The Road to the Title: Hisae Watanabe vs Miku

For the second time ever the DEEP female lightweight belt (110 lbs) is on the line at DEEP 31 this Sunday. The first time saw Hisae Watanabe become the first female champion in DEEP history after, at DEEP she KO'ed Satoko Shinashi in the first round for the vacant belt. This time Hisae Watanabe is defending the belt against Miku Matsumoto, a classic striker versus grappler matchup. Miku has been on a three fight winning streak in Club DEEP, while Hisae has one loss and one win in non-title matches.

Here's a collection of bouts, chronicling the two fighters journeys leading up to this title fight.

Hisae Watanabe

• vs Sumie Yamada, Smackgirl, 11/9/2002
• vs Jacqueline Roos, Girls Shock V (kickboxing), 6/27/2004
• vs Izumi Jet, IKUSA GP (kickboxing), 9/19/2005
• vs Mariko "Strawberry 15" Fujimoto, Smackgirl, 2/15/2006
• vs Satoko Shinashi II, DEEP 25 IMPACT, Lightweight title fight, 8/4/2006
• vs Su-Hi Ham, DEEP 28 IMPACT, 2/16/2007
• vs Masako Yoshida, DEEP 29 IMPACT, 4/13/2007

Miku Matsumoto

• vs Hikaru Shinohara, Club DEEP: Barbarian Festival 2, 5/15/2005
• vs Yuki Faratade, DEEP 23 IMPACT, 2/5/2006
• vs Carina Damm II, MARS 4, 8/26/2006
• vs Lisa Ward, Smackgirl, 9/15/2006
• vs Yuki Tanaka (kickboxing), 03/xx/2007
• vs Su-Hi Ham, Club DEEP Toyama, 5/13/2007
• vs Misaki Takimoto II, Club DEEP, 6/16/2007