(1974-12-11) December 11, 1974 (age 49) Osaka, Japan
Other names
Vale Tudo Queen
Nationality
Japanese
Height
1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight
115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st)
Division
Featherweight (52.2 kg – 56.7 kg) (Valkyrie) Lightweight (under 52 kg) (Smackgirl)
Fighting out of
Osaka, Japan
Team
Angura[2]
Mixed martial arts record
Total
27
Wins
24
By knockout
2
By submission
16
By decision
6
Losses
3
By submission
3
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing Japan
Asian Championships
1997 Taipei
-51kg
Yuka Tsuji (辻結花, Tsuji Yuka, born (1974-12-11)December 11, 1974)[1] is a Japanese female mixed martial artist whose nickname is Vale Tudo Queen.
Tsuji was a prolific female mixed martial artist in the 2000s. Tsuji is a former Smackgirl tournament winner, Smackgirl Lightweight Champion and Valkyrie Featherweight Champion. MMA ranking system portal Fight Matrix ranked Tsuji as the #1 pound-for-pound Female Mixed Martial artist in the world in the years 2002, 2004 and 2005.[3] Between 2002 and her retirement from MMA in 2012, she had frequently placed in the Top 5 of women's MMA fighters in flyweight and strawweight classes.[4]
^ ab"Profile at Angura.net". Angura.net. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
^Cite error: The named reference sherdogff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^MMA Awards. Fight Matrix. Retrieved on 26 January 2016.
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