MEGUMI FUJII

When it comes to submissions in female fighting, you just don't

Her quick takedown has become her signature move and is called the Inazuma Toe Hold submission, nicknamed the “Megulock”.

Again Fujii showed her stuff again at HooknShoot:Evolution against Erica Montoya on November 6, 2004. Fuijii took Montoya by unanimous decision and Montoya has not fought again.

Background

Megumi Fijii was born on April 26, 1974 and is ranked the #1 pound for pound female MMA fighter by MMARising.com. With black belts in Judo and Jiu-Jitsu, Fijii is also accomplished in Japanese National Sambo where she holds five Second Place wins in the World Sambo Championships.

She is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion and was a Ground Impact Professional Tournament Champion and BJJ Pan-Am Champion in 2004 and 2006.

She placed third in the 2005 and 2007 ADCC Under 60 kg. World Submission Championships.

Fujii was a favorite in the popular Japanese obstacle course reality television show, Sasuke (Ninja Warrior) where she competed multiple times.

In her professional MMA career, Fujii has racked up quite a list of wins for herself. In fact, here record is 19-0-0.

After her win over Montoya, she went on to defeat Ana Michelle Tavares, Misaki Takimoto, Keiko “Tama Chan” Tamai and Masako Yoshida

Other victories include the American fighter, Lisa Ward where she won in the first round via submission on August 24, 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She then won over and Korean Seo Hee Ham and Cindy Hales.

It didn't stop there. Fujii defeated Tomoko Morii on Novemeber 2008 in a first round submission in the new Smackgirl remaned “Jewels”.

It only took one minute, literally, to take down Won Bun Chu at Shooto:”Traditional Final” in May 2009.

Saori Ishiroka and “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba also felt Fuijii's wrath when she beat them as well.

Though it is the goal of many a female MMA fighter to win against Fuijii, none have succeeded yet which leaves some to wonder if they ever will.