At the "ONE:X" Atomic Weight Reduction Tangled Rules Tournament on March 26, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt beauty Daniel Kelly, who has just signed for the ONE Championship, will make her debut at Asia's top competition against 39-year-old Deep Jewels and Valkyrie world champion Yasuo Yamaguchi.
Although Yamaguchi has a black belt in jiu-jitsu and has won gold medals in Asian and Japanese jiu-jitsu competitions, she has been fighting in mixed martial arts for many years, winning 21 victories and challenging world champion "unstoppable" Lee Seung-joo. In contrast, Kelly has always focused on the tangled game. In the tangled arena, 26-year-old Kelly defeated IBJJF world champion Sophia Amarante and wrestling star "Cookie" Carla Espaza and other famous players, showing her super jutsu talent.
Considering that the two have a 13-year age difference, Kelly's achievements in the tangled arena are even more impressive, so many boxing fans believe that Yamaguchi will become a "stepping stone" for newcomers. However, the 39-year-old Japanese veteran is not ready to admit his fate, in order to strengthen his competitiveness, Yamaguchi has found a legendary player to help him prepare for the game. He is Kazushi Sakuraba, a Japanese master of stalking with the title of "Gracie Hunter".
Kazushi Sakuraba, 52, is considered a Japanese hero who ushered in a new era. Although he does not have developed muscles and a burly body, he has a cool head and excellent fighting skills. When the Gracie family ruled the boxing world in the 1990s with Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Sakuraba kazushi was born as a hero who could compete with the Gracie family. He defeated Holler-Gracie, forced Hawes-Gracie to abstain in 90 minutes, surrendered Renzo Gracie, defeated Ryan Gracie, and single-handedly destroyed the Gracie family myth. Kazushi Sakuraba makes the legend of "Gracie The Hunter", showing that Japanese jiu-jitsu can compete with Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Yamaguchi shared a photo with Kazushi Sakuraba on social media with the caption: "I endured a lot of locking skills, but I successfully cracked them!" Through this passage, we can also see how hard Yamaguchi's preparations are. With the help of a Japanese jiu-jitsu legend, I believe she will be able to appear in the march 26 competition in an unprecedented state.
In the MMA ring, Yamaguchi has just gone through a series of tough matches, losing back-to-back defeats to Brazilian boxer Julie Mezzabarba and "Shadow Cat" Gisin Radzan, and many believe that Yamaguchi has been blocked out of the atomic-weight First Group. This jiu-jitsu competition gave Yamaguchi a whole new arena to compete. With a height of only 153 centimeters, Yamaguchi is at a disadvantage in range in mixed martial arts, often controlled by opponents with tall legs. But in the jiu-jitsu arena, her stout stature means a strength advantage. Kazushi Sakuraba is a well-known "wise man" who has the ability to guide Yamaguchi to his advantage and win this crucial game.
The old and new Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt narrowly meet, and Yamaguchi hopes to beat Daniel Kelly and start the second spring of his career. Do you think she can do it?