Miscellaneous News

Holm – Courtesy NMCombatSports.com

Holly Holm has signed to the UFC.

One of the top pound for pound boxers on the planet was in negotiations with the promotion since the beginning of the year. Having started her career undefeated with six finishes, Holm will have a big step up in competition in the UFC.

No word on when she will debut with the promotion.

Sufficed to say the possible match between her and boxing champion Cecilia Braekhus for the fall is now got going to happen.

Cyborg

A follow-up to the major InvictaFC announcement yesterday. MMA Junkie is reporting that Cyborg Justino will be making her bantamweight debut at InvictaFC 10 in December.

Justino has hired Tony Aponte to help with the cut. Aponte has helped BJ Penn and Heath Herrig in their weight cuts. No word on an opponent as of yet.

Justino was set to defend her featherweight title against Ediane Gomes, but both have decided to drop to 135. Knapp is not sure of the status of the title. If all goes to plan, Justino will fight again next year at 135.

With Justino out for the promotion’s 9th card, it looks like Barb Honchak will defend her title and main event.

We will have more information next week. Wombat Sports will have live coverage of InvictaFC 8 in Kansas City the first week of September.

The match bewteen Shayna Baszler and Bethe Correia has been moved to UFC 177 on August 30 in Sacramento, CA after cancellation of UFC 176. The fight is expect to be on the Fox Sports 1 prelims.

InvictaFC vet Duda Yankovich is in stable condition after suffering a stroke this past Wednesday in Brazil. Her coach, Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira, was there when the stroke happened and rushed her to a hospital after doctor’s advice. They found her middle cerebral artery was obstructed.

She is currently in the ICU hooked to machines, but conscious. She is doing much better according to her US manager and thanks the fans for their thoughts and prayers via text with him.

We hope for a complete recovery.

Experienced martial artist Kirstie Gannaway has signed to OneFC. Currently residing in Singapore, the Australian native has over eight years of training, but has yet to step foot in a cage competitively. She won a contract OneFC at an open tryout and is training at Evolve MMA, OneFC’s training facility. She is the third female to sign to OneFC. No word on when she will debut.

CJ has posted a UFC Japan promo featuring Rin Nakai. It’s mostly in Japanese, but Dana White does talk about Nakai in English. If you don’t know about the undefeated Japanese fight here is a glimpse.

Before she stepped into the octagon this past Sunday, the UFC let Sarah Moras know that with a win or not she would have another UFC match due to Alexis Dufresne not making weight. No word on if this is another one fight contract.

Finland’s Eeva Siiskonen will face France’s Isabelle Pare in a bantamweight match at Carelia Fight 10 in Imatra, Finland Sept. 6.

Yamaguchi

The Girls S-cup is set for August 2.

The tournament, which combines kickboxing with standing submission, is an annual event and has sparked the careers of many Japan fighters.

This year they will have two tournaments with some highly touted prospects and vets of the Japanese fight scene.

In the 48 kg tournament will be 16 year old Yukari Yamaguchi, two time Shootbox high school champ Mio Tsumura, and MMA veteran Mei Yamaguchi. A fourth participant has yet to be named. Yamaguchi is training partners with InvictaFC vet Mizuki Inoue.

Multi-time champ Rena Kubota will look for another title as she takes on international talent in an eight women “World S-Cup” torunament. Among those announced for the bracket are Lorena Klijn and Christina Jurjevic.

More fighters are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to Amanda Lucas. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Felix, Thursday at 8 pounds 3 oz.

Griffith

This Sunday at 1 p.m. pst/4 p.m. est we will talk to MMA fighter Hadley Griffith. The Oregion native is looking to make her mark against the undefeated Emily Corso.

You can listen live here on Sunday.

Rumors

There has been no doubt that Ronda Rousey is open to fight with Cyborg Justino. Her coach, Edmond Tarverydyan, told Ariel Helwani he likes the match-up, but only if they do it at 135.

Undefeated Brazilian Talita Nogueira (6-0) is in talks with the UFC. She is currently the #8 featherweight in the Unified rankings. The BJJ blackbelt has finished in all her wins, including four submissions.

UFC president Dana White told reporters this week that Felice Herrig got into a fight on set of TUF 20. He failed to mention who was the other person involved, but our guess is Heather Clark. You can read why here. Herrig is still on the show.

With Cyborg set for InvictaFC 10, expect Barb Honchak to defend her 125 belt at InvictaFC 9.

High touted amateur prospect Taylor Stratford is looking to make her pro debut by the end of the year. Having been sidelined for over a year due to injury, her only loss was to Ronda Rousey. Rousey stated in interviews she feels Stratford is the top prospect at 135.

After her loss to Takayo Hashi, DEEP-JEWELS fighter Shizuka Sugiyama has decided to move to flyweight.

Scheduled Fights

Pro MMA

In a very rare event, there is no pro WMMA fights this weekend.

Ammy MMA 

Legacy Amateur Series will feature three female bouts in Austin, Texas.

The main event will feature Colbey Northcutt (3-1) taking on Amy Coleman (5-1) for the bantamweight title. In a pair of strawweight fights, Ashley Milligan battles Bi Nguyen and Sijin Kurian faces Jordan Carmona.

In other amateur action:

• At 24/7 Entertainment in Midland, Texas, Shyann Farmer fights Kenia Rosa
• Jamie Mix takes on Cindy Benitez at RCWC in Garden City, KS
• At Caged Warrior Championship in Larose, Louisiana, Takara McGilbra battles Jamie Blanton (155)
• Amanda Pack fights Jesse Brennan at BFL in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
• At Archangel Worldwide in Riverside, CA, Kelly Vanhoy takes on Elizabeth Rodriguez
• Anna Dempster faces Kola Shippentower at Rumble at the Roseland in Portland, OR
• At Premier FC 16 in Agawam, MA, Lisa Blaine fights Sarah Click
• Paola Ramirez battles Michelle Motter at Fight Club OC in Costa Mesa, CA

Boxing

Maureen Shea will be looking for a second weight class title as she takes on Angel Gladney in Oxnard, CA for the vacant IFBA super bantamweight title.

Shea (23-2) was a sparring partner for Hillary Swank on “Million Dollar Baby” and racked up 11 KOs in her career. She is currently the NABA featherweight champion and on a ten fight win streak.

Gladney (8-9-1) is looking to snap a two fight losing skid. She went on a seven fight unbeaten streak to start her career.

In Indio, California, Chantel Cordova and Patricia Alcivar will battle for the vacant NABF super flyweight title. Both coming off losses, Cordova (12-5-1) and Alcivar (7-2) will be looking for their first Continental title.

In other boxing action:

• In a pair of bouts in Sofia, Bulgaria, Teodora Bacheva takes on Ivana Yaneva and Kremena Petkova battles Galina Gumliiska
• Jennifer Hamann faces Ariel Beck in Shelton, Washington
• In Grand Forks, North Dakota, Sonya Three Fox fights Concha Ross

Sheilds (center) with the IWBHOF Class of 2014

Seven names that helped establish women in “The Sweet Science” were the first to be honored as Hall of Famers.

Christy Martin Salters, Lucia Rijker, Regina Hamlich, Bonnie Canino, Barbara Buttrick, Joann Hagen, and Christy Halbert were inducted into the initial  International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Thursday morning in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The women were chosen by a group of eight industry experts to be inducted into the first class.

Author and blogger Malissa Smith served as MC at the event, as she detailed the histories of honorees.

All were in attendance for the ceremony, with Joann Hagen getting her award posthumously from her niece Mary Cummins.

Rijker recalled her journey to watch the 2012 Olympics to see the women fight for the first time at the worldwide showcase of athletic talent. She also recounted her journey to the U.S. to become one of the top female strikers in both boxing and kickboxing.

“To be the best female fighter in the world, I always thought you need to be the best you can possibly be,” Rijker expressed in her acceptance speech. “It’s not about knocking somebody down, it’s about bringing out your full potential as an athlete. Whatever you do in life, do it good, do it 200 percent, and that will bring out your fullest potential, and that’s what the sport did for me.”

Rijker also credited fellow hall of famer Martin on being an inspiration to her. Martin chronicled her journey from breaking the glass ceiling – co-main eventing a ppv in 1996, to her recover after she was stabbed several times by her ex-husband in 2010. She found boxing as therapy to recover physically and mentally.

Germany’s Hamlich was honored as the having sparked interest again in Europe for the women’s boxing scene. Only having lost once in her 13 fight career, her farewell fight was one of the most watched bouts in European history.

“I’m very proud to be here, because it’s historic,” Hamlich explained. “We are, all together, the best example that dreams can come true if you believe in it. In the beginning, they really laugh about this little girl that liked to box. But women boxing is a very good sport if you do it well, if you do it with your heart. Believe in you.”

Also inducted was Dr. Christy Halbert, who was honored not only for her boxing but her efforts to bring women into the Olympics. 2012 Gold medalist Clarissa Shields was in attendance, which only seemed fitting. Shields thanked the honorees for helping set the table for her successes.

“I had to go through a lot to make it to where I am, but to know there are women who paved the way, it makes me feel a lot better,” Shields stated. “I feel like I’m not by myself. They understand the struggle , how hard it is to be a female fighter and be recognized. They never had the chance to go to the Olympics, so this is going to give me a lot of motivation going into Rio in 2016.”

Hagen, who was always looking for a fight, was given a brilliant induction by Smith. Her 1954 fight with fellow inductee Buttrick would be the first boxing bout to be broadcast in the radio.

