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This Saturday in Las Vegas, Mizuki<\/a> Inoue is set to make her long awaited return to the octagon after a three year absence. For those that don’t know, Mizuki injured<\/a> her left knee in 2020 and after undergoing surgery and rehab in the U.S., she continued her recovery and training in Japan. Now she’s ready to compete again and Hannah Goldy<\/a> is set to welcome her back. We had a chance to speak with her ahead of this fight and get her thoughts on her opponent as well as her long-awaited return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training in Japan<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It may seem odd at first to point out that a Japanese fighter is training in Japan, but in Mizuki’s case it is worth noting, since she trained exclusively in the U.S. from some time in 2018 to January of 2022. Before that, she trained in Toyohashi, a city of about 375,000 people that’s close to a 4 hour drive away from the capital. In other words, she’s never trained in Tokyo before, where she prepared for this fight. Thankfully, Mizuki’s friend and training partner Kanako Murata<\/a> is also in Tokyo and was able to introduce her to Me, We, where she was able to train with fighters Shizuka Sugiyama<\/a> and some other foreign flyweights. In addition to Me, We<\/a>, she also trained at Cute Gym<\/a>, Yuki Yasunaga’s<\/a> gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, after training in the U.S. for 4 years, training in Japan meant getting used to a different training culture. For example, in Japan, fighters have to train at multiple places, like a BJJ school, a boxing gym, and an MMA gym, whereas when she was in New York, she did almost all her training at Serra Longo. She also told us that the biggest difference was the lack of a head coach. When she was at Serra Longo, Ray Longo was her head coach and that meant he was a Mizuki expert. He set her schedule and since most of her training was done at Serra Longo, he saw her train and knew her condition. He knew what she needed to work on and knew when she needed to take it easy or when she needed to train hard. This is in contrast to Japan, where since fighters train at different places, there isn’t someone who sees all your training besides yourself. Also, when you train, there really isn’t a head coach at the gym, it is more like the gyms have skilled fighters who you can learn from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t just the training that Mizuki had to adjust to, it was also living in Tokyo. When she was in Toyohashi she drove everywhere and in Tokyo everyone uses public transportation, a complicated system of subways, trains, and buses. Not only that, if you dare to travel during rush hour, you better hope you aren’t claustrophobic, because the trains are packed to the point of bursting. These were things she struggled to deal with in the beginning, but now she’s adapted and tells us she’s had a lot of new experiences thanks to living in the big city.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Facing Hannah<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When we asked Mizuki what she thought of her upcoming opponent, she told us that Hannah’s a physically strong, aggressive fighter who’s strength lays in her grappling. She went on to add that sometimes Hannah isn’t able to get her opponent down so she clinches and strikes, which is kind of how Mizuki sees this fight playing out. Hannah’s bigger, having fought at flyweight in the past, so Mizuki thinks she might come forward pretty aggressively and try to strike and clinch, especially since Mizuki hasn’t fought in three years. However, she could also see Hannah trying to use her reach and strike from the outside. Whatever the case, she told us that she thinks she’s mentally stronger and that after not being able to fight for 3 years, she’s going to win this one for those who’ve supported her and waited to see her fight again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going into the fight, Mizuki admits that she’s nervous, well she’s 50% nervous, 50% excited. She hasn’t been able to fight in a long time and if all goes well, she’d like to make up for lost time and fight again this year. She also would like to go back to the U.S. to train, telling us she’d like to go to either Las Vegas or New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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