{"id":4825,"date":"2025-07-18T06:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4825\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:50:08","slug":"ayaka-miura-closes-in-on-title-shot-against-juliana-otalora-i-want-to-win-solidly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4825\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayaka Miura closes in on title shot against Juliana Otalora: “I want to win solidly”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayaka Miura\u2019s path to championship gold has never been clearer. One more dominant performance could secure her place in the title picture.<\/p>\n

\"Ayaka<\/p>\n

The #2-ranked atomweight MMA contender faces undefeated promotional newcomer Juliana \u201cLa Patrona\u201d Otalora at ONE Friday Fights 116<\/a> on Friday, July 18, inside Bangkok\u2019s Lumpinee Stadium. For Miura, the bout represents another step toward her ultimate goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cZombie\u201d has been building unstoppable momentum over the past year. Her submission victory over Indian wrestling superstar Ritu Phogat at ONE 171 in February showcased her evolving submission game beyond her signature technique.<\/p>\n

While many know Miura for her devastating \u201cAyaka Lock\u201d \u2013 a scarf-hold Americana that has produced eight career victories \u2013 she\u2019s proven there\u2019s much more to her arsenal. The kneebar finish against Phogat demonstrated her ability to adapt and find new ways to win.<\/p>\n

That February triumph marked her fourth consecutive victory, a streak that includes first-round submission wins over Macarena Aragon and Meng Bo, plus a unanimous decision over Itsuki Hirata.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old Japanese judoka has maintained an 88 percent finishing rate throughout her ONE Championship tenure, proving she\u2019s one of the most dangerous grapplers in the division.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a fight where I could show what I\u2019ve been saying all along,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think strategizing really shows one\u2019s true character, and I just do what I always do without thinking much about the opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy condition feels like it\u2019s constantly maintained. I\u2019m going smoothly this time in a good way. But I think the strongest factor is that I\u2019m always trying to improve myself.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ayaka Miura\u2019s path to championship gold has never been clearer. One more dominant performance could secure her place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[5553,49,48,641,638,1865,5554,82],"class_list":["post-4825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ayaka-miura","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-one-friday-fights-116","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}