Smackgirl

Smackgirl
Type	Private
Industry	Mixed martial arts promotion
Fate	Transformed into Jewels
Predecessor	ReMix
Successor	Jewels
Founded	May 2001
Defunct	October 2008
Headquarters	Japan
Area served	Japan
Key people	Motoki Shino (president); Koichiro Kimura (founder)
Parent	Kilgore
Website	(Internet archive)

Smackgirl was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion focused solely on female fighters. The promotion also held grappling and amateur events along with its main line of professional MMA cards. After financial difficulties throughout 2008 the promotion was sold to Marverous Japan Co.,Ltd. and rebranded JEWELS.[1]

Unlike conventional MMA in Japan, Smackgirl did not allow striking to the head while in a grounded position. There was also a 30-second limit for ground fighting but it was abolished by 2008.[2] There were four weight classes: flyweight (under 48 kg), lightweight (under 52 kg), middleweight (under 58 kg), and openweight (no limit).[3]

Before being Smackgirl, the ReMix banner was used and held its first event in December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05). After another event with the ReMix brand, the promotion morphed into Smackgirl in May 2001 (2001-05).[4]

Rules

Weight classes

Flyweight (-48 kg (105.8 lb; 7.6 st))
Lightweight (-53 kg (116.8 lb; 8.3 st))
Middleweight (-58 kg (127.9 lb; 9.1 st))
Open weight

Former champions

Open division

No.	Name	Period
1	Megumi Yabushita	December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19) - February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15)
2	Amanda Buckner	February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15) - May 15, 2007 (2007-05-15) (relinquished)
3	Yoko Takahashi	May 19, 2007 (2007-05-19) - September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06)
4	Hiroko Yamanaka	September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06) -

Middleweight

No.	Name	Period
1	Laura D'Auguste	August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17) - September 1, 2006 (2006-09-01) (relinquished)
2	Hitomi Akano	September 15, 2006 (2006-09-15) - September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06)
3	Takayo Hashi	September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06) -

Lightweight

No.	Name	Period	Defenses
1	Yuka Tsuji	June 28, 2005 (2005-06-28) -	5

Flyweight

No.	Name	Period	Defenses
1	Satoko Shinashi	November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29) -	1

Events

References

Breen, Jordan (2008-10-30). "Jewels Gets Debut; Hioki-Sato Set for Shooto". USA: Sherdog. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
Pozen, Frank (2008-04-24). "Ward, Tavares, Marquez arrive in Tokyo for Smackgirl show". USA: Frank Pozen's Big Bad Blog. Retrieved 2010-08-29. He believes that Smackgirl's abolition of the 30 second ground rule will help Marquez because she has strong training in jiu jitsu & submission wrestling.
"Smackgirl strike official rules and regulations" (PDF). Japan: Smackgirl. 2007-03-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
Breen, Jordan; Loiseleur, Tony (2008-07-10). "Smackgirl Postponed, Financial Problems Possible". USA: Sherdog. Retrieved 2010-08-22.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Jewels_Gets_Debut;_Hioki-Sato_Set_for_Shooto-1] Breen, Jordan (2008-10-30). "Jewels Gets Debut; Hioki-Sato Set for Shooto". USA: Sherdog. Retrieved 2010-08-22.

[Ward,_Tavares,_Marquez_arrive_in_Tokyo_for_Smackgirl_show-2] Pozen, Frank (2008-04-24). "Ward, Tavares, Marquez arrive in Tokyo for Smackgirl show". USA: Frank Pozen's Big Bad Blog. Retrieved 2010-08-29. He believes that Smackgirl's abolition of the 30 second ground rule will help Marquez because she has strong training in jiu jitsu & submission wrestling.

[Smackgirl_strike_official_rules_and_regulations-3] "Smackgirl strike official rules and regulations" (PDF). Japan: Smackgirl. 2007-03-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

[Smackgirl_Postponed,_Financial_Problems_Possible-4] Breen, Jordan; Loiseleur, Tony (2008-07-10). "Smackgirl Postponed, Financial Problems Possible". USA: Sherdog. Retrieved 2010-08-22.