Mio Tsumura
Japanese kickboxer
Mio Tsumura (born 14 April 1995), popularly known as MIO, is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the atomweight division of K-1.
A professional competitor since 2011, she is a multiple-time Shootboxing tournament winner, having won the Joshikousei tournament in 2012 and 2013, the Girls S-Cup Japan tournament in 2015 and the Asia Tournament in 2016. Tsumura is also the former Shootboxing Japan Minimumweight Champion.
Kickboxing career
Shootboxing
Shoot Boxing Joshikousei tournaments
Tsumura was scheduled to make her professional debut against Yoko Yamada on September 10, 2011. She won her debut by a first-round disqualification. She won her next two fights against Mariko Akechi and Asuka Inoue by unanimous decision, and her fourth professional fight against Tsubaki Oshima by majority decision.
Tsumura took part in the 2012 Joshikousei Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup, which was open solely to highschool age competitors. She beat Yuuki Kira in the quarterfinals and Tachiyuki in the semifinals by unanimous decision, before facing Eneos Akari in the finals. She beat Akari by a second-round technical knockout.
After losing a majority decision to Momi at Shoot Boxing 2013 act.1, Tsumura was scheduled to participate in the 2013 edition of the Shoot Boxing Joshikousei tournament.
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