The show is called Starting Over because it was announced that Smackgirl has new management. They're calling themselves Smackgirl Ltd. and the primary owners are Masa Masao & Kinya Hashimoto. They're trying to reinvent themselves as a new company but it remains to be seen if they can put together more compelling matches.




The two matches on the Grapple Kingdom show were nothing special. In one match, HARI defeated Yuiga when the ref stopped the match after round one. Neither of them have stellar records and Yuiga is a mediocre pro wrestler who isn't any better at MMA. The second match had Saori Ishioka defeat Miyuki Ariga by unanimous decision. Afterwards, a table was set up. Ishioka stayed in the ring and was joined by Madoka Okada, Mika Nagano and...drum roll...Smackgirl Lightweight Champion Yuka Tsuji. it was announced that Tsuji will defend her title on the 7th Anniversary show against Korean fighter Su Hi Ham. Tsuji joked about her name saying "Ham will be delicious". Of course Ham is the Korean kickboxer who debuted in MMA with a shocking victory over Hisae Watanabe in Feb. She lost to DEEP champ MIKU and won over Ayumi "Edge" Saito on the Sept. 6 Smackgirl show. Tsuji tried to sell this as a revenge match for Saito's defeat. It's tough to sell a less than credible opponent. The other three fighters will be on the show as well.

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