*anese mixed martial artist

Asami Kodera (小寺 麻美, Kodera Asami), occasionally nicknamed Asami, is a *anese female mixed martial artist. She currently fights in the Jewels promotion, where she won the 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix (48:kg & under).

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Mixed martial arts career
• 3 Mixed martial arts record
• 4 Championships and accomplishments
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

Kodera was born on (1978-07-28)July 28, 1978 in Tochigi Prefecture, *an.

Mixed martial arts career

Kodera debuted in mixed martial arts on November:9,:2002:(2002-11-09), defeating Nana Ichikawa by armbar submission at Smackgirl - *an Cup 2002 Episode 2. In her next fight, almost two years later, she was defeated by rear naked choke by Mari Kaneko at Golden Muscle - Strongest Queen Tournament on May:7,:2004:(2004-05-07).

Three years later, Kodera fought and defeated Mamiko Mizoguchi by armbar at Kingdom of Grapple - Live 2007 on November:25,:2007:(2007-11-25). Kodera would return to Smackgirl, losing against Masako Yoshida by unanimous decision. Her next fight was against Mika Nagano, who defeated Kodera by split decision on April:25,:2008:(2008-04-25).

After the demise of Smackgirl and one year after her previous fight, Kodera debuted in the Jewels promotion with an armbar submission victory over Yukiko Seki on July:11,:2009:(2009-07-11) at Jewels 4th Ring. Kodera would then participate in the 2009 Rough Stone Grand Prix 48:kg tournament, defeating Misaki Ozawa by submission (armbar) on September:13,:2009:(2009-09-13) and Kikuyo Ishikawa by decision (unanimous) on December:11,:2009:(2009-12-11) to win the tournament.

Mixed martial arts record

Championships and accomplishments

• 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix 48:kg Champion

See also

• List of female mixed martial artists

References

External links

• Asami Kodera Awakening Profile
• Professional MMA record for Asami Kodera from Sherdog
• Profile at Fightergirls.com
• Official blog (in *anese)