Jewels 9th Ring | ||||
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A poster or logo for Jewels 9th Ring.
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Jewels | |||
Date | July 31, 2010 | |||
Venue | Shinjuku Face | |||
City | Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan | |||
Attendance | 578 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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Jewels 9th Ring was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by MMA promotion Jewels. The event took place on July 31, 2010 at Shinjuku Face in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan.
On May 25, 2010Shizuka Sugiyama was added to the card along with some other fighters for the tournament on June 23, 2010 . More fighters for the lightweight tournament were announced on June 27, 2010 . It was announced on July 7, 2010 that Sugiyama would fight in a shoot boxing match against Mongolian pro-wrestler Esui, plus two more matches were added to the card. The rest of the fighters were announced on July 20, 2010 .
, Jewels announced that the event would hold the first round of the Jewels Lightweight Queen Grand Prix; an 8-woman tournament to crown the first lightweight (-52 kg (115 lb)) champion.On July 24, 2010
, it was announced that Sugiyama would not participate in the event due to injury and Esui would fight in a regular MMA match instead of shoot boxing against Mayumi Aoki. The order of the fights was revealed on July 29, 2010 . The weigh-ins took place one day later.Harumi (55.5 kg (122 lb), Blue Dog Gym) vs. Emi Murata (54.7 kg (121 lb), Abe Ani Combat Club)