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Official weigh-ins were held today at the DEEP Gym for Friday’s Jewels: “Twelfth Ring” card in Tokyo, Japan, and all but one of the 14 fighters who weighed in successfully made weight. The lone exception was England’s Danielle “The Curse” West, who weighed in heavy for her 65kg fight.

American Top Team standout Jessica “Jag” Aguilar and Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki had no troubles making weight for their non-title main event bout. Aguilar accepted the matchup on just one week’s notice. A full account of weigh-in results and fighter quotes is listed below.

Official Weigh-in Results:

Ayaka Hamasaki vs Jessica “Jag” Aguilar [52kg Jewels Special Rules - 2x5]

- Ayaka Hamasaki: 51.9kg / 114.2 pounds
- Jessica Aguilar: 51.4kg / 113.1 pounds

Mika “Future Princess” Nagano vs Emi Murata [54kg Jewels Official Rules - 2x5]

- Mika Nagano: 53.9kg / 118.6 pounds
- Emi Murata: 53.6kg / 117.9 pounds

Sakura Nomura vs Ji Yun Kim [58kg Jewels Official Rules - 2x5]

- Sakura Nomura: N/A*
- Ji Yun Kim: N/A*

*Both fighters will weigh in on the day of the event.

Shizuka Sugiyama vs Mayumi “Super Benkei” Aoki [62kg Jewels Official Rules - 2x5]

- Shizuka Sugiyama: 62.0kg / 136.4 pounds
- Mayumi Aoki: 61.7kg / 135.7 pounds

Miku Hayashi vs Suzuna Nakamura [52.16kg Jewels Kickboxing Rules - 3x2]

- Miku Hayashi: 52.1kg / 114.6 pounds
- Suzuna Nakamura : 51.7kg / 113.7 pounds

Bolormaa “Esui” Erdenebileg vs Danielle “The Curse” West [65kg Jewels Official Rules - 2x5]

- Esui: 64.6kg / 142.1 pounds
- Danielle West: 66.0kg / 145.2 pounds*

*West will start the fight with a Red Card (point deduction) due to missing weight.

Rina Tomita vs Sadae “Manhoef” Suzumura [52kg Jewels Official Rules - 2x5]

- Rina Tomita: 51.8kg / 114.0 pounds
- Sadae Suzumura: 51.9kg / 114.2 pounds

Miyoko Kusaka vs Yuka Okumura [50kg Jewels Official Rules - 2x5]

- Miyoko Kusaka: 50.0kg / 110.0 pounds
- Yuka Okumura: 49.5kg / 108.9 pounds

Fighter Quotes:

Jessica Aguilar: “I think it’s going to be a tough fight. Ayaka comes from a top camp, and her teacher [Megumi Fujii] is the best, so it’ll be tough but I’m looking forward to it. It’s my honour to be invited here, and I’m very grateful for this opportunity to fight in front of the Japanese fans. I think it’ll be a great fight.”

Currently, Aguilar’s sole occupation is in fighting and teaching.

“That’s it,” she says. “I teach the kids’ class at the gym, and I have private [lessons], basically. Right now I’m drowning and it’s really hard to survive. It’s definitely much easier for male fighters. I couldn’t get [any sponsors on short notice]. Back home, I have a few monthly ones, but I don’t always receive regular payments on time, so I just have to do the best I can. I think I’ll have to go get a full-time job pretty soon. I studied biology and I used to work at a blood bank, processing blood that was drawn.

“I just went vegan three months ago,” Aguilar adds, of a switch in diet. “Firstly, I’m lactose intolerant. I’ve always had a problem eating, in addition to that. Ever since I cut out meat, I’ve felt really good; really lean and healthy. I might try reincorporating fish sometime in the future. I’m not totally sure exactly what was wrong.”

Aguilar also addressed her controversial lost to Zoila Gurgel (Frausto) from last year.

“I really felt that I won, of course. You know, every round my coach was telling me if I won or lost the round, and he’d been telling me, ‘okay you lost that one, okay you won that, you won that.’ So it was a big shock that I lost, but after the fight, seeing the fan’s response and getting all their support, it really feels like a win for me. I feel just as if I’d won that fight. And Zoila wants a rematch. It’s not her fault how the judges scored it. She’s not a bad person, of course. She wants to prove herself.”

Additional comments from Aguilar and Abe Ani Combat Club (AACC) members Ayaka Hamasaki, Emi Murata and Rina Tomita are available in the video below, filmed by Roxanne Modafferi and Megumi Fujii:

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