is a

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(MMA) fighter. Her

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s are and . Mogi has participated in MMA promotions

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and

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. She formerly worked as Valkyrie's producer (matchmaker) and is now a producer for

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Background

Mogi was born on in

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Mixed martial arts career

Mogi made her professional debut in MMA on at ''Smackgirl-F 2005: I'll do it this year! Smack F Festival'' during ''The Next Cinderella Tournament 2005'' portion of the event, submitting

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, and

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Ai Fukaya with an

armbar An armlock in grappling is a single or double joint lock that hyperextends, hyperflexes or hyperrotates the elbow joint or shoulder joint. An armpit lock is very useful; it will immobilize an opponent and pin them on the ground. An armlock t ...

. On , Mogi debuted with the Shooto promotion at ''G-Shooto Plus 02'' and defeated Masako Yoshida by unanimous decision. Returning to Smackgirl at the event ''Smackgirl 2005: Lightweight Anniversary'', Mogi suffered her first defeat at the hands of

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specialist Hisae Watanabe via TKO (punches) on . Mogi was defeated by Taeko Nagamine via

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at ''Smackgirl 2006: Queen's Triumphant Return'' on . Mogi suffered her third straight loss on at ''Smackgirl: The Next Cinderella Tournament 2007 First Stage'', where she was defeated by Akiko Naito via another split decision. On , Mogi defeated Ayumi Takeuchi by submission (

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) at ''Shooto 6/26 in Kitazawa Town Hall''. In a rematch from their 2005 bout, Mogi fought against Masako Yoshida at ''Shooto Spirit 2009'', losing for the third time by split decision on . Debuting as a fighter in Valkyrie, Mogi was defeated by TKO (punches) by Misaki Takimoto at ''Valkyrie 03'' on . On at ''Valkyrie 05'', Mogi was defeated by Akiko Naito, this time by unanimous decision. Mogi competed for the first time in more than two and a half years when she faced Keiko Tomita at ''Jewels 22nd Ring'' on in Tokyo. Mogi missed weight for the fight and was defeated by TKO early in the second round. On , Mogi faced Takumi Umehara at ''Jewels 23rd Ring''. She was defeated by unanimous decision. Mogi next faced Yuko Oya at ''Deep Jewels 1'' on . She was defeated by split decision.

Submission grappling career

Mogi debuted in

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in 1998 in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament.

Mixed martial arts record

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, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3-6 , Akiko Naito , Decision (unanimous) , Valkyrie 05 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:00 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3-5 , Misaki Takimoto , TKO (punches) , Valkyrie 03 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 0:51 ,

, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3-4 , Masako Yoshida , Decision (split) , Shooto: Spirit 2009 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 3-3 , Ayumi Takeuchi , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Shooto: 6/26 in Kitazawa Town Hall , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:45 ,

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, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 1-0 , Ai Fukaya , Submission (armbar) , Smackgirl-F 2005: I'll do it this year! Smack F Festival , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:50 ,

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Submission grappling

, - , , Loss , Kyoko Abe , Gi Grappling 2008 ,

, Decision (points 0-0, advantages 0–1) , align="center", N/A , align="center", N/A , align="center", 8-5-0 , , - , , Win , Yuko Yamazaki , Smackgirl Grappling Queen Tournament 2007 ,

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, Decision (points 4–3) , align="center", 1 , align="center", 7:00 , align="center", 8-4-0 , , - , , Loss , Kyoko Takabayashi , Smackgirl Grappling Queen Tournament 2007 ,

, Submission (rear-naked choke) , align="center", 1 , align="center", 1:30 , align="center", 7-4-0 , , - , , Win , Saori Ishioka , Smackgirl Grappling Queen Tournament 2007 ,

, Decision (points 2–0) , align="center", 1 , align="center", 7:00 , align="center", 7-3-0 , , - , , Loss , Sayaka Shioda , ADCC Japan Trial final qualifier ,

, Submission (guillotine choke) , align="center", 1 , align="center", N/A , align="center", 6-3-0 , , - , , Win ,

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, ADCC Japan Trial final qualifier ,

, Decision (points 6–2) , align="center", 1 , align="center", N/A , align="center", 6-2-0 , , - , , Win , Yuko Yamazaki , G-Shooto Plus 01 ,

, Submission (armbar) , align="center", 2 , align="center", 1:25 , align="center", 5-2-0 , , - , , Win , Yasuko Tamada , Smackgirl F: 5-tsuki Byo o But Tobase! Natsu mo Chikai zo Sumakku F Sai ,

, Decision (unanimous) , align="center", 2 , align="center", 4:00 , align="center", 4-2-0 , , - , , Win , Yuki Sugiuchi , Smackgirl F: 5-tsuki Byo o But Tobase! Natsu mo Chikai zo Sumakku F Sai ,

, Decision (unanimous) , align="center", 2 , align="center", 4:00 , align="center", 3-2-0 , , - , , Win , Asami Kodera , Smackgirl F: 5-tsuki Byo o But Tobase! Natsu mo Chikai zo Sumakku F Sai ,

, Submission (armbar) , align="center", 2 , align="center", 1:49 , align="center", 2-2-0 , , - , , Loss , Yasuko Tamada , All-Japan Shooto Grappling Championships ,

, N/A , align="center", N/A , align="center", N/A , align="center", 1-2-0 , , - , , Loss , Rie Imazawa , Smackgirl Third Season-EX: Grappler's holiday ,

, Decision (split) , align="center", 3 , align="center", 3 , align="center", 1-1-0 , , - , , Win , Maiko Okado , Smackgirl Third Season-EX: Grappler's holiday ,

, Decision (split) , align="center", 3 , align="center", 3 , align="center", 1-0-0 , , - , colspan=10 , ''Legend'':

Championships and accomplishments

*13th all-Japan amateur Shooto championship women's flyweight winner (2006) *14th all-Japan amateur Shooto championship women's flyweight winner (2007) *15th all-Japan amateur Shooto championship women's flyweight winner (2008)

References

External links

Yasuko Mogi Awakening Profile
*
Profile
at Fightergirls.com *
Official blog

Official blog (matchmaker)
at kakutoh.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Mogi, Yasuko 1969 births Living people Japanese female mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Japanese female Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners People from Nerima 20th-century Japanese sportswomen