Smackgirl

Smackgirl
Company type	Private
Industry	Mixed martial arts promotion
Predecessor	ReMix
Founded	May 2001
Defunct	October 2008
Fate	Transformed into Jewels
Successor	Jewels
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]

Rules

Weight classes

Flyweight (-48 kg (105.8 lb; 7.6 st))
Lightweight (-53 kg (116.8 lb; 8.3 st))
Middleweight (-58 kg (127.9 lb; 9.1 st))
Open weight

Former champions

Openweight Championship

Weight limit: Unlimited

No.	Name	Event	Date
1	Megumi Yabushita def. Erin Toughill	Smackgirl: World ReMix 2004 Shizuoka, Japan	Dec 19, 2004
2	Amanda Buckner	Smackgirl 2006: Advent of Goddess Tokyo, Japan	Feb 15, 2006
Buckner relinquished the title on May 15, 2007.
3	Yoko Takahashi def. Alicia Mena	Smackgirl 2007: The Queen Said The USA is The Strongest Tokyo, Japan	May 19, 2007
4	Hiroko Yamanaka	Smackgirl: Queen’s Hottest Summer Tokyo, Japan	Sep 6, 2007

Middleweight Championship

Weight limit: 58 kg (127.9 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date
1	Laura D'Auguste def. Tevi Say	Smackgirl Japan	Aug 17, 2005
D'Auguste relinquished the title on September 1, 2006.
2	Hitomi Akano def. Molly Helsel	Smackgirl: Women Hold Their Ground Tokyo, Japan	Sep 15, 2006
3	Takayo Hashi	Smackgirl: Queen’s Hottest Summer Tokyo, Japan	Sep 6, 2007

Lightweight Championship

Weight limit: 53 kg (116.8 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Yuka Tsuji def. Hisae Watanabe	Smackgirl: Road to Dynamic!! Tokyo, Japan	Jun 28, 2005	1. def. Maiko Ohkada at Smackgirl: Dynamic!! on Aug 17, 2005 2. def. Cami Hostetler at Smackgirl: Queen’s Triumphant Return on Apr 22, 2006 3. def. Tomomi Sunaba at Smackgirl: Top Girl Battle on Jun 30, 2006 4. def. Thricia Poovey at Smackgirl: The Dance of the Taisho Romance on Apr 28, 2007 5. def. Seo Hee Ham at Smackgirl: Starting Over on Dec 26, 2007

Flyweight Championship

Weight limit: 48 kg (105.8 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Satoko Shinashi def. Naoko Omuro	Smackgirl: Lightweight Anniversary Tokyo, Japan	Nov 29, 2005	1. def. Misaki Takimoto at Smackgirl: Will the Queen Paint the Shinjuku Red on Mar 11, 2007

Events

References

^ 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.