Jewels 16th Ring
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A poster or logo for Jewels 16th Ring.
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| Promotion | Jewels | |||
| Date | September 11, 2011 | |||
| Venue | Shin-Kiba 1st Ring | |||
| City | Koto, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 426 | |||
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Jewels 16th Ring was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by Jewels at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Koto, Tokyo, Japan on September 11, 2011.
The event featured the first round of the Jewels Featherweight Queen tournament, which will determine the first featherweight (-48 kg) titleholder of the promotion.
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 (champion) 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 August 17, 2011, 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 August 22, 2011, 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 August 26, 2011.
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.
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