Takayo Hashi (端貴代
Hashi Takayo born October 2, 1977) is a
Japanese female
mixed martial artist.
Biography
Hashi observed her brother grappling and competing in
mixed martial arts and this inspired her to compete as well.
She joined the Wajutsu Keishukai, Tokyo Honbu gym and worked as an office worker during the day.
Mixed martial arts career
Hashi held the title of
Smackgirl Grappling Queen in the promotion's Open-Weight division.
She competed in the Japanese Abu Dhabi (
ADCC) qualifiers in 2007 and won her division. On May 6 and 7 of that year, she took third place in the official ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in Trenton, New Jersey.
Hashi suffered her first defeat in MMA in 2005 when she was submitted by
Hitomi Akano. She then won eight straight fights and avenged the loss to Akano in their 2007 rematch.
Hashi faced
Amanda Buckner at FFF 4 - Call of the Wild on April 3, 2008. She won the fight by unanimous decision. She later defeated
Chisa Yonezawa at Valkyrie 2 on April 25, 2009.
Hashi was set to make her
Strikeforce debut against
Sarah Kaufman at
Kaufman vs. Hashi on November 20, 2009, but the fight was later removed from the card. It was first rescheduled for January 2010, The fight crowned the first
Strikeforce Women's Welterweight Champion at 135 lbs. However, Hashi lost the fight by...
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