Buttrick’s only loss was to Hagen, and 15 years later, she would return for one more bout before retiring. She founded the WIBF in 1989, which is the sanctioning body for many female boxing matches across the world.

The event was held by the Women’s Boxing Archive Network, and the Hall of Fame was created by its own Sue Fox, who has been a long time report, historian, and advocate of women’s boxing.

Csilla Nemedi Courtesy Monokli.com

Women’s boxing on a worldwide basis seems to be turning a corner.

It has always outpaced their sisters in the WMMA community, but that gap seems to be shrinking. As for the availability in the US, that is getting stronger if any of the early numbers this year is any indication.

Women’s boxing is on the verge of breaking a glass ceiling again and being draws in a sport desperately needing innovation and a millennial rethinking of how boxing is run.

Here are some of the stats the first half of the year, which ended on June 30.

296: The amount of female boxing bouts worldwide so far this year. This is 51 fights more than their sisters in the pro WMMA world.

135: Unanimous decisions, the most popular way to win a fight so far this year. It accounts for 45% of all results from fights.TKO came in second with 67. Point decision were 23 and pure knockouts were 20.

92: Amount of title fights the first half of the year. This doesn’t include country or regional titles. Fourteen different sanctioning bodies held fights for their belts. The WBC had the most with 21. The WBA came in at 12, WIBA at 11, and WBO at 10. They account for 31% of the total fights.

59: The number of fights in Argentina in the first half of 2014. This is the most by any country. Mexico came in second with 55, and the USA gained some headway with 34 fights taking third.

33: Number of champions that retained their titles (not including regional ones). Only 5 fighters were able to beat a champion. 46 vacant title fights happened, with 8 interim champions crowned.

27: First round wins by either TKO or KO. Most popular round to finish the fight. The stats just go down with the rounds with the second at 15 and the third at 14.

6: Most pro fights by a single fighter this year so far. The distinction goes to Csilla Nemedi of Hungary.

Miscellaneous News

Congratulations to Ronda Rousey on breaking not only a WMMA barrier but a MMA one in general, being the first Mixed Martial Artist to win an Espy. She was awarded “Female Athlete of the Year” at the sports awards. You can watch her awards speech here.

We talked to InvictaFC president Shannon Knapp this past weekend and got a few notes.

• Tickets go on sale for InvictaFC 8 this week.
• Originally they didn’t have a strawweight title match on the InvictaFC 8 card, but decided it was a way to show the MMA community their 115 division is back and stronger than ever. Mizuki Inoue is fighting for DEEP-JEWELS in August and wouldn’t have time for a full camp, or else she would have been one of the participants.
• The announce team isn’t set yet for the 8th card, as King Mo will be fighting for Bellator and Mauro Ranallo will be unavailable that weekend. We should expect an announcement in the coming week or so on who will be joining Julie Kedzie on the announce desk.
• Some ideas have been floating around for InvictaFC 9, but don’t expect any announcements until the night of the 8th card. Three things we can verify – Barb Honchak will be defending her 125 title at the event; we can expect more InvictaFC debuts on the card; and a few big surprises.
• The UFC will start promoting the September card in August so be on the look out for the ads.

An update on Duda Yankovich. She is already back in the gym two weeks after a stroke. She is resuming to normal workouts but is not allowed contact training, including boxing and kickboxing.

XFCi announced this week they have signed five more fighters. These include:

• Polyana Botelho (2-1) Flyweight
• Débora Ribeiro Silva (1-1) Flyweight
• Liana Pirosin (1-1) Flyweight
• Karine Silva (5-0) Bantamweight
• Taila Santos (3-0) Bantamweight

XFC1 will return September 19th, with Finnish fighter Vuokko Katainen on the card.

Osman

Julaton

Ana Julaton will have a new opponent in Dubai.

Ann Osman will be replacing the injured Russian Irina Mazepa on the OneFC event August 29. Osman is Malaysia’s first female professional MMA fighter and lost her debut in a war with Sherilyn Lim. She would lose by split decision.

Former boxing champion Julaton is looking for her second MMA win after her MMA debut win over Aya Saeid Saber by third round TKO this past May.

The fight will stream on the OneFC website for $12 on August 29.

Former ring girls and Korean reality TV show star Song Ga-Yeon will be making her pro MMA debut against Japan’s Emi Yamamoto at RoadFC in Seoul, South Korea August 17th. The fight will take place at atomweight.

After going 5-0 as an amateur kickboxer, 19 year old Song decided to pursue a career in MMA and RoadFC have groomed her to be their next star.

The Korean beauty face her first test in Japan’s Yamamoto, who has one loss in the amateur ranks.

You can watch a promo video of Song here.

Germany is looking to expand its wmma division with two pro debuters on the GMC 5 card in Europahalle, Germany Setpember 13th.

Mandy Böhm and Maja Matusiak will battle in a 128 pound catchweight affair. Böhm has studied Kung Fu and Wing Chun, while Matusiak has fought in K-1 kickboxing.

No word on if the match will be streamed.

If you missed out last week, the gals at WMMA Round-up did three videos covering several topics that came up.

• TUF 20 cast revealed (video here)
• InvictaFC 8 matches announced (video here)
• Who’s Next for Ronda Rousey? (video here)

Our friends over at MMA Somnia did an article about what it takes to get a sponsor as a fighter. You can read it here.

The also have some great gear and advise for fighters starting out in MMA, boxing, and Muay Thai.

Americana MMA has decided to donate 10% of their profits to the InvictaFC 8 fighters. They have had done shirts for Michelle Waterson, Michelle Ould, Miriam Nakamoto, and Lauren Murphy in the past and currently carry Zolia Frausto’s new shirt, which you can purchase here.

Rumors

UFC President Dana White is expected to meet with Gina Carano today (Monday) to try to ink a deal for her return to MMA. White states he is going to offer her a title match with champion Ronda Rousey on the New Years Eve card in Vegas.

A lot of rumors going around about the opening round TUF 20. White told the press in Ireland he was disappointed that he wasn’t there to watch some of the matches but conformed “one of the European fighters had already fought” before he left the U.S.

We are also hearing the normal “Ultimate Fighter” format won’t be the same for this season. Usually the coaches determine the teams and fights, but that may have changed since this season is for a belt.

Claudia Gadhela wants to stay active after her win this past week, and will more than likely fight again before the TUF 20 finale. She will most likely face the winner of Juliana Lima and Joanna Jedrzejczyk, which happens this Saturday.

Bantamweight star Larissa Pacheco will defend her Jungle Fights 135 belt September 6th against a yet to be named opponent in Brazil.

Finnish female fighters Vuokko Katainen, Tina Lähdemäki, and Katja Kankaanpää are moving to American to train. No word on exactly where.

Scheduled Match (Results)

Howard and Montenegro courtesy Ernie Sapiro Photography

Pro MMA

A pair of bouts happened at CageSport in Tacoma, WA.

Strawweight Katie Howard defeated Amy Montenegro by split decision to improve to 3-2. Howard has fought all of her pro bouts in 2014.

Emily Corso got her third 1st round submission win, defeating Hadley Griffith by rear naked choke. Corso came in 3 1/2 pounds over the 125 bout and was fined for missing weight.

In other pro bouts:

• At Spartan Combat League in Denver, CO, Alice Yauger defeated Shannon Sinn by unanimous decision
•  Beckie Ruth-Gullet defeated Mandy Polk by TKO round 1 at  Shamrock FC in St. Louis, MO. In an amateur bout, Gabrielle Labbee defeated Shawna Tyler by TKO round 2
• At Coliseum FC 2 in Brazil, Jessica Medeiros de Andrade defeated Nayara Hemily by unanimous decision
• Tatiana Suarez defeated Tyra Parker by unanimous decision at Gladiator Challenge in Rancho Mirage, CA. Sara Snow defeated Vanesse Morrison by TKO round 1 in an amateur bout
• At Xtreme Kombat 24 in Mexico, Tania Pereda submitted Karina Gonzalez by armbar 4:19 of round 1
• Kristi Lopez defeated  Katie Castro by TKO round 1 at Xplode Fight Series in Valley Center, CA. Sharon Jacobson def. Aleeta Munion by TKO round 1 in an amateur bout

Ammy MMA

In amateur action:

• At Cage Wars in Grand Junction, Colorado, Amanda Nold defeated Amanda Haller by unanimous decision
• Brenda Enriquez defeated Carissa Westlund by TKO 2:53 Round 1 at Steelfist Fights in Farmington, Utah
• At Kings of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Christina Eduardo defeated Micaela Cadena by unanimous decision
• Hannah Dawson defeated Casey O’Neill by TKO 1:24 round 1 at Eternal MMA in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Boxing

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Carolina Raquel Duer successfully defrned her WBO bantamweight title, getting the unanimous decsion over Ana Lozano.  She improves her unbeaten streak to 16 and defends the belt for the second time.

On the undercard, Maria Magdalena Rivera knocked out Cintia Liliana Gonzalez in round 3

In other boxing action:

• In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Julieta Andrea Cardozo defeated Maria Cecilia Roman by split decision
• Also in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Karen Elizabeth Carabajal defeated Lorena Noemi Gomez by unanimous decision
• Alisah McPhee defeated Peggy Maerz by split decision in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
• In Huntington, New York, Wendy Toussaint defeated Courtney Pennington by unanimous decision
• Lee Dittmar defeated Kori Farr by majority decision in Mansfield, Queensland, Australia
• In Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Erin McGowan knocked out Keanpetch Superchamps in round 1
• Silvia Torres defeated Joana Medina by TKO round 4 in Guerrero, Mexico

Song vs. Kimura Courtesy RoadFC

Miscellaneous News

In action Friday night, Marion Reneau defeated pro debuter Maureen Riordon by armbar at 4:15 of round 1. The bantamweight gets her third straight first round victory and her first submission win as a pro.

