Courtesy GBring
By Robert Sargent, Dean Marchand & Go Yamamoto – MMARising.com
Final Valkyrie Featherweight Champion “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi put herself in contention for a new title with a key victory today at Jewels: “20th Ring” in Tokyo, Japan. Yamaguchi defeated Emi Tomimatsu for a second time and now hopes to challenge for the Jewels Lightweight Queen Championship.
Top Jewels star Shizuka Sugiyama made a successful return to action after a lengthy layoff while training abroad, but she had a much tougher fight on her hands than many had anticipated. Sugiyama earned a Split Decision victory over MMA pioneer Megumi Yabushita in a featured main card bout…
