promotion fate transformed into jewels predecessor remix successor jewels founded may 2001 2001 05 defunct october 2008 2008 10 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 contents 1 rules 1.1 weight classes 2 former champions 2.1 open division 2.2 middleweight 2.3 lightweight 2.4 flyweight 3 events 4 see also 5 references 6 external links rules edit weight classes edit flyweight 48 kg lightweight 52 kg middleweight 58 kg open weight former champions edit open division edit no . name period defenses 1 megumi yabushita december 19 2004 2004 12 19 february 15 2006 2006 02 15 0 2 amanda buckner february 15 2006 2006 02 15 may 15 2007 2007 05 15 relinquished 0 3 yoko takahashi may 19 2007 2007 05 19 september 6 2007 2007 09 06 0 4 hiroko yamanaka september 6 2007 2007 09 06 0 middleweight edit no . name period defenses 1 laura d auguste august 17 2005 2005 08 17 september 1 2006 2006 09 01 relinquished 0 2 hitomi akano september 15 2006 2006 09 15 september 6 2007 2007 09 06 0 3 takayo hashi september 6 2007 2007 09 06 0 lightweight edit no . name period defenses 1 yuka tsuji june 28 2005 2005 06 28 5 flyweight edit no . name period defenses 1 satoko shinashi november 29 2005 2005 11 29 1 events edit main article list of smackgirl events see also edit mma portal jewels list of deep champions list of deep events deep jewels events jewels mixed martial arts list of female mixed martial artists references edit 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 edit official website internet archive smackgirl event results at sherdog v t e professional mixed martial arts organizations asia oceania ex . japan current art of war afc brace one road fc sfl urcc defunct legend fc ruff brazil current jungle fight shooto brasil defunct ivc canada current hard knocks kotc canada mfc wsof canada defunct tfc europe current bamma bushido fc cage warriors ffc ksw m 1 mma raju r 1 respect.fc ucmma defunct 10th legion cage contender cage rage finnfight slamm japan current deep jewels igf pancrase rings rizin ff shooto vtj zst defunct cage force dream hero s pride fc risingon smackgirl src valkyrie united states current bellator cffc invicta fc kotc legacy fc rfa tpf titan fc ufc wsof xfc defunct amma affliction ef elitexc proelite ifl pfc shark fights strikeforce usa mma wec wfa category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smackgirl & oldid 738633374 categories 2001 establishments in japan2008 disestablishments in japancompanies established in 2001companies disestablished in 2008mixed martial arts organizations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 04 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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