Saturday morning at RoadFC, Hyo-Kyung Song defeated Hazuki Kimura by TKO 2:21 of round 2 in Gumi, South Korea.

Fernanda Soledad Alegre successfully defended her WBO light welterweight title, getting a second round TKO over  Dalia Vasarhelyi in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Friday.

Also In boxing action Friday, Kristin Gearhart and Ashleigh Curry fight to a split draw in Chicago.

Jemyma Betrian has an opponent for her pro mma debut August 10th. Washington’s Hadley Griffith is looking to recover after a loss this past weekend to take on the Muay Thai standout at Chaos At The Casino 5 in Inglewood, CA.

Betrian, a champion in Muay Thai, has been training with UFC champion Ronda Rousey for her switch to MMA. Griffith also have a Muay Thai background and looks to hand Betrian her first loss in MMA.

The event will be headlined by Marina Shafir taking on Amanda Bell in a featherweight battle.

Rising atomweight prospect Catherine Costigan will once again battle in her hometown of Dublin, Ireland as she will take on Monaco’s Noelia Molina at Cage Warriors 70 ‪August 16.

Costigan (4-0) has recovered nicely after a three year absence due to injury, winning three straight. Molina will be dropping to 105 for the bout, and hasn’t seen action in a cage since her loss to Joanne Calderwood in 2012. She has been active in the Muay Thai scene in Europe however.

The fight will stream on MMAJunkie.com August 16.

Brazil will have a very busy August and early September as Damadeferromma.com has announced several bouts in the country.

• August 7 at Circuito de Lutas Fight Night, Arielle Souza and Mahri Guerreira will look for their first wins as pros. In a Muay Thai bout, Ladie Dias battles Roberta Cristina.
• In a pair of bouts at AFC on Aug. 9 in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil,  Claudia Rey (4-0) takes on Natali Alves (pro debut) and Roberta Paim (3-0) faces Daniela Oliveira (pro debut).
• Undefeated Viviane Sucuri (5-0) will make a drop to 115 as she faces Gina Naja (1-2) at Limo Fight 13 in Limoeiro do Norte, Brazil August 15.
• InvictaFC vet Jennifer Maia (8-3) will look to maintain her #3 Unified ranking as she takes on raising star Elaine Albuquerque (9-3) at Circuito Talent 11 August 23 in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil. This will be for the promotion’s flyweight title.
• A month later, Circuito Talent will have another card in Campinas, Brazil September 20th, Livia Renata Souza (5-0) looks to stay undefeated as she takes on Camila Pitbull (8-3) in a strawweight bout.

Ana Julaton will be holding a media day August 6 at the House of Ryu in Las Vegas to help promote her upcoming fight against Ann Osmond at OneFC August 29th in Dubai, which will stream on OneFC.com. More info can be found at by clicking the picture on the right.

Sunday at 2:30 p.m. pst/5:30 p.m. est on the podcast, we will have veteran Muay Thai fighter Kate McGray, who will be returning to MMA as she takes on Maria Rios at National Fight Alliance’s event in California.

You can listen live here Sunday.

Rumors

No rumors this week. Expect some next week.

Scheduled Fights

Courtesy UFC

Pro MMA

After their first strawweight battle took place last week, the UFC is ready to bring some more international 115 talent in as Poland’s Joanna Jedrzejczyk will battle Brazil’s Juliana Lima at UFC on Fox 12 in San Jose, CA, which will stream on UFC Fight Pass.

The undefeated Jedrzejczyk (6-0) is coming off a KO victory over Rosi Sexton in June and had a quick turnaround when the UFC came knocking. With the contract came a drop from 125 to 115, but it seems the Polish star has adjusted nicely, making 115 on the button at weigh-ins.

Same couldn’t be said of Lima (6-1), who came in initially at 117 pounds, and then re-weighed at 116.5. Since she missed weight, she will be deducted 20% of her fight purse. Some controversy arose when main eventer Matt Brown came in overweight and will not be deducted from his fight pay because of confusion from the California State Athletic Commission doctor gave confusing instructions to both fighters. Lima tried to make weight but still missed, while Brown thought the doctor had ordered him to stop cutting weight instead of simply advising him not to.

Lima’s only loss was to InvictaFC title challenger Katja Kankaanpaa by decision.

WMMA Round-up got an interview with Jedrzejczyk after the weigh-in and you can watch it here.

In other pro MMA bouts:

• At Triple A MMA in New Mexico, Lindsay Jones faces Jessica Armstrong
• In a trio of bouts at Roshambo in Australia, Shauna Carew battles Ginny Connors,  Lana Kate fights Jessy Jess, and Megan Anderson faces Kerry Barrett
• At ECC in Halafax, Canada, Holly Cline battles Jody Reicher
• Jin Tang take on Yana Lyashko at Kunlun Fights in China

Ammy MMA

The MMA Expo in New York will crown amateur champions as Fighters Source will have a card in “The Big Apple”.

Susie Wyatt-Walters will battle Angela Hancock for the flyweight title and Fernanda Araujo takes on Danielle Gallagher for the bantamweight title.

In other amateur bouts:

• At NAFC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Shannon Goughary faces Kali Robbins and Emily Rady takes on Kelli Richards
• In a pair of bouts at Organized Chaos in Topeka, Kansas, Tabby Patterson fights Jessica Middleton and LeiLoni Stewart battles Stephanie Hull 
• Kathy McCord takes on Rachel Johnson and Mercedes Chavez faces Monica Medina at Ignite MMA in Amarillo, Texas
• At the Legacy Amateur Series in Austin, TX, Elizabeth Palacios fights Brittany Robertson
• Lacie Jackson battles Rena Pena at GFA in Alexandria, Louisiana
• At Blackout FC in Carthage, Missouri, Blair Patton takes on Melissa Shepard
• Xin-min Lai faces Danielle Mack at Conquest FC in Garden Grove, California

Boxing

Christina Hammer is looking to take a second division world title as she takes on former welterweight champion Anne Sophie Mathis for the vacant WBO light middleweight title in Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

Hammer (17-0) is undefeated and is the current WBO and WBF middleweight champion. Eight of her wins were within the distance.

Mathis (27-3) is the current WBF light middleweight champion winning the belt in June. She was on a 22 fight win streak before suffering back to back losses two two of the best in the world; Holly Holm and Cecilia Braekhus.

Anabel Ortiz will attempt to defend her WBA minimumweight title for the second time as she takes on Neisi Torres in Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Ortiz (14-3) is on a four fight win streak Torres (12-2-1) won four her her past 5.

In other boxing matches:

• In Maipú, Mendoza, Argentina, Carla Romina Weiss take on Vanesa del Valle Calderon
• In a trio of fights in Alajuela, Costa Rica, Carolina Arias faces Lorena Arias, Celina Salazar battles Maria Elena Villalobos, and Yokasta Valle fights Maria Guadalupe Atilano 
• Alica Melina Kummer dukes it out with Samia El Khaouat in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany

Miscellaneous News

Cage Warriors has announced three female bouts for their upcoming cards.

Undefeated featherweight Pannie Kianzad (5-0) will make her Cage Warriors debut as she faces Alexandra Buch (8-3) in what will be an important match in the 145 rankings on August 22nd in Amman, Jordan. Kianzad is ranked #3 in the Unified rankings and a win could solidify her as a top contender for what could be a vacant InvictaFC 145 title. Buch is looking to crack the top 10 and make her way to the top of the ladder.

Also on the card, Lina Akhtar Länsberg meets Laura Howarth in a bantamweight bout.

Cage Warriors will head to Newport, Wales on September 13. Paulina Bonkowska will face Kate Jackson in a flyweight bout on the card.

All are expected to stream on MMAJunkie.com.

Longtime Thailand resident and British born fighter Helen Harper will return to her home soil to take on Simona Soukupova at the MMA Showdown card in Windsor, England September 6..

Harper tried out for the “Ultimate Fighter 20″ but was not selected. She is 2-0 in MMA and has a solid striking base having trained the past few years at Phunket Fight Team. Harper has recently moved back to England, and planning to train with Miesha Tate in the near future.

Soukupova is a vet of Invicta and had back to back submission wins before losing to Karolina Kowalkiewicz last September.  She has never been finished.

Boxing champion Lindsay Garbatt will make her long awaited MMA debut as she faces Calie Cutler at WXC in Soughtgate, Michigan August 15.

Garbatt (8-7) is the former WIBA featherweight (126 lbs) champion and has been for a while looking to make the crossover to MMA.

Cutler went 7-1 in amateur MMA before making her pro debut in May, defeating Brittany Dugas.

Following the bout, Garbatt’s next MMA bout is ready set, as she will face Lynell House at Hard Knock Fights 38 in Calgary, Canada October 3rd.

House (2-2 MMA) is looking to get back on the winning track, and has a boxing background.

Also on the card, Kayla Matton will take on Coralie Dixon in a 110 catchweight bout.

The match will most likely stream on GoFightLive.tv for $12.

Amy Montenegro will look to come off her first pro loss by taking on InvictaFC vet Kathina Catron September 6th at XFI’s card in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Montenegro (3-1) bad back to back submissions before losing to Katie Howard by decision last month.  Catron (4-3) is looking to rack up a second win in a row since last fall.

