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Jorina Baars (born 18 October 1988) is a Dutch female Muay Thai kickboxer, based in Den Helder, Netherlands.She has competed professionally since 2004 and is the current ISKA Welterweight World Muay Thai champion, Lion Fight Women's World Welterweight Champion and the Enfusion Women's Featherweight Champion.
In the 1970s women in the United States took up kickboxing as they were prevented from taking part in women's boxing. [8] In the UK kickboxing has a growing following according to the WMC. [9] In May 2016 the kickboxing organisation Glory announced the creation of a women's division built around Tiffany van Soest. [10]
The women's 65 kg (143 lbs) Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the third heaviest of the female Light-Contact tournaments being the equivalent of the light heavyweight division when compared to the Low-Kick and K-1 weight classes.
Miyazaki made her professional kickboxing debut against Tomoko Hida at RISE WEST ZERO on October 6, 2019. [2] [3] She won the fight by unanimous decision.Miyazaki next faced AKARI at the inaugural RISE GIRLS POWER event on November 8, 2019, [4] who handed her first loss in the pro ranks, as she won the fight by unanimous decision.
Kira Matsutani (Japanese: 松谷綺, Matsutani Kira, born 1 June 2003) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the atomweight division of K-1, where she is the current Krush Atomweight champion.
A professional competitor since 2015, she is the 2019 K-1 Women's Flyweight Grand Prix winner and two-time Krush Women's Flyweight champion. She is the #9 ranked female kickboxer in the world by Combat Press, as of November 2020, [ 4 ] and has been ranked in the top ten since June 2018.
In boxing, she has won a bronze medal at the 2021 SEA Games. She currently competes as a Muay Thai fighter under contract with ONE Championship, where she is the current ONE Women's Atomweight Kickboxing World Champion. [1] As of January 2024, Beyond Kickboxing ranks her as the best Flyweight and pound-for-pound kickboxer in the World.
erika made her first RISE Women's Mini Flyweight title defense against the one-time RISE Women's Atomweight title challenger Arina Kobayashi at RISE 173 on November 18, 2023. [23] She lost the fight by a second-round technical knockout. [24] On October 7, 2024, erika announced her retirement as kickboxer. [25]