Jewels (styled JEWELS in capitals) is a mixed martial arts organization owned by Marverous Japan Co., Ltd. focused on
female fighters. It is the direct successor of
Smackgirl
Smackgirl was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion focused solely on female fighters. The promotion also held grappling and amateur events along with its main line of professional MMA cards. After financial difficulties throughout 2008 the pr ...
.
It has a working relationship with fellow mixed martial arts promotion
Deep
Deep or The Deep may refer to:
Places United States
* Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary), Virginia
* Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake), Idaho and Utah
* Deep Creek (Mahantango Creek tributary), Pennsylvania
* Deep Creek (Mojave River tributary), C ...
presided by
Shigeru Saeki
is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter and executive.
Saeki had worked as a photojournalist in various sports media and in 2001, he became the president of the promotion Deep 2001. Saeki joined Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE) to promote Pri ...
(also the Jewels supervisor).
History
After the women MMA promotion Smackgirl faced severe financial difficulties caused by the unexpected departure of major sponsors and television network deals, an executive from Japanese event production company Archery Inc., Yuichi Ozono, formed the company Marverous Japan and acquired the assets and rights formerly belonging to Smackgirl parent company Kilgore.
Since the reputation of Smackgirl was tarnished by all the problems it faced, it was decided to start anew.
On June 9, 2012, it was announced that Jewels has formed a strategic partnership with American promotion
Invicta Fighting Championships
Invicta Fighting Championships, also known as Invicta FC, is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion dedicated to Women's mixed martial arts that was founded in 2012 by Janet Martin and Shannon Knapp. The promotion is currentl ...
to cross-promote the world's top female fighters on their respective fight cards in the United States and Japan.
On Jewels announced that it would cease operations as an independent company, with Yuichi Ozono, then head of Jewels, stepping down and Shigeru Saeki from
Deep
Deep or The Deep may refer to:
Places United States
* Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary), Virginia
* Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake), Idaho and Utah
* Deep Creek (Mahantango Creek tributary), Pennsylvania
* Deep Creek (Mojave River tributary), C ...
, formerly supervisor, taking the full direction, and transferring fighters and brand to the new Deep Jewels brand, which would be managed by
Deep
Deep or The Deep may refer to:
Places United States
* Deep Creek (Appomattox River tributary), Virginia
* Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake), Idaho and Utah
* Deep Creek (Mahantango Creek tributary), Pennsylvania
* Deep Creek (Mojave River tributary), C ...
.
Current champions
Championship history
Featherweight championship
Bantamweight championship
:Formerly known as middleweight until May 2015.
Flyweight championship
Strawweight championship
:Formerly known as lightweight until May 2015.
Atomweight championship
:Formerly known as featherweight until May 2015.
Microweight Championship
A four woman tournament was scheduled prior to Deep Jewels 28 to crown the promotions first Microweight Champion with the challengers being Emi Sato, Mizuki Furuse, Suwanan Boonsorn and
Yasuko Tamada
is a Japanese female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. She previously fought as a flyweight in the Valkyrie promotion and was the only Valkyrie Flyweight Champion. She later fought for Jewels and last competed for Deep.
Tamada was once ranked a ...
with Moe Sasaki as reserve. Furuse and Boonsorn advanced to the final which was scheduled to take place at Deep Jewels 29 before the
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, however this event and the match couldn't be rescheduled when the promotion returned with the show. On November 5, it was announced that Furuse would be taking an extended absence as she was both pregnant and getting married. As a result of these developments, Jewels declared Boonsorn as the inaugural champion.
Tournament champions
Events
See also
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List of Deep champions
This is a list of DEEP champions at each weight class. DEEP is a Japan-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promoting and sanctioning organization.
Current Champions
Men
Women
Men's Championship History Megatonweight Championship
::''Weigh ...
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List of Deep events
This is a list of events held and scheduled by Deep (often stylized as DEEP), a mixed martial arts organization based in Japan.
The first event, Deep - 1st Impact, took place on January 8, 2001.
Events
Event locations
These cities have hosted ...
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Deep Jewels events
These are the Deep Jewels events held by the Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) organization Deep. The ''Jewels'' MMA events were previously held by Jewels before Deep absorbed its operations on .
''Deep Jewels 1''
''Deep Jewels 1'', originally ...
Notes
References
External links
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Official blogPublic relations blog
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JEWELS event results on SherdogDEEP JEWELS event results on Tapology
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2008 establishments in Japan
Mixed martial arts organizations
Organizations established in 2008
Mixed martial arts events lists
Women's mixed martial arts