MEGUMI FUJII

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Submission Queen: Megumi Fujii

When it comes to submissions in female fighting, you just don't get much better than Megumi Fujii.

She proved this in her debut bout on August 5, 2004 when she took down Yumi Matsumoto in the first 40 seconds of the fight.

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. mma women 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.

Television

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.

On June 10, 2010, Fuijii landed her first ever TKO. It was against Sarah Schneider and was her twentieth fight.

The Bellator 115-pound women's tournament, Season Three, began on August 12 and Fuijii wanted her share of the action. First up was two-time All-American wrestler Carla Esparza. An armbar won Fujii the submission in round two.

In a rematch against Lisa Ellis at Bellator 31, another armbar did the trick for Fujii, this time in the first round. She then became the second mixed martial artist ever, male or female, to embark a career with 22 consecutive victories.

Victory would be shortlived however. Up against Zoila Gurgel in the finals of the tournament at Bellator 34 on October 28, 2010, she lost in a controversial split decision.

On December 30, 2010 at World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight, she went in the ring with Emi Fujino and won via unanimous decision.

Fujii rematched Mika Nagano at Jewels 15th Ring on July 9, 2011 and enjoyed another win via unanimous decision.

At DREAM - Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 on December 31, 2011, Fujii faced off with Karla Benitez and won by submission due to an armbar in round one.

In a much anticipated Bellator match, Fujii Jessica Aguilar at Bellator 69 on May 18, 2012 she suffered a defeat by unanimous decision.

Though it is the goal of many a female MMA fighter to win against Fuijii, only two have ever succeeded which, after twenty-five fights, has got to speak volumes about this tough girl.

MORE!

Fujii co-starred in the hit dvd, "Last Woman Standing", that featured some of the best female submission wrestlers in the world. Thirteen women entered the ring but only one remained standing! You've got to check out the suspence filled dvd!

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