Jungle in her hometown going one more time for the red belt and also dedicating this to the memory of Hana Kimura, the stakes were high. In the case of Iwanti she's determined to defend her title in the place where she got injured and then later lost the red belt last year. This was nothing short of excellent, high drama from start to finish. Jungle using her power game and throwing bombs when need contrasted nicely with Mayu using her quickness and strikes to combat the attacks. Even though the finish came out no where it took nothing away from the masterpiece these two women painted. I'm a little bummed Jungle didn't win but this was a damn good match and is a very strong MOTYC. 

Man this was just excellent, and definitely STARDOM's best this year, but dammit I was really pulling for Kyona to win this one.