August 29th –
Love Impact at Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Tokyo
attendance: 297
*MMA rules – no striking to the head on the ground.
MMA rules – tag team bout 15 minutes time limit
Satoko Shinashi (Free / 49.5 kg) & Sachiyo (Hakuryu Gym / 49.0 kg) vs.
Ariya (Red Devil KISS / 58.0 kg) & Chiaki Kawabata (Red Devil KISS / 49.0 kg)
result: 15 minute draw
 
The fight began with no explanation or reason why Ariya all of a sudden joined the Red Devil KISS. Ariya faces Sachiyo to start the battle.
Hayachiro throws a kick but Ariya grabs her leg and quite easily takes Sachiyo down to the ground and gets on her back, mounting she goes for a rear naked choke. Sachiyo escapes from the choke but receives a yellow card for pinching and scratching Ariya's face with her nails in the process.

Shinashi, the ace fighter from SMACK GIRL showed her superiority over the Red Devil KISS fighters by dominating the ground game.

Sachiyo after the fight admitted that this was intentional by stating, "I was thinking, one or two yellow cards can not be helped."
However Sachiyo continues by kicking on the ground and, when the opponent shoots in, she nails her with a knee shot. It's another yellow card for Sachiyo. This series of illegal moves by Sachiyo, fires up the anger in the Red Devil KISS team. Shinashi denied it after the fight, but the Red Devil KISS team now claims that Shinashi also played dirty by biting, and they protested to the referee, who obviously showed a sense of mistrust towards the judges with no intention of strictly restricting illegal moves.
Both teams did have more than a few moments to finish the fight with submissions but in the end, 15 minutes were up and the bout ended in a draw.
After the fight, the Red Devil KISS team walked over to Shinashi's corner complaining about the illegal moves and it almost developed into a brawl. President Kenichiro Shibata and Supervisor Shigeru Saeki stepped into the mix and suggested a five minute extra round but the Red Devil KISS team were outraged with Shibata's attitude – obviously favoring Shinashi – vetoed the proposal. Naturally, the judges also rejected this five-minute extra round, which is not in the rulebook so the bout was officially over as a draw.

In Love Impact's MMA rules, if any part of the body other than the back of the fighter's feet touch the ground, it is considered as "being on the ground," so kicking would be prohibited. President Shibata, about a month ago, provided an official rulebook to Sachiyo, and also, Takeshi Ichise ruling director of the rules meeting explained the illegal moves by demonstrating them.
However, Sachiyo's trainers who said, "We thought she could kick on the opponent standing on her knees" revealed that they are a little too low in terms of recognizing a sport called MMA. Since Sachiyo received two yellow cards, she would face a 40% cut on her fight money.
After the fight, Sachiyo self-criticized herself by saying, "I would like to get used to MMA rules before the next fight."
President Shibata stated, "It was fun. Like I’ve been saying for a while, my ideal event is something like 'canting over a toy box' so I think we are getting closer. (A five-minute extra round?) Well, I forgot who I was. It's only been a year since I came into the world of MMA so I guess I am still a freshman."
 
September 4th –
CROSS SECTION at Tokyo FM Hall, Tokyo
This was a quiet Independence Day for women's MMA.
The "MMA rules" of CROSS SECTION are different from SMACK GIRL's "MMA rules" because there is no time limit on the ground.

This event, from the very first bout to the main bout was held completely under "MMA rules" and this is probably the first time in the history of Japanese fight sports. (Striking to the head on the ground is still prohibited but since this is a sport for women, I believe this can't be helped.)

"The Little Giant" Ohmuro calmly defends an armbar attempt by Masako Yoshida.

In the men's event, this all-MMA-rules-bout event is common but it was difficult for women because there simply weren't too many "regular" MMA fighters out there. SMACk GIRLS however came up with a -30 second limit on the ground- rule that prompted kick boxers to step into MMA, and this special rule for women – no striking to the head on the ground – became sort of like a "standard defect" which made it easier for grapplers to compete in the sport. And then, these women athletes began competing in women’s MMA rules and this situation fledged many "regular" woman MMA fighters in Japan.
This event called CROSS SECTION was held at a small arena and there were no popular or known fighters in the cards, there weren't any so-called "great fights" so the event was given to be easily forgettable.
However, this event finally stepped beyond a "women's martial arts event" filled with bouts with different rules but stood on its own as a regular "MMA event" and brought the standard up to the Men's MMA world, therefore, I believe this event was extremely meaningful.
I suppose they did create "cross-section" between a Women's MMA event and a Women's Martial Arts event.
This event, and SMACK GIRLS back in August – Tsuji vs. Montoya – that packed Korakuen Hall, as a set, should be recorded in the history books.

Main event – 47 kg / 104.81 lbs & under
Naoko Ohmuro (Wajiu-tsu Keishu-kai Tokyo) vs. Masako Yoshida (NATIVE SPIRIT)
result: draw (0-0)

4 foot 11 inch Ohmuro, because of the reach advantage of 5 foot 5 inch Yoshida, is not making effective contact in the stand-up battle. On the ground, from the guard position, Yoshida attempts an arm bar and triangle but Ohmuro defends the attack and constantly goes for a mount position or leg submissions – the highly tactical bout continued. Finally, the fight was over and both fighters really didn't have any opportunity to finish the fight but this bout was full of tension, and very worthy of a fight as the main event of the night.

This was the biggest win in Chuwattana's career but it was purely accidental.

September 5th– New Japan Kick Boxing "Full Sparks – Intense Glare – Part 2"
at Differ Ariake
attendance: 1111
Main Event – 70 kg & under 3 R - 3 minute / round
Kozo Takeda (Jisei-kan) vs. Teechakaring Chuwattana (Thailand)
result: 1 R TKO by Chuwattana (doctor stoppage – cut on the left eye brow)

Chuwattana fought back in August 8th in a Hachioji event and lost to Naoto Seki in a unanimous decision. Therefore, many predicted domination by Kozo Takeda but just like back in July, misfortune happened again.
Takeda with his counter punch and low-kick controls the pace but Chuwattana's left jab sliced Kozo's left eyebrow about 6 centimeters so the fight ended in a doctor's stoppage. Takeda was just warming up but the fight was over. This cut was just above the cut he sustained back in July. Takaeda, in the last injury, got stitches but three days later on his own removed the thread and started training so, it seems like his participation in K-1 MAX on October 13th is not a problem.
Takeda said, "If this happens again, I don't know what to say to the fans" and looked a little worried but after he stitched up his scar, he discussed the current conditions with Shinichi Ihara (chairman of New Japan Kick Boxing), Kunimasa Nagae (Kancho of Seiji-kan), and Sadaharu Tanigawa (K-1 Event Producer) and he has decided to fight in K-1 MAX in October.
And the next day, the press conference was held and the main card of the K-1 MAX event in October was announced. It's going to be Kozo Takeda against the current K-1 MAX world champion Buakow.