''Jewels 11th Ring'' was a

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(MMA) event held by MMA promotion

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. The event took place on at

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in Bunkyo,

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. The event hosted the Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament semi-finals and final along with the Rough Stone GP 2010 finals. It also held the retirement match of Miki Morifuji.

Background

For the first time at the Korakuen Hall, Jewels first announced the semi-finals of the Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament and the finals of the Rough Stone GP 2010. Two more fights were announced on , one of them was Miki Morifuji retirement match. On , along with two other matches, it was announced that

Hiroko Yamanaka , more commonly known simply as Hiroko (styled in capitals) and nicknamed or Cat's Eye, is a retired Japanese female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. She fought for Invicta FC, Strikeforce and Jewels, and was the final Smackgirl Open Weight Cham ...

was slated to fight against 2008 Olympic bronze medallist American

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. On , a reserve match for the Lightweight Queen tournament was announced, with

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and Yuko Oya as participants, along with a

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bout added to the card. Replacing Randi Miller who withdrew from the event on , it was announced that American Molly Helsel would take Miller's place and would face Hiroko Yamanaka, along with a second grappling match and a special exhibition match for the card. The final addition, a special demonstration, was added to the card on . The weigh-ins took place on and all fighters made weight without problems.

Results

Opening card

*1st opening fight: Jewels

rules -54 kg, 4:00 / 1R Emi Tomimatsu (Paraestra Matsudo) vs. Akemi Ogawa (TK Esperanza) :Tomimatsu defeated Ogawa by decision (3-0). *2nd opening fight: Jewels grappling rules -54 kg, 4:00 / 1R Ricaco Yuasa (Pogona Club Gym) vs. Mayumi Katouno (Iwaki K-3) :Yuasa defeated Katouno by decision (3-0).

Main card

*1st match: Jewels official rules -55 kg bout, 5:00 / 2 R Emi Murata (, AACC) vs. Anna Saito (, Fight Chix) :Murata defeated Saito by

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( triangle armbar) at 1:03 of round 1. *2nd match: Jewels official rules -50 kg bout, 5:00 / 2 R Miyoko Kusaka (, Grabaka Gym) vs. Asami Higa (, S-Keep) :Kusaka defeated Higa by submission (scarf hold armlock) at 0:43 of round 2. *3rd match: Rough Stone GP 2010 –56 kg final, Jewels official rules, 5:00 / 2 R Asako Saioka (, U-File Camp Gifu) vs.

Mizuki Inoue , nicknamed , is a Japanese female kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Inoue has fought in the kickboxing promotion J-Girls and MMA promotion Jewels. She won the 2010 Jewels -56 kg Rough Stone Grand Prix tournament at 16 years of age, becomin ...

(, White Heart Karate Association) :Inoue defeated Saioka by technical submission (referee stoppage,

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) at 2:59 of round 1. Inoue became the Jewels -56kg Rough Stone Grand Prix 2010 champion. *4th match: Rough Stone GP 2010 –52 kg final, Jewels official rules, 5:00 / 2 R Hiroko Kitamura (, Zendokai Koganei) vs.

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) :Kitamura defeated Ichii by decision (3-0). Kitamura became the Jewels -52kg Rough Stone Grand Prix 2010 champion. *5th match: Rough Stone GP 2010 –48 kg final, Jewels official rules, 5:00 / 2 R Yukiko Seki (, Fight Chix) vs.

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(, Reversal Gym Yokohama Ground Slam) :Ishikawa defeated Seki by decision (1-2). Ishikawa became the Jewels -52kg Rough Stone Grand Prix 2010 champion. *Special demonstration :Japanese

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champion

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and

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presented a martial arts demonstration. *6th match: Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament semi-finals block A, Jewels official rules, 5:00 / 2 R

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(, AACC) vs.

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(, Club Barbarian Impact) :Hamasaki defeated Nomura by decision (3-0). Hamasaki advanced to the tournament final. *7th match: Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament semi-finals block B, Jewels official rules, 5:00 / 2 R

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(, CMA Korea Team Mad) vs.

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(, Core) :Ham defeated Nagano by decision (2-1). Ham advanced to the tournament final. *8th match: Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament reserve match, Jewels official rules, 5:00 / 2 R

(, Zendokai Koganei) vs. Yuko Oya (,

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Official Gym Impact) :Ishioka defeated Oya by submission (armbar) at 2:14 of round 1. *9th match: Miki Morifuji retirement match, special rules (pound allowed) -57 kg bout, 5:00 / 2 R Miki Morifuji (, T-Blood) vs. Kinuka Sasaki (, Alive) :Morifuji defeated Sasaki by decision (3-0). *Special exhibition match, no time limit bout

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(playing the role of character ) vs. Kazutoshi Yokoyama (playing the role of character :Promoting the Japanese film ''KG'', actors were representing the roles of two characters from the movie. *10th match: Jewels official rules -59 kg bout, 5:00 / 2 R

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(, Zendokai Yokohama) vs.

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(, Smash Alley Gym) :Esui defeated Sugiyama by TKO (corner stoppage, punches) at 0:13 of round 2. *11th match: Special rules (pound allowed) -65 kg bout, 5:00 / 2 R

(, Master Japan) vs. Molly Helsel (, Victory MMA) :Yamanaka defeated Helsel by TKO (referee stoppage, 3 knockdowns, punches) at 3:11 of round 2. *12th match: Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament final, 5:00 / 2 R

(, AACC) vs.

(, CMA Korea Team Mad) :Hamasaki defeated Ham by decision (3-0). Hamasaki became Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion.

Jewels Lightweight Queen tournament bracket

References

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