Girls S-Cup Weigh Ins

The weigh-ins for the Girls S-Cup went down yesterday and it was a little interesting.

Most of the fighters were flown in the day of or before weigh-ins so this led to some complications with making weight. Christina Jurjevic and Jiwaen Lee were not able to make weight at the weigh-ins, but it seems that exceptions were made due to their late arrivals. Even more interesting is that Brazil's Eduarda Lima has yet to arrive in Japan and will arrive the day of the tournament. I do not know how her weigh-in will be handled.

Onto more positive things, here are some pictures from the weigh-ins：

Ittu vs Ito

Japan's rising star, Saya Ito will be fighting on the Queen's Birthday in Thailand as we previously announced and now her opponent has been announced. Saya Ito will be facing off against Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu. Many of you may recognize Sylvie from her documentation of her career while she is in Thailand. Both of these fighters will be bringing a ton of experience into the ring as Sylvie has 69 professional fights and Saya has had 93 amateur fights and 3 professional fights. 

Both of these fighters have shown a deep respect and admiration for Muay Thai and it should be a very interesting fight. The outcome of the fight will have ramifications for the winner. Saya is a former WPMF Champion and a title match with Little Tiger seems to be in her future. However this could all change if Sylvie wins the fight. The fight will undoubtedly be covered by the Japanese press and an Ittu victory could mean that the title shot goes to her instead.

Sylvie has written on her blog about the fight, explaining the significance of the date and the event.

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Shizuka Sugiyama off DJ 5 Card

It was announced today by BoutReview, that Sugiyama's opponent Hyo Kyung Song was injured in her last fight.  The fight took place on 7/26 for Road FC. Details of the injury are not known. The timing of the injury could not be worse as it is very close to the event. The report stated that a replacement for Song was not able to be found and that Sugiyama will not be fighting on the card. This is unfortunate news as Sugiyama was making her debut to 125 and now the card has lost some of it's star power.

UPDATE

A substitution was found by Sugiyama's management preferred canceling the match

V.V Mei Highlight

S-Cup Matches Set

The matches for the Girls S-Cup have been finalized as well as the participants. The matches were moved around a bit. Initially Ai Takahashi was going to face Madoka Jinnai and that match fell through. A reason for this has not been given. She will now face off against a Thai fighter named Nong Em. Also changed was the matches in the 50kg tournament. The matches including Ticha, Christina, Eduarda and Kai Ting were changed, probably to match the order that was issued on the above image.

I have listed the complete card as well as the promotional video released today below

2014.8.2 SHOOTBOXING Girls S-cup2014 from SHOOTBOXING on Vimeo.

50kg Tournament

Rena 

vs

Simone Dommelen

Ticha Rongrien

vs

Eduarada Lima

Christina Jurjevic

vs

Kai-Ting Zhuang

Lorena Klijn

vs

 Jiwaen Lee

48kg Tournament

Mio

vs

Momi

Mei Yamaguchi

vs

Yukari Yamaguchi

Single Matches

55kg

Ai Takahashi

vs

Nong Em Tor. Vitaya

48kg

Yuuki Kira

vs

Union Akari

48kg

Michi Nakamura

vs

Tomomi Souda

50kg

Arisa

vs

Maki Goto

55kg

Naoko Okada

vs

Mai Iwata

New Champions: Little Tiger and Chihiro

Photo Courtesy of J-Girls

There were a number of fights over the weekend and two champions were crowned.  With a record of 8-3-1, 20 year old Chihiro Kira fought her way through the J-Girls Pinweight Tournament and became the inaugural champion. In what was a close contest, Chihiro was able to take advantage of her opponent's aggressiveness and land counter strikes as she charged. The rounds were comprised of Matsushita charging forward with strikes and Chihiro stepping out of the way and countering. She would then attack and go back on the defensive. Reports indicate it was a heated fight with both fighters landing lots of shots.

In Thailand, Little Tiger won her 7th championship, the WBC Interim 102lb Championship. Other championships include: 2009 J-Girls Atomweight Champion, 2011 WPMF Japanese Atomweight Champion, 2012 WPMF Mini-Flyweight Champion, 2012 WMC Flyweight Champion, 2013 Pattaya Stadium Mini-Flyweight Champion, 2013 WPMF Pinweight Champion, 2014 WBC 102lb Champion (interim). Little Tiger is an active fighter and should be expected to fight several times before the end of the year. A potential fight with Saya Ito could be in the works.

Also in Thailand, the young PhetJee Jaa fought in an interesting bout. She fought against a boy. Thai Boxer Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu wrote an interesting piece on it and posted a video of the fight. You can find that on her blog here. For more information on the rare talent, she has other articles on her blog as well that I would recommend.

J-Network: J-Fight&J-Girls 2014 4th

(07/27/14, Tokyo, Japan)

Chihiro Kira defeated Emi Matsushita

Split-Decision

(30-29, 29-28, 28-29)

Chihiro becomes the inaugural J-Girls Pinweight Champion 

Anna Shiratsuki defeated Miho

Unanimous Decision

(30-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Anna earned the right to fight for the Mini-Flyweight Title

Suek Fairtex WBC Muay Thai

(7/26/14, Pattaya, Thailand)

Little Tiger defeated Faacheangrai S.Sakonthon

Majority Decision

(48-47, 48-47, 48-48)

Little Tiger becomes the WBC 102lb Interim Champion

Su Jeong Lim MMA Debut

Korean Kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter Su Jeong Lim is set to make her MMA debut on August 15th. Known in Japan and Korea for her good looks and exciting fights, Lim has put together a 17-5 Muay Thai record and a 6-2 Kickboxing record. During that time she defeated Shoot Boxing star Rena, fought in the Girl's S-Cup, took bronze at the IMFA World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok and competed for K-1.

Nicknamed the "Beautiful Fighter", Lim is also an actress. She has appeared on Korean TV and in a Thai movie called Chocolate. Another interesting fact about Lim is that she once competed on the Japanese TV show Flames Sports Competition. This show has been known to have female fighters fight 3 male comedians. Some miscommunication occurred where Lim thought it was completely fake and set up for a variety show and as a result she was seriously injured by the male comedians, who consisted of 1 who's fought for K-1 and 2 long time MMA practitioners. This led to South Korean outrage and a deal of controversy.

Lim will be making her MMA debut on August 15th for Revolution 2: Start of the Revolution.

Career Thus Far

Professional

• 2009 King of the Ring Grand Prix Champion
• 2008 Southern Thailand Middleweight Champion
• 2006 South Korea Muay Thai Bantamweight Champion
• 2006 Neo Fight Bantamweight Champion
• 2004 Rookie of the year of the Korean Muay Thai Association

Amateur

• 2007 IFMA World Muaythai Championships in Bangkok, Thailand  -54 kg