Rena

The Girls S-Cup happened this past weekend, which brought some of the best fighters out to test their Shootboxing skills.

For those not familiar with shootboxing, it’s kickboxing with takedowns. After being taken down, the fighters are immediately stood up. It also allow standing submissions.

A 50kg/110 lbs tournament took place, with multi-time champion Rena took home the title and remains undefeated in the sport. She beat Ticha in the finals. Fighters from Brazil, Netherlands, Korea, and Australia also came in for the tournament.

Also a 48 kg/106 lbs tournament that featured MMA star Mei Yamaguchi.

Here are the complete results:

50 kg tournament finals

• Rena def. Ticha by TKO round 2

50 kg tournament semi-finals

• Ticha def. Jiwaen Lee by unanimous decision
• Rena def. Christina Jurjevic by unanimous decision

50 kg tournament quarterfinals

• Jiwaen Lee def. Lorena Klijn by split decision
• Ticha def. Eduarda Lima by unanimous decision
• Christina Jurjevic def. Kill Bee by unanimous decision
• Rena def. Simone Dommelen by unanimous decision

48 kg tournament finals

• Yukari Yamaguchi def. Mio by split decision

48 kg tournament semi-finals

• Yukari Yamaguchi def. V.V Mei Yamaguchi by majority decision
• Mio def. Momi by unanimous decision

Single bouts

• Ai Takahahi def. Nong Em by KO round 2
• Union Akari def. Yuki Kira by Majority Decision
• Michi Nakamura def. Tomomi Souda by Unanimous Decision
• Arisa def. Maki Goto by TKO of round 2
• Mai Iwata def. Bovy Okada by Unanimous Decision

You can read play by play of the tournaments here courtesy of the CJ Report.

InvictaFC champion Cyborg Justino is in Thailand training and slimming down for her fight in December. You can watch her working out here.

We are happy to announce our logo will be appearing on Ediane Gomes’s banner as she takes on Tonya Evinger at InvictaFC 8 September 6 in Kansas City. This is a first for us, and something we are honored to be on it.

We were asked to put together an Ediane “India” Gomes highlight reel and you can watch it here.

The CJ Report put together a great highlight video of Japanese MMA stars V.V. Mei Yamagunchi. If you don’t know her name, you will after you watch the video.

Rumors

Muay Thai Fighter Madeleine Vall has decided to change her focus to MMA. The veteran of 70 Muay Thai fights, the Swedish fighter is going to train with UFC’s Alexander Gustafsson and Ilir Latifi for her MMA debut sometime next year.

Scheduled Match Results

Sattelmeyer Courtesy MMA Super Heroes

Pro MMA

MMA Super Heroes held their fifth card in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Aline Sattelmayer improves to 7-5 and hands Renata Baldan her first loss, getting the rear naked choke at 2:40 of round 3.

Also on the card:

• Luciana Treze def. Ariane Fajoli by TKO (retirement) round 2
• Daiane Firmino def. Mariana Leonardo by unanimous decision
• Andressa Rocha def. Amanda Torres Sardinha by unanimous decision

Shreiweis vs Mangakahia

Fighters World Cup headed to Nerang, Australia this past weekend. In what was a fierce featherweight bout,  Kenani Mangakahia defeated Zoie Shreiweis by TKO 1:29 of round 3 after Shreiweis injured her arm.

In amateur action, Alexandra Muir took only 23 seconds to dispatch Katie Moran by TKO

Ammy MMA

Courtesy Silton Buendia

A trio of bouts happened at Tuff-n-uff in Las Vegas, NV this past Friday.

Aspen Ladd handed Roma Pawelek her first loss, getting the guillotine at 2:45 of round 1. Ladd had missed weight and the bout was set at 127 pounds.

In other bouts on the card:

• Danielle Alfapada def. Chloe Woodie by split decision
• Kristen Maaranen def. Kalecia Weisbarth by split decision

In other amateur action:

• At the IT Fight Series in Lima, OH, Crystal Ceaser defeated Chelsea Herring by split decision
• Hanna Cox submitted Mariah Smith by rear naked choke round 1 at Battle in the South in Wilmington, North Carolina
• In a pair of bouts at Bull City Brawl in Durham, North Carolina, Kortney Singleton submitted Dominique Smith by rear naked choke round 3 and Amanda Lee defeated Katie Holloman by unanimous decision decision 
• At Rumble at Raxx in Port Allen, Louisiana Rachelle Dupont TKOed Emmy Wheeler in round 1
• Sarah Scott defeated Avril Murphy by split decision at UXC in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland
• At Warrior Nation XFA in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Lina Soto submitted Katlynn Szafarowicz by rear naked choke at 1:27 of round 2
• Jackie Micale submitted Amanda Trevail by rear naked choke at 1:55 of round 1 at Gladius Fights in Liverpool, New York
• At Destiny MMA in Honolulu, Hawaii, Angela Lee submitted Monica Franco by armbar round 1

Boxing

Naoko Shibata retained her IBF light flyweight title for the first time, getting the TKO over  Ana Arrazola by TKO in round 9 in Tokyo, Japan. Shibata extenders her win streak to four and improves to 13-3.

Also on the card,  Momo Koseki defeated Denise Castle by TKO round 8.

In Berlin, Germany, Jennifer Retzke gains the vacant IBO welterweight title by getting a split decision over Florence Muthoni. The two fought to a draw the first time around for the belt a year ago. Retzke remains unbeaten on her past 4 fights and snaps Muthoni’s three fight win streak.

In other boxing bouts:

• At Ciudad Neza, México, Nancy Gonzalez defeated Maria Padron by unanimous decision
• In a trio of bouts in Puerto Armuelles, Panama, Yaditza Perez defeated Jojahiny Ortega by TKO round 2, Nataly Delgado TKOed Kelly Patino in round 1, and Zuliana Mendoza defeated Veronica Taylor by TKO round 3 
• Carolina Marcela Gutierrez defeated Anahi Yolanda Salles by unanimous decision in Cordoba, Argentina
• In Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Tania Enriquez KOed Ana Perez by round 1
• Noemi Bosques TKOed Yolaine Lin De Lauf in round 3 in Tampa, Florida

Miscellaneous News

X-1 World Events will be holding a card at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii September 26. Three female bouts have been announced featuring some familiar faces.

InvictaFC vet Raquel Pa’aluhi will look to even her record, taking on Tierra Arnold in what will be a featherweight bout. Pa’aluhi is coming off a win over Priscilla White last fall, having snapped a three fight losing streak. Arnold (2-1) is coming off her first loss and is looking to rebound.

InvictaFC signee Rachael Ostovich will try to recover from her first pro loss taking on Misha Nassiri. Ostovich (0-1) was undefeated as an amateur, while Nassiri (2-1) is coming off a loss to Kyra Batara.

In an amateur bout, Jada Pereira will take on Angela Lee.

The event is expected to stream on X1events.com.

DEEP-JEWELS champion Seo Hee Ham will be fighting again in her native South Korea as she will face Ukrainian Alyona Rassohyna at RoadFC August 30 in Seoul.

Ham (13-5) went 7-1 in her past eight fights, having won the DEEP-JEWELS atomweight title last year. She is coming off a win over Shino VanHoose this past April.

Rassohyna (10-3) has won 8 of her ten wins by armbar. The strawweight will drop to atomweight for the bout after losing to InvictaFC title contender Katja Kankaanpaa. A win will gain Rassohyna a position in the atomweight rankings.

No word on if this will be streamed.

Finnish fighter and singing star Suvi Salmimies will look for her second pro win as she takes on Poland’s Roksana Prucnal at Lappeenranta Fight Night 11 September 20 in Kuopio, Finland.

Salmimies won her MMA debut this past May. while Prucnal is coming off her first loss in June.

The XFC has announced they will be doing a flyweight and strawweight tournament again this fall in Brazil.

Top strawweight Kalindra Faria has re-signed with the XFC and will participate the 115 tournament. Undefeated Hungarian Dora Perjes will be joining her along with fellow Brazilian Liana Pirosin.

The promotion also announced Finland’s Vuokko Katainen (2-1) will be a part of the flyweight tournament.

We are expecting more participant announcements in the coming weeks. The tournaments start next month.

The new TUF 20 teaser is out, and it features Rose Namajunas and Tecia Torres. Watch it here.

Cutler

We will be doing a special podcast Tuesday at 1 p.m. pst/4 p.m. eastern talking to new XFC signee Calie Cutler about her second pro bout, a fight against Lindsay Garbatt in her native Michigan.

You can listen here Tuesday.

Rumors

The TUF 20 fighters will be back on twitter Friday. They obviously can’t say a word of what happened during the show taping, but will be interesting to see their attitudes towards each other.

Scheduled Fight Results

Pro MMA

Amanda Bell got the biggest win of her pro career getting a 37 second KO victory over Marina Shafir at Chaos At The Casino 5 in Inglewood, CA.

The InvictaFC vet caught Shafir with a stiff left hook and followed up with a flurry of rights which dropped Shafir. With the win, Bell goes 2-0 in 2014 and hands Sharfir her first ever loss. You can watch the fight here.

Muay Thai champion Jemyma Betrian made a successful MMA debut, taking only 47 seconds to knockout  Hadley Griffith in a 120 catchweight bout. Betrian is someone to look out for in the strawweight division. You can watch the fight here.

Inoue vs. Tomimatsu

Deep Jewels returned for its 5th card in Tokyo, Japan as a few InvictaFC vets took center stage.

Mizuki Inoue gained her first MMA title, submitting Emi Tomimatsu by armbar at  1:33 round 3 to win the 115 DEEP-JEWELS title.

