Valkyrie (mixed martial arts)
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| Industry | Mixed martial arts promotion |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Predecessor | Smackgirl |
| Founded | September 2008 |
| Founder | Toyoki Kubo |
| Defunct | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
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Area served
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Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Toyoki Kubo (GCM president) Yasuko Mogi (producer, matchmaker) |
| Parent | GCM Communication Co. Ltd. |
| Website | Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 November 2011) |
Valkyrie (ヴァルキリー Varukirī?), sometimes styled VALKYRIE in capitals, was a women's mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. It was the sister of Japanese MMA promotion Cage Force, both operated by Greatest Common Multiple (GCM) Communication. Contrary to other Japanese women MMA promotions at the time, it featured a cage instead of a ring and used the same venues as Cage Force.
Around 2004, GCM Communication, the parent company of Japanese promotion Cage Force, had already hosted some all-women MMA events named Cross Section and with the imminent dissolution of female MMA promotion Smackgirl, GCM Communication announced at the event Cage Force 08 on 27 September 2008 that the company would hold a new all-female promotion which would be named Valkyrie and would have its first event on 8 November 2008 in a double-header event with Cage Force. Takeshi Nagao, a former Smackgirl executive, and Yasuko Mogi were appointed as producers. Mogi announced several details of the promotion, such as the weight classes and the rules, which would be essentially the same as those used in Cage Force, and also that former Smackgirl Lightweight Champion Yuka Tsuji would participate in the promotion in a match against Mei Yamaguchi. Other matches would be announced at later dates. As part of its business strategy, Valkyrie events were held before Cage Force, in this way sharing venue, cage and other resources.
Valkyrie first event was held as planned on 8 November 2008, with a card featuring a victorious Tsuji, Yasuko Tamada, Tomomi Sunaba and Roxanne Modafferi against their rivals.
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