Megumi Fujii

Megumi Fujii is a Japanese former professional mixed martial artist and submission wrestler, born on 26 April 1974, who is regarded as a pioneer of women's mixed martial arts. She began judo at the age of three, competed through junior high and at Kokushikan University, and turned to combat sambo and catch wrestling after graduating. Her fighting is built on quick takedowns into submissions, and her best known finish is the Inazuma toe hold, nicknamed the Megulock. Away from MMA she was a Japanese national sambo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion, finished second four times at the World Sambo Championships, and won bronze medals at the ADCC World Championships in 2005 and 2007. In MMA she debuted in 2004 and became a staple of the Shooto and Smackgirl events, reaching the final of the 2008 Smackgirl World ReMix Grand Prix before that promotion folded.