Sumiko Inaba determined to build on lessons learned ahead of PFL Pittsburgh
“Lady Samurai” on Saturday will welcome former Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki champion Ariane Lipski da Silva to the Professional Fighters League.
A high-stakes middleweight clash headlines PFL Pittsburgh: Tune in LIVE, Saturday, March 28 at 10 p. m. ET .
Sumiko Inaba already tested herself against the best the Professional Fighters League women’s flyweight division has to offer, and she hopes to learn from those lessons. Inaba will welcome Ultimate Fighting Championship castoff Ariane Lipski da Silva to the promotion when they collide in a featured PFL Pittsburgh attraction on Saturday at the UPMC Events Center. Armed with a Top 5 ranking at 125 pounds, she plans to break through to the top of the weight class.
Inaba last appeared at PFL Champions Series 2, where she dropped a three-round unanimous decision to budding superstar Dakota Ditcheva on July 19. Though she fell short in her bid to upset the undefeated American Top Team export, the insight the bout provided was invaluable. “It was an amazing experience to fight someone at that level, to test myself at that level.
I couldn’t be more proud to have done that,” Inaba told Sherdog. com. “No matter how the fight was going, I just wanted to prove that I could stick in there for the whole 15 minutes and still try to come up with something.