1. Megumi Yabushita is a retired Japanese female mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and judoka.
19 Facts About Megumi Yabushita
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Megumi Yabushita has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions.
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Megumi Yabushita is a Japanese national judo champion and a former Smackgirl open weight champion and tournament winner.
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Megumi Yabushita's father introduced her into judo, training her before entering elementary school.
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Megumi Yabushita excelled at judo starting in high school and became a regular participant in national championships.
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Megumi Yabushita next faced American grappler Roxanne Modafferi in the semi-finals, defeating Modafferi by unanimous decision.
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The referee immediately stopped the fight and gave Toughill a yellow card while Megumi Yabushita was writhing in pain.
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The ring doctor didn't allow the bout to continue after checking Megumi Yabushita, which resulted in an immediate disqualification for Toughill and this gave the open weight title to Megumi Yabushita.
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The referee rushed to stop the fight and Megumi Yabushita won at 0:29 of round one, with Megumi Yabushita not knowing what transpired until asking her corner.
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Megumi Yabushita's corner was forced to stop the fight after Megumi Yabushita got her forearm fractured during the first round.
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Megumi Yabushita was defeated by TKO in the third round.
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Megumi Yabushita was defeated by TKO due to an ankle injury sustained in the first round.
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Megumi Yabushita was defeated by technical submission due to an armbar in the first round.
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Megumi Yabushita competed in the first women's divisions at the ADCC World Championships on May 27 and 28,2005.
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Megumi Yabushita lost to eventual champion Juliana Borges in the semi-final of the over 60kg division and to Tara LaRosa in the opening round of the absolute division.
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Megumi Yabushita lost the fight by TKO in the second round.
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Megumi Yabushita was defeated by TKO due to a knee injury in round three.
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Megumi Yabushita has a younger sister named Yuka Megumi Yabushita who is a judoka.
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Megumi Yabushita uses Kula Shaker's cover of Hush as her ring entrance theme in pro-wrestling.