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All-Female "Valkyrie 02" Card Set for This Weekend

The card and bout order are set for Greatest Common Multiple's second all-female Valkyrie show this weekend. "Vale Tudo Queen" Yuka Tsuji will take on highly-touted Royce Gracie product Kate Martinez for the first ever Valkyrie Featherweight Championship, while the fighter Tsuji defeated at the first Valkyrie event - SmackGirl Cinderella Tournament winner "V Hajime" Yamaguchi - will participate part in the semi-finals of a four-woman tournament to determine the next challenger for the title.

Valkyrie 02
April 25, 2009
Differ Ariake
Tokyo, Japan

Valkyrie Featherweight Championship (3 rounds x 5 min.)
Yuka Tsuji
(22-1) def. Kate Martinez (1-1) via Submission (Cross Armbar) at 4:20 of Round 1

-61.2kg Bout (3 rounds x 3 min.)
Megumi Yabushita
(17-15) def. Chisa Yonezawa (0-2) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:43 of Round 2

Valkyrie Featherweight Eliminator Semi-Final (3 rounds x 3 min.)
Kyoko Takabayashi (9-3) def. "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba (12-10) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:41 of Round 1

Valkyrie Featherweight Eliminator Semi-Final (3 rounds x 3 min.)
Emi Fujino (9-2) def. Megumi "V Hajime" Yamaguchi (3-3) via Unanimous Decision (3-0)

46.8kg Bout (3 rounds x 3 min.)
Naoko Omuro
(9-7-3) def. Sachiko "SACHI" Yamamoto (5-4-1) via TKO (Punches) at 2:48 of Round 1

Popular American fighter Roxanne Modafferi was originally expected to participate, but is not on the final card. The event is part of a GCM double-header which also features Cage Force bouts - read more about that show here.

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Good luck to her; Breen didn’t sound too bullish on her prospects for victory.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 23, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gal should be proud, from everything Breen said, Tsuji sounds like an absolute beast and that was only Martinez’s 2nd fight.

"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR

by Rundownloser on Apr 25, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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