Inoue (8-2) was slow to start, as Tomimatsu was aggressive and won the striking battle in round 1. In round 2, Inoue found her stride in the striking, using the clinch for knees and close quarter punches. Tomimatsu went for the takedown in round 3, Inoue was able to stuff it and took control on the ground, getting the armbar at 1:33.

The win gives Inoue interesting options as a contender for the InvictaFC strawweight title and a possible new signee for the UFC.

Ayaka Hamasaki made a successful move to atomweight in a dominate performance over former Invicta title challenger Naho Sugiyama. Hamasaki (10-1) had gotten a knockdown before taking it to the ground in round 1. Hamasaki got some ground and pound in a scarf hold before trapping Sugiyama’s arm behind her back and raining punches for the TKO win at 4:01. Hamasaki puts herself in title contention for the Invicta atomweight belt.

In other matches on the card:

• Yuko Oya def. Sachiko Fujimori by unanimous decision
• Mina Kurobe def. Masako Yoshida by unanimous decision
• Miyoko Kusaka def. Tamaki Usui by technical submission (armbar) 2:40 round 2

In other pro matches:

• At KOTC in Highland, CA, Danielle Taylor defeated Nikki Lowe by submission (armbar) round 1
• Maria Rios submitted Kate McGray by rear naked choke round 1 at NFA: Valley Invasion 4 in Wooden Hills, CA
• At Circuito de Lutas Fight Night in Brazil, Arielle Souza submitted Maristela Costa by armbar 1:30 round 1
• In a pair of bouts at Aspera FC 10 in Brazil, Janaisa Morandin defeated Mariana Oliveira by TKO round 1 and Claudia Rey KOed Natali Alves round 1 
• At Curitiba Fight Pro 2 in Brazil, Roberta Paim defeated Liliam Lika by TKO 1:33 round 1 and in an amateur bout, Vitoria Ferreira defeated Karen Fernandes by TKO 1:30 round 3
• Chantalle Castellanos defeated Jeana Pinelli by unanimous decision at  Dragon House 17 in San Francisco, CA
• At Desafio Kaeshi in Brazil, Laura Balin submitted Maria Val by armbar round 1
• Ingrid Medrano defeated Miki Rogers by unanimous decision at Kage Wars 009 in Biloxi, MS
• At Frajola Fight in Brazil, Marília Santos submitted Gina Naja by arm triangle choke in round 1
• Natalie Hills submitted Lizza Gebilagin by rear naked choke at 1:44 round 1 at Brace MMA in Cammeray, New South Wales, Australia
• At X-Fest 7 in Rio Grande del Sol, Brazil, Luana Souza submitted Kelly Katiussy by keylock round 2
• Elen Torres defeated Beatriz Souza by unanimous decision at Arena Nightmare in Brazil

Ammy MMA

In amateur MMA action:

• In a pair of fights at XFO in Island Lake, Illinois, Tina Gomez defeated Jamie Mahoney by unanimous decision and Leah Letson defeated Chi Sheibley  by unanimous decision  
• Courtney Kern submitted Christina Cherkes by armbar in 44 seconds at Gladiators of the Cage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• At BlackoutFC in Emporia, Kansas, Abbey Frazier submitted Misty Perdue by rear naked choke round 1
• Cassie Schmeekle defeated Jessica Fletcher by TKO round 1 at ShoFights in Branson, Missouri
• At Fist of Fury in Woodward, Oklahoma, Lakesha Gardner defeated Bianca Rodriguez by unanimous decision
• Kelly Clayton defeated Karlie Fox by TKO round 1 at Yakiama MMA in Yakima, WA

Rodriguez vs. Cordero Courtesy Eurosport

Boxing

In Santiago de Chile, Chile, Carolina Rodriguez successfully defended her IBF bantamweight title getting a split decision over Dayana Cordero. She breaks Cordero five fight unbeaten streak and continues her undefeated streak at 13-0.

In Queretaro, Mexico, Victoria Argueta defeated Alondra Garcia by split decision to retain her IBF minimumweight title. Arguneta is the former WBC Silver champion and has won 5 straight.

Also on the card, Esmeralda Moreno defeated Linda Contreras by unanimous decision and Isabel Millan defeated Selene Lopez by TKO round 4.

In Lazio, Italy EBU flyweight champion Simona Galassi defeated Laetitia Arzalier by unanimous decision. Galassi improves to 21-3-1. Also on the card Italian lightweight champion defeated Monica Gentili by unanimous decision.

In other boxing bouts:

• In a pair of bouts in Suwannakhet, Laos Nampetch Kwanjaisrikod defeated Kanda Por Muangpetch to win the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental light flyweight title, and Kanittha Kokietgym defeated Sroipetch Sithphosai by TKO round 4 
• Ana Martinez defeated Estefani Casillas by unanimous decision in Mexico City, Mexico
• In Betania, Panama, Maria Milano defeated Iliana Bonilla by unanimous decision

West & Gerula

What the increasing demand for women’s pro boxing in North America, Nordic Coliseum Boxing is hoping to bank on 14 fighters on their initial card Friday night.

The main event will see American star Kaliesha West (16-1-3) take on Canada’s Olivia Gerula (14-14-2). The co-main will feature RFA MMA and GLORY kickboxing vet Maureen Riordon battle Lita May Button. MMA’s Brenda Gonzales and Amanda Lavato will also be in action in two separate bouts.

The card will be live Friday night in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada and will stream on GoFightLive.tv for $15.

Here are the weigh-in results:

• Olivia Gerula (125) vs. Kaleisha West (126)
• Maureen Riordon (139.5) vs. Lita Mae Buttons (139)
• Lucia Osegueda (129) vs. Brenda Gonzales (131)
• Jennifer Santiago (123) vs. Rosie Thomas (125)
• Amanda Lovato (112) vs. Ashley Nichols (111)
• Alicia Napoleon (150) vs. Monique Duval (149)
• Judy Pereira (118.5) vs. Eloise Picard (121.5)

Miscellaneous News

Walker

InvictaFC continues its signing spree with the announcement of LaToya Walker (145) and Jozette Cotton (155) to the roster.

Walker (3-0) went undefeated as an amateur and will fight in September against Anita Rodriguez at Sugar Creek Showdown.

Cotton (4-0) has finished three of her four opponents as a pro and also undefeated as an amateur.

InvictaFC President Shannon Knapp told Cage Side Submissions that Ayaka Hamasaki and Mizuki Inoue will be on InvictaFC 9. A third Japanese fight is yet to be announced.

To clarify what was going on in terms of Marloes Coenen and Julia Budd and InvictaFC, Coenen’s Invicta contract expired a while ago and Budd was a “fight-to-fight” basis.

InvictaFC vet Jocelyn Lybarger will return to action for RFA October 10 facing Rebecca Gullet.

Lybarger (3-1) is coming off a decision win over Rosa Acevedo. Gullet is coming off a TKO win over Mandy Polk.

The bout is expected to air on AXS-TV.

On the heels of XFC’s success in Brazil, John Prisco has resigned as the president of the promotion.

Several sources tell us that investors are seeing better results in Brazil than the are in the U.S. due to a tv deal and better sponsors. There has been rumors of folding the US portion entirely. There is no word on if the proposed Florida card in October will happen or the status of the XFC US based fighters.

With Kalin Curran signing to the UFC, PXC has signed Brogan Walker to their flyweight division. Walker is the first female fighter from Guam to compete professionally. She will face Korea’s Yoo Jin Jung at PXC 45 in Guam October 17.

Paige VanZant announced she has a spine injury and had to move back to Reno in order get health insurance. She is supposed to face Kailin Curran at UFC Fight Night in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 4th but is now pushed to UFC’s card in Houston, TX November 22.

InvictaFC signee Amanda Bobby Cooper will be out for a few months due to a ACL injury. She is set to go under the knife September 5.

The UFC did a piece on the resurgence of Japanese MMA that feature DEEP-JEWELS stars Shizuka Sugiyama and Brittany Decker. You can watch it here.

World Series of Fighting champion Jessica Aguilar and InvictaFC fighter JJ Aldrich were both on recent episodes of Spike TV’s “Gym Rescue”. Aldrich was in episode 1 and Aguilar in episode 2. You can watch the show here.

Rumors

With the current expansion in the bigger weight classes at Invicta, Tuff-n-uff maybe doing a 145 and 155 tournament with the winner getting a pro contract with Invicta.

Expect the InvictaFC 9th card to be outside of Kansas City. Sights are set for early November for the card.

Michelle Ould is possibly looking to drop to 115 after her fight with DeAnna Bennett at InvictaFC 8.

Scheduled Fights

Pro MMA

Courtesy UFC

Milana Dudieva got her first UFC in Macao, China as she defeated Elizabeth Phillips by split decision at UFC Fight Night 48 which aired live on UFC Fight Pass.

Dudieva pushed forward while Phillips circled. Phillips was able to control the fight on the ground and had thought she had taken the decision, but the judges saw in Dudieva’s favor. This is the second close decision Phillips lost in the UFC.

After the fight, the UFC pulled one of the judges due to incompetence in judging.

Kianzad vs. Houtum Courtesy Dolly Clew/Cage Warriors

Bantamweight prospect Pannie Kianzad remains undefeated as she took on a tough Megan van Houtum at Cage Warriors in Amman, Jordan. Houtum used her judo to gain an edge in round one, but it was Kiazad’s striking that would be the factor in round two to take the TKO win at 2:17. Kianzad improves to 6-0.

Lina Akhtar Länsberg outstruck Laura Howarth in Lansberg’s TKO win. Howarth didn’t come out for round 2, later siting “her head wasn’t in the fight”.

In what was a “Knockout of the Year” candidate, Christine Stanley landed an impressive spinning head kick to Katie Anita Runyan, ending the fight in only 5 seconds at the Xplode Fight Series in San Diego, CA. You can watch the video here.

Two Thai fighters made history being the first women from Thailand to face each other in MMA. Suwanon Boonsorn submitted Kaewjai Prachumwong by armbar in round 2 at Full Metal Dojo in Phuket, Thailand.

In other pro bouts:

• At MMA Summer Showdown in Tulalip, WA, Glena Avila defeated Stevie VanAssche TKO by (retirement) in round 1. In an amateur bout, Mari Mata submitted Anjela Pink by armbar 1:26 round 2
• Livia Renata Souza submitted Edlaine Godoy by armbar round 1 at X-Fight 9 in Brazil
• At Samurai Combate 6 in Brazil, Ingrid Lasmim defeated Betina Baino by TKO round 2
• Jennifer Maia defeated Elaine Albuquerque by unanimous decision to win the 125 title at Circuito Talent 11 in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
• At Shooto in Rio, Brazil, Luciana Pereira defeated Mariana Morais by unanimous decision
• Marina Moroz submitted Jin Tang by armbar round 1 at Kunlung Fights in China

Ammy MMA

Sarah Jamilia was crowned the new Tuff-n-uff bantamweight champion in Mesquite, NV, as she handed Kaytlin Neil her first loss as an amateur getting the unanimous decision. Jamilia improves to 3-0.

Emily Whitmire improves to 3-4 as she defeated Cheri Muraski by split decision in a flyweight bout.

In other amateur bouts:

• At SHP in Meridian, Mississippi, Kayla Stricker defeated Rhonda Russell by TKO 0:55 round 2
• Katherine Roy defeated Fatima Mallett by unanimous decision to win the 115 title at Cowboy Extreme Fighting in San Antonio, Texas
• At RMMA – New Orleans, Louisiana, Felicia Spencer defeated Macy Chiasson by unanimous decision
• Randee Morales sunmitted Alyssa Garcia by rear naked choke at 1:00 round 1 at Jackson MMA Series in Pueblo, Colorado

Boxing

Hallback vs Cisneros Courtesy Full Access Photography

Chevelle Hallback gains the vacant World Boxing Federation welterweight title with her 8th round TKO win over Victoria Cisneros in Tampa, Florida. Hallback gets back to back TKO wins and improves to 30-8.

A trio of bouts happened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

WBO female super bantamweight champion Marcela Eliana Acuna got the unanimous decision victory over Edith Soledad Matthysse to retain her title.

In other actions Erica Anabella Farias defeated Roxana Beatriz Laborde by TKO round 3 and Vanesa Lorena Taborda defeated Johana Belen Gimenez by majority decision.

In other boxing action:

• In Coacalco, México, Mexico, Jessica Chavez defeated Melissa McMorrow by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC International flyweight title. Also Celia Roman defeated Anely Hernandez by points 
• Momoko Kanda defeated Nongnun Mor Krungthepthonburi by TKO round 4 to win the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council minimumweight title and Naome Tacda defeated Aisah Alico by TKO round 2 in Manila, Philippines
• In Rochester, New York, Ivana Coleman defeated Michelle Cook by unanimous decsion to win the vacant USA New York State super bantamweight title
• Yamila Esther Reynoso and Daniela Elizabeth Quinteros fight to a majority draw in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• In Chivilcoy, Argentina, Ada Esther Nieborg knocked out Angela Mercedes Cabrera in round 2
• Sindy Amador and Anahi Torres fight to a split draw in Corona, California
• In Fort Worth, Texas, Rachel Vidal defeated Jasmine Clarkson by unanimous decision
• Pasa Malagic defeated Suzana Radovanovic by points in Brcko, Bosnia And Herzegovina
• In a pair of bouts in Sofia, Bulgaria, Gloria Vasileva defeated Ivana Yaneva by TKO round 2 and Ana Simeonova knocked out Tsvetana Konstantinova in round 2 (112)

Pro MMA

Baszler vs. Correia Courtesy UFC

Bethe Correia made good on her promise.

Correia defeated Shayna Baszler Saturday by TKO in round 2, taking out her second Horsewoman and gaining the ire of UFC champion Ronda Rousey.

Baszler controlled a lot of the first round with submission attempts from the ground. Round two saw Correia amp her striking, with a knee starting what was a barrage of punches against the fence and Baszler didn’t move or answer. Referee John McCarthy stopped the bout at 1:56 of round 2.

Having won three straight in the UFC and still undefeated, Correia has her sites on a title match with Rousey, who stated she wanted the match “before anyone defeats her”. UFC President Dana White confirms Cat Zingano will get the next shot if she defeats Amanda Nunes.

DEEP-JEWELS champion Seo Hee Ham wins her 5th staight, defeating Ukrainian Alyona Rassohyna by unaimous decsion in Ham’s home country of South Korea at RoadFC.

Korea’s Ji Yeon Kim gets her first official win by submitting Kamikaze Yukimi by rear naked choke in round 1. Kim started her career with draws with Takayo Hashi and Shizuka Sugiyama.

Osmon vs. Julaton Courtesy OneFC

In a closely contested battle, Malyasia’s Ann Osman defeated Ana Julaton by split decision at One FC in Dubai, UAE.

Julaton looked good on the feet, but it was Osmoan’s takedowns and grappling gave her the edge in the end, but Jualton’s ground defense has improved since she first started.

Osmon improves to 1-1, with both fights being split decisions.

In other pro bouts:

• At Fight Time Promotions in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Jenny Silverio defeated Sarah Lagerstrom by unanimous decision
• Valeria Mejia submitted Mishell Bastidas by armbar round 1 at Trujillo FC 1 in Trujillo, Peru
• At XFC 5: Desafio in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Yolanda Arias defeated Zulena Alvarez by unanimous decision
• Arlene Blencowe defeated Faith Van Duin by TKO 3:00 round 3 at Storm Damage MMA in Australia
• Also in Australia, at Carnage in the Cage, Kaela Banney defeated Lisa Yu by unaimous decision. In an amateur bout, Janay Harding defeated Jodie Struzik by split decision.
• Montserrat Conejo Ruiz defeated Anely Jimenez by unanimous decision at Xtreme Kombat in Mexico City, Mexico
• At Aspera FC 11 in Brazil, Janaisa Morandin defeated Cynthia Candido by TKO round 2
• Jingnan Xiong submitted Inna Hutsal by armbar round 1 at Kunlung Fights in China
• At Grachan: Next 1 in Tokyo, Japan, Yurika Nakakura defeated Miki Miyauchi by TKO at 3:33 round 1

Ammy MMA

In an amateur bout in Texcoco De Mora, Mexico, Mariana Avila Peña Vera defeated Pamela Gonzalez by unanimous decision at MMA Maddness

Boxing

Mayerlin Rivas gains the interim WBA bantamweight title in Caracas, Venezuela with a TKO over Arely Valente in round 9. Rivas gets her first world title and improves to 10-3-1.

Also on the card, Deborah Rengifo defeated Luisiana Bolivar by unanimous decision

Linda Laura Lecca successfully defended her interim WBA super flyweight title for the first time, getting an unanimous decision over Guadalupe Martinez in Huarochirí, Peru. Lecca improves to 11-2-1, and has won three straight.

In Santa Fe, Argentina, Victoria Noelia Bustos successfully defend her IBF lightweight title in a rematch with Natalia Vanesa del Valle Aguirre. Aguirre defeated Bustos in their first 2 meetings, their last in a non-title fight. Bustos improves to 12-3.

In other boxing action:

• In a pair of bouts in Perth, Australia, Lauryn Eagle defeated Pantiwa Kaewmahosod by unanimous decision and Louisa Hawton defeated Payayong Sueksasongkro by unanimous decision
• Marianna Gulyas defeated  Veronika Hornyak by points in Budapest, Hungary
• In Csömör, Hungary, Melinda Zsiga defeated Klaudia Vigh by points

Miscellaneous News

Gray

InvictaFC made a few new signings this week.

WSOF vet Alida Gray (4-1) is the newest edition to the strawweight division. Having scored a 5 second award winning knockout last year, Gray suffered her first loss as a pro to champion WSOF Jessica Aguilar.

Bantamweight Evva Johnson (1-0) is also looking to make some waves. Going 8-1 as an amateur with 6 submission, she is coming off a second round win over Priscilla Brownfield.

Ediane Gomes also announced she has renewed her contract with Invicta this week.

DEEP-JEWELS announced four more fights for their November 2 card.

Besides the atomweight title bout between atomweight Seo Hee Ham and Saori Ishioka, former WSOF title challenger Emi Fujino (13-8) will face Ayaka Miura (1-0). Bantamweight Shizuka Sugiyama (11-4-1) looks to get back on the winning track taking on Yurika Nakakura (3-1).

Also Tomo Maesawa (3-4) faces Yuko “Amiba” Oya (8-3) and Satomi “Sarami” Takano (3-4) takes on Mina Kurobe (3-0).

The event will stream on the D-J Ustream channel.

InvictaFC flyweight contender Jennifer Maia will be back in action November 15 as she takes on Paraguay’s Stephanie Bragayrack in Curitiba, Brazil. DaMadeFerroMMA reported the match Friday.

Maia (9-3-1) has won back to back outside of Invicta this past year. He last loss was to the UFC’s Leslie Smith. She has wins over Zoila Frausto and Jessica Andrade.

Bragayrack (3-1) could make a quick name for herself over the top ten ranked Maia. She has two TKO wins to her credit.

Colleen Schneider has a new opponent for fighter October 4th in Tacoma, WA.

Brenda Gonzalez (5-1) will challenge Schneider for her Super Fight League flyweight title as the Indian promotion will make its US debut.

Gonzales finished in all but one of her wins, with her lone loss coming from UFC fighter Rina Nakai. The New Mexico native trains with InvictaFC signee Amber Brown and UFC fighter Tim Means.

Schneider won the SFL title last year in Mumbai, India with a keylock submission over Sanja Sucevic. She won four straight before losing to InvictaFC fighter DeAnne Bennett. She is training under UFC fighters Josh Barnett and Shayna Baszler.

Also added to the card, Cheryl Chan will take on Hadley Griffith.

The event will stream live and free on the SFL Youtube page October 4th.

The IMMAF will be compiling a list of amateur fights and fighters for global database in the coming months.

The group plans on contacting promoters and industry professionals to get updated stats in order help their cause of making amateur MMA a world wide option for the sport.

We will have more details on how to help in the upcoming weeks.

Tina Lähdemäki was to face Juliana de Lima Carneiro in November but has sustained an eye injury and will be out until early 2015.

We did another article for MMA Jam, this time tackling promotions commitment (or lack of) in their women’s divisions. You can read it here.

Lee

On the podcast Sunday at 1 pm. pst/4 p.m. est, we will talk to Andrea Lee about her InvictaFC signing, the freak incident in her pro debut last weekend, and staying busy.

You can listen live here Sunday.

Rumors

Gina Carano versus Ronda Rousey isn’t happening anytime soon.

Carano is currently booked for two movies at the end of this his year and the January 3 bout won’t be possible. UFC President Dana White stated he couldn’t believe how much she wanted to face Rousey, but it only makes sense because it’s very unlikely Carano would win.

Scheduled Fights

Pro MMA

In a fight that could determine Ronda Rousey’s next opponet will happen in Vegas Saturday as Cat Zingano will return from a year and a half absence to face Amanda Nunes.  Both Zingano and Nunes came in at 135.

Zingano (8-0) defeated Miesha Tate in a title eliminator last year, but a knee injury sidelined her. She has yet to taste defeat and has only went to decision once in her pro career.

Nunes (9-3) is looking for her third UFC win, having had back to back TKOs. She has finished in all her wins with a 14 second knockout.

The fight will be a part of the main card and will air on pay per view.

XFCi is back Saturday with the opening round of their flyweight tournament and the finals of their strawweight tounament.

In the battle of the Vanessa’s, Guimaraes (3-2) will face Melo (3-2) in the finals of the strawweight grand prix that started this past spring.

The flyweight grand proix opening round will feature Brazil taking on the world.

• American Rachael Cummins (2-1) will battle Brazil’s Taila Santos (3-0)
• Mexico’s Karina Rodrigues (3-1) takes on Brazilian Poliana Botelho (2-1)
• Finland’s Vuokko Katainen (2-1) fights Brazil’s Antonia Silvaneide Pereira da Silva (2-1)
• Russian Julia Borisova (3-0) faces Brazilian Debora Ferreira (3-0)

The fight will stream live and free on XFCMMA.com.

In other pro bouts:

• At Triple A MMA in Santa Fe, NM, Natalie Roy takes on Nohime Dennison
• Roberta Paim faces Tais Machado at Duel of the Titans in Brazil
• At Eternal MMA 7 in Australia Tam Taylor battles Zoie Shreiweis
• Aline Cruz fights Naiara “Guerreira” Pereira at Federal Fight in Brazil
• At We Love MMA in Germany, Anne Merkt takes on Katharina Lehner

Ammy MMA

In amateur bouts:

• At British Challenge MMA in Colchester, England, Monica Nix faces Wendy McKenna
• Veronica Muller takes in Caroline Cornell at Glory Fights in Woodbridge, Virginia
• In a pair of bouts at Aggressive Combat in Jamaica, NY, Destiny Quinones battles Jillian DeCoursey and Katalina Morales fights Sarah Thomas
• Jasmine Crawford takes on Samantha Harris at Cage Combat in Humble, Texas
• In a pair of bouts at King of the Cage in Carlton, Minnesota Sarah Jacobson faces Hope Sanftner and Missy Pontbriand battles Elizabeth McKenzie
• At Fists of Fury in Lawton, Oklahoma, Wendy Simmons fights Stephanie Hull (115)

Boxing

Tori Nelson looks to defend her WIBA welterweight title for a fouth time as she takes on the former WBF welterweight champion Arlene Blencowe in Springfield, Virginia.

Nelson (10-0-3) was the WIBA and WBC middleweight champion before winning the title last September.

Australian’s Blenclowe (2-2) will be fight for the first time in the US and will look to turn some heads. She also fights in MMA.

Also on the card, Tyrieshia Douglas faces Whitney Gunter.

In Moscow, Russia, Svetlana Kulakova will face Ana Laura Esteche to unify the WBA World light welterweight titles in a rematch. The two battled on June to a split draw.

Kulakova (9-0-1) is unbeaten and won the interim title this past November.

Esteche (10-3-2) won the WBA championship in January, her first world title.

A tri of bouts will happen in Whitehall, New York, featuring a fight for the interim WIBA lightweight title.

Melissa St Vil and Nicole Woods will battle for the championship. St Vil is the current vacant IWBF welterweight champion and will be looking for her first world title.

In the other two bouts are the card,  Ronica Jeffrey takes on Stacey Reile and Sarah Kuhn battles Olivia Fonseca

In other pro boxing action:

• In Buenos Aires, Argentina Sabrina Maribel Perez defends her WBC Silver super bantamweight title against Florencia Roxana Canteros
• Carleans Rivas faces Lady Love Sampiton for the initial Philippines GAB flyweight title in Manila, Philippines
• In a trio of bouts in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Zulina Munoz battles Karina Hernandez, Yesenia Gomez fights Anely Hernandez, and Yareli Larios dukes it out with Gloria Romero (126)
• Delfine Persoon faces Judy Waguthii in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• In Skopje, Macedonia, Maria Semertzoglou takes on Galina Gumliiska
• Naroyuki Koasicha battles Araceli Gualito in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
• In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Laura Soledad Griffa fights Norma Elizabeth Diaz Caucota
• Alicia Melina Kummer dukes it out with Roxana Tenea in Berlin, Germany
• In Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Bintou Schmill faces. Mirjana Vujic

Miscellaneous News

Taylor

In action Thursday night:

• At King of the Cage in Highland, CA, Danielle Taylor defeated Maria Andaverde by unanimous decision, Taylor goes 4-0 as a pro.
• Naomi Staller defeated Cinja Kiefer by TKO in round 1 at German Cagefight Championship
• At Circuito de Lutas Fight Night 4 in Brazil, Ketlen Vieira defeated Juliana Leite via TKO at 1:36 round 2

Cage Warriors has announced two more female bouts on their upcoming cards.

At Cage Warriors 73 in Newcastle, England on November 1, Spain’s   Irene Cabello (1-2) will take on Germany’s Vanessa Reinsch (1-1) in an atomweight match. This will be Reinsch’s promotional debut.

Two weeks later, Denmark’s Anna Elmose will battle Emma Delaney in an bantamweight contest at Cage Warriors 74 in November 15 in London, England. This will be Elmore pro debut and her first cut to 135.

Cage Warriors 74 will also feature the crowning of its first bantamweight champion in a match between Agnieszka Niedzwiedz and Pannie Kianzad.

Both the Cabello versus Reinsch and Elmore versus. Delaney match will be streamed on the Cage Warrior’s facebook page as a part of their preliminary card. Niedzwiedz versus Kianzad will be streamed on MMA Junkie.

XFCi will start their strawweight tournament November 1 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Participants to be announced in the coming weeks.

Rumors

Expect an announcement on WSOF champion Jessica Aguilar’s next opponent next week. It will be her toughest test she has had in a long while.

Angela Hill has been stating she will be on the TUF 20 finale card in December.

Scheduled Fights

Pro MMA

India’s Super Fight League will make it’s US debut with two female bouts in Tacoma, WA Saturday.

Colleen Schneider will make the first defense of her SFL flyweight title against Brenda Gonzales. Schneider (5-5) won four straight before losing to DeAnna Bennett at Showdown Fights in June. Gonzales (5-1) has finished in all but one of her wins and her only loss was to UFC fighter Rina Nakai.

Also on the card, Cheryl Chan and Hadley Griffith look to get their records back on track.

The fights will stream live and free on the Super Fight League’s Youtube channel.

In other pro bouts:

• In a pair of bouts at Magic City Mayhem 4 in Fargo, ND, Ashleigh Heustis takes on Shannon Gunville and Mary Charbonneau faces Raquel Leeper
• At Steelfist 28: Intensity in Salt Lake City, UT, Killastina Matatohi battles Heather Martin
• Gabrielle Holloway fights Marciea Allen at King of the Cage in Slaon, Iowa
• At Melo International in Brazil, Leona Machaito takes on Thais Machado
• Graziele Ricotta faces Tabatha Ricci at BRFC in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• At Diamond Fight in Singapore, Lena Ovchynnikova battles Madagmaa

Ammy MMA

In amateur action:

• At Aspera FC in Sao Jose, Brazil, Marina Rodriguez faces Fabiane Schmitt
• Nachi takes on Kanna Asakura at Vale Tudo Japan on Tokyo, Japan
• At NAAFS in Canton, OH, Jessica Dinch battles Meghan Joyce (115)
• Lauren Braccia fights Sadee Monserrate Williams at Dead Serious in Rahway, New Jersey
• In a pair of bouts at Cage Wars in Grand Junction, Colorado Amanda Nold faces Nicole Upshaw and Rachel Liverman takes on Jasmine Higgs
• At XFO in Rockford, Illinois, Shelby Hungness battles Brittany Giddings and Shaena Cox fights Ricarda Gomes

Boxing

In boxing action:

• In Diciembre, Panama, Nataly Delgado faces Maria Milano (108)
• Pasa Malagic takes on Borislava Goranova in Basel, Switzerland
• In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Karen Elizabeth Carabajal battles Maria Soledad Capriolo
• Noemi Bosques fights Ivana Coleman in Tampa, Florida

Miscellaneous News

DEEP JEWELS announced three more fights for their November 3rd card in Tokyo, Japan.

Yukiko Seki (12-24) will take on Naomi Taniyama (1-2) while ex-pat Brittany Ann Decker (0-1) will take on pro debuter Pan Hui. Both fights will be at atomweight.

In Singapore November 7th, OneFC will feature a women’s bout between hometown fighter Kristie Gannaway and Malaysian Adek Omar. Both will be making their MMA debuts.

The fight will stream on OneFC.com for $10.

DEEP-JEWELS strawweight contender Emi Tomimatsu will return to action November 9th as she takes on hometown fighter Hyo Kyung Sung at RoadFC in Korea.

Tomimatsu (7-8) is coming off a loss to Mizuki Inoue in a match for the D-J 115 title. She is looking to jump start her career again after having back to back wins before the loss.

Song (1-4) got her first MMA win in July by TKO over Hazuki Kimura.

Amy Montenegro will be looking for her 5th win as a pro taking on Denver’s Diana Rael in Worley, Idaho November 13th for King of the Cage.

Montenegro (4-1) has gotten three of her four wins by submission. Rael (5-3) will be moving up to 115 for the fight, having back to back finishes in her last two fights.

Hayes

British Judoka Jaye Hayes will look for her 4th amateur win in MMA talking on Sinead Kavanagh at  SBG Ireland December 6th for the British bantamweight title. Hayes has defeated all of her opponents in under two minutes, with her latest coming by 38 second TKO in September. With a win, speculation is she will turn pro.

InvictaFC fighter Charmaine Tweet was on the Fight Network’s MMA Meltdown show. She was the first Invitca fighter to do the show.

You can watch it here.

TUF 20 won’t be on this coming Wednesday like this past week due to the Major League Baseball playoffs. Should be back October 22.

Rumors

InvictaFC president Shannon Knapp told us a location for InvictaFC 10 is being finalized and the card itself will “blow people away”. It won’t be in Denver, but expect a card there next year.

Sara McMann tweeted she will maybe facing Miesha Tate like she wanted. Match announcement should be forthcoming.

The Australian reality show “Wimp2Warrior” is expecting to ink a deal with an US tv network shortly ahead of their US vs. Canada season.

Several organizations have stated they have all female cards in the works. Some news soon.

Scheduled Fights

Ruth and Lybarger Courtesy RFA

Pro MMA

Two matches are set for RFA’s card Friday night in Prior Lake, MN.

Jocelyn Lybarger (3-1) will look for win #4 as she takes on undefeated Rebecca Ruth (2-0). Both made weight Thursday.

Lybarger is coming off a decision win over Rosa Acevedo this past April. Ruth has back to back first round TKOs.

The other match sees top 10 atomweight Cassie Rodish take on Raquel Magdaleno. Originally set for 105, Magdaleno missed weight by 4 pounds and the match will be at a catchweight. Rodish will receive 20% of Magdaleno fight purse.

Lybarger versus Acevedo will kick off the main card which will air on AXS TV. Rodish and Magdaleno will be on the untelevised prelims, but may air if time permits.

In other pro bouts:

• In a trio of bouts at BAMMA: Badbeat 13 in Canyonville, Oregon, Misha Nassiri takes on Alyssa Garcia, Maria Rios faces Ashley Yoder, and Melanie Lacroix battles Christina Marks
• Helen Harper fights Nayra Acosta at SUFN 2 in England
• At Prime Fighting 4 in Ridgefield, WA, Emily Corso takes on Katie Howard. In amateur action, Alison Barnett faces Lisa Spangler and Kimberly Post battles Melinda Stalnaker
• Isabelly Varela fights Polyana Viana at Gigante Fight 2 in Brazil

 Ammy MMA

Fight Hard MMA has eight female fights lined up on Saturday in St. Charles, MO. The main event features the finals of their bantamweight tournament. Inspiration fighter of the year Susie Wyatt will also be in action.

Here is the complete card:

• Ronni Lawrence vs Michelle Pearce
• Sheena Brandenburg vs Susie Wyatt
• Rebecca Adney vs Maritza Reyes
• Autumn Lamle vs Andrea Whtiney
• Shawna Tyler vs Gabrielle Labbee
• Rachel Stockham vs Liz Turpin
• Katherine Grasshopper vs Shawna Stevenson
• Kira Franke vs Cassandra Burton

In other amateur bouts:

In a pair of bots at Spar Star Promotions in Inglewood, California, Aiko Ewing takes Farren Romero and Danielle Mack faces Paola Ramirez

• Kendra Bukovac battles Anna Dempster at CageQuest in Lakewood, Washington
• At CFL HD in Adelanto, California, Allenita Perez fights Daria Berenato
• Shaianna Rincon takes on Brooke Mayo at Central Coast Throwdown in Salinas, California

Boxing

Csilla Nemedi will battle Jasmina Nadj for vacant WBF bantamweight title in Budapest, Hungary Saturday.

Nemedi (7-0) has finished all but one opponent in her unblemished career. Nadj (3-3) is coming off a win over Nada Miladinov and is looking for the upset.

In other boxing action:

• In Saarland, Germany, Elvira Alberti battles Caroline Thea Andre
• Alejandra Jimenez dukes it out with Claudia Ramirez in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
• In Abruzzo, Italy, Michele Crudetti faces Luca Genovese

Miscellaneous News

In action Friday morning, Brogan Walker defeated YooJin Jung by unanimous decision at PXC 45 in Guam.

Jessica Eye versus Leslie Smith has been moved to the main card at UFC 180 in Mexico City, Mexico November 15\, so it will be on PPV rather than Fox Sports 1.

Brazil’s Osvaldo Paqueta announce the nominees for their Female Fighter of the Year award.

Nominees include Herica Tiburcio (InvictaFC), Jennifer Maia (InvictaFC), Kalindra Faria (XFC/WSOF),  Karine Silva (XFC), and Livia Renata Souza (InvictaFC).

Voting for the Brazilian award will start in December.

Letson

Leah Letson has decided to forego the Tuff-n-uff tournament and pursue a pro career. She will take on Christina Jobe at King of the Cage in Carlton, MN November 22.

Letson (5-0) has three finishes to her credit, while Jobe (5-4) has finished in all but one of her amateur bouts.

Letson will be on the Wombat Sports podcast Sunday at 1 p.m. pst/4 p.m. est. You can listen live here.

Two other pro bouts were also announced this week.

• Breea Gilbert and Carolyn Biskup will look for their first pro wins at Hoosier Fight Club in Valparaiso, Indiana November 8th.
• Poland’s K-1 champ Ania Fucz will look for her second MMA win as she takes on 1-1 Cinja Kiefer at Lanna Time II in Bochum, Germany November 29.

In amateur bouts announced this week:

• On November 8th, Nikki Duncan takes on Chelsi Westdorp in a flyweight bout at Vertex MMA in Cadillac, MI.
• November 22 at Total Warrior Combat in Lansing, MI  Alyse Anderson will defend her atomweight title against Danielle Huff.

InvictaFC is running a instragram MMA costume contest with the winner getting V-mode headphones, an autographed InvictaFC 9 poster, or an InvictaFC sweatshirt.  More details here.

Cassie Rodish is auctioning off her fight outfit from RFA 19 for Stop Cancer the Marni Fund. You can make your bid here.

If you haven’t noticed – Sqor, the upstart social media platform, has been using the cast of TUF 20 to promote it. The fighters have been getting good sums of money in the deal, with Felice Herrig banking $10,000.

Finnish fighter Vuokko Katainen, who lost in the opening round of the XFC flyweight tournament by majority decision, has signed a six fight deal with the promotion.

Swedish fighter Linn Wennergren will join her at XFC. She will make debut with the promotion November 22.

The GFight Women’s MMA summit will return in 2015. More details will be forthcoming but you can check out updates and give us some input by joining the GFight facebook group.

Rumors

Jessica Aguilar told Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour podcast that her fight with Kalindra Faria is still on. She also re-confirmed two more matches on her contrast including the Faria fight and she will be able to “test the waters” to be signed elsewhere when it’s up.

Add Livia Renata Souza to the list of possibles for InvictaFC 10 in December.

Scheduled Fights

Pro MMA

Coenen and Bucci

Former Strikeforce champion Marloes Coenen will make her Bellator MMA debut Friday night in Mulvane, KS as she takes on Italian MMA star Annalisa Bucci. Both Coenen (145.9) and Bucci (145.2) made weight for the 145 pound bout that will air on Spike TV.

Coenen (21-6) is coming off her second loss to Cyborg Justino in Invicta, and looks to help jump start the women’s featherweight division in Bