(1982-03-31) March 31, 1982 (age 42) Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Residence
Tokyo, Japan
Nationality
Japanese
Height
5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1]
Weight
114 lb (52 kg)[1]
Division
Atomweight Strawweight[2]
Style
Judo, Grappling[3]
Stance
Southpaw
Fighting out of
Tokyo, Japan
Team
Abe Ani Combat Club
Trainer
Megumi Fujii
Rank
2nd Dan Black Belt in Judo[4]
Years active
2009–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total
30
Wins
24
By knockout
3
By submission
10
By decision
11
Losses
6
By knockout
3
By decision
3
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Ayaka Hamasaki (浜崎 朱加, Hamasaki Ayaka, born March 31, 1982) is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, judoka and submission grappler. She is the former Rizin Super Atomweight Champion. She has fought in MMA promotions Shooto, Jewels and Rizin in Japan, and Invicta FC in the United States. Hamasaki won the first Jewels 115 lb (52 kg) Queen tournament to become the first lightweight champion of the promotion. Hamasaki vacated her title due to injuries on August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31).[5][6] She is a former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion. Hamasaki is the first Asian to win a North American premier MMA promotion title.
Fight Matrix and MMARising.com list her as the number 2 atomweight fighter in the world,[7][8] and one of the top 10 pound for pound female fighters in the world.[9][10]
^ abCite error: The named reference Interview - Jewels was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Ayaka Hamasaki — Invicta Fighting Championships". Invicta FC. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^Sargent, Robert; Marchand, Dean; Yamamoto, Go (2013-08-31). "Emi Fujino, Mika Nagano Among Winners At Deep Jewels 1". Articles. Canada: MMARising.com. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
^"【DEEP JEWELS】ライト級王座決定トーナメントが開幕". News (in Japanese). Japan: eFight. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
^"Fight Matrix - Current MMA Rankings &» Women's Atomweight". .fightmatrix.com.
^"Unified Women's Mixed Martial Arts Rankings". mmarising.com.
^"Fight Matrix - Current MMA Rankings &» Women's Pound for Pound". fightmatrix.com.
AyakaHamasaki (浜崎 朱加, HamasakiAyaka, born March 31, 1982) is a Japanese female mixed martial artist, judoka and submission grappler. She is the former...
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Don Frye, Rick Hawn, Daniel Kelly, Hector Lombard, Karo Parisyan, AyakaHamasaki, Antônio Silva, Oleg Taktarov, Rhadi Ferguson, Dong-Sik Yoon, and Khabib...
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early". bloodyelbow.com. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020. "AyakaHamasaki faces Kanna Asakura in super atomweight title rematch at Rizin 27"....
tournament to crown a new lightweight champion after former Jewels champion AyakaHamasaki had to relinquish the title due to injuries that would leave her unable...
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against the veteran Hideo Tokoro. Former RIZIN Super Atomweight champion AyakaHamasaki was set to fight Miyuu Yamamoto for the vacant Super Atomweight title...
broken jaw much stronger, with a striker's mentality – via Youtube. "AyakaHamasaki and Miyuu Yamamoto face off in super atomweight title fight at Rizin...
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