Fujii Draws Magana in Bellator Tournament Opener Aug. 12
Brian Knapp Jul 15, 2010
Megumi Fujii file photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
The unbeaten Megumi Fujii will square off with Angela Magana in the 2010 Bellator Fighting Championships women’s 115-pound tournament quarter-finals at Bellator 24 on Aug. 12 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla. The event will kick off the fledgling promotion’s third season.
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Anchored at Team Four Corners, a Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts sister gym in New Mexico, Magana has not competed since September, when she submitted to a rear-naked choke from Jessica Pene under the Action Fight League banner. A Gladiator Challenge veteran, she has secured six of her eight career victories by knockout, technical knockout or submission. The 27-year-old Magana has delivered five wins in her last seven bouts.
Meanwhile, American Top Team’s Jessica Aguilar will meet Lynn Alvarez in the other scheduled quarter-final at Bellator 24. Aguilar, who has never been finished, will carry a three-fight winning streak into the tournament. The Las Vegas-based Alvarez has rattled off four consecutive victories, all of them finishes.
The two other quarter-final bouts in the women’s tournament will be contested at Bellator 25 on Aug. 19 in Chicago, as Pene tangles with Zoila Frausto and undefeated Cage Rage veteran Aisling Daly collides with Lisa Ward.
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