Jewels 16th Ring
Jewels 16th Ring was a mixed martial arts event held by Jewels at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Koto, Tokyo, Japan on.
The event featured the first round of the Jewels Featherweight Queen tournament, which determined the first featherweight titleholder of the promotion.
Background
At the end of Jewels 15th Ring, it was announced that Jewels 16th Ring would hold the first round of the Jewels Featherweight Queen Grand Prix; a tournament that will crown the first featherweight queen of the promotion. Naho Sugiyama, Yasuko Tamada, Misaki Takimoto, Sachiko Yamamoto, Kikuyo Ishikawa, Yukiko Seki, Miyoko Kusaka and Ayumi Saito were revealed as the participants in the tournament.On, six bouts were announced for the card. Naho Sugiyama vs. Ayumi Saito, Yasuko Tamada vs. Kikuyo Ishikawa, Misaki Takimoto vs. Miyoko Kusaka and Yukiko Seki vs. Sachiko Yamamoto would be the quarterfinals in the Jewels Featherweight GP. Rina Tomita, competing for the first time since undergoing surgery six months earlier, would face Anna Saito in a regular MMA match, and Chikako WSR would face Satoko Ozawa in a kickboxing match.
Five days later on, it was announced that 2010 Rough Stone GP -56 kg winner and kickboxing standout Mizuki Inoue would face Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki in a non-title match. Two other matches, Emi Tomimatsu vs. Celine Haga and Yuko Oya vs. Akiko Naito were also added to the card. A kickboxing bout between Kozue Nagashima and South Korean Kim Sung Eun was added to the card on.
Three more undercard amateur matches were announced a day before the event. Saya Ito vs. Ryouka and Mili Sasaki vs. Chihiro Imoto would compete as part of the Jewels Under-15 Kickboxing mini-tournament and Tamaki Usui vs. Nana Ichikawa would fight under amateur MMA rules.
The day before the event, all fighters made weight on their first attempt during the weigh-ins.
Event
Saya Ito and Chihiro Imoto won their semi-final matches in the Jewels Under-15 amateur kickboxing tournament. They will face each other in the tournament final at Jewels 17th Ring on.Naho Sugiyama, Kikuyo Ishikawa, Misaki Takimoto and Yukiko Seki were victorious in quarterfinal matches in the Jewels Featherweight Queen tournament. A drawing was held after the event to determine semi-final matchups. Sugiyama faced Ishikawa, while Takimoto faced Seki. The semi-final and final will take place at Jewels 17th Ring.
In the main event, Ayaka Hamasaki defeated Mizuki Inoue via unanimous decision.
Results
Opening card
- 1st opening fight: Jewels amateur rules -48 kg, 4:00 x 1 round
- 2nd opening fight: Jewels U-15 Kickboxing Tournament semi-final, Jewels amateur kickboxing rules -46 kg, 2:00 x 2 rounds
- 3rd opening fight: Jewels U-15 Kickboxing Tournament semi-final, Jewels amateur kickboxing rules -46 kg, 2:00 x 2 rounds
Main card
- 1st match: Jewels official rules -54 kg bout, 5:00 x 2 rounds
- 2nd match: Jewels official rules lightweight bout, 5:00 x 2 rounds
- 3rd match: Jewels official rules lightweight bout, 5:00 x 2 rounds
- 4th match: Jewels kickboxing rules -58 kg bout, 2:00 x 3 rounds
- 5th match: Jewels Featherweight Queen GP 2011 first round, Jewels official rules, 5:00 x 2 rounds
- 6th match: Jewels Featherweight Queen GP 2011 first round, Jewels official rules, 5:00 x 2 rounds
- 7th match: Jewels Featherweight Queen GP 2011 first round, Jewels official rules, 5:00 x 2 rounds
- 8th match: Jewels Featherweight Queen GP 2011 first round, Jewels official rules, 5:00 x 2 rounds
- 9th match: Jewels kickboxing rules -57.15 kg bout, 3:00 x 3 rounds
- 10th match: Jewels official rules -54 kg bout, 5:00 x 2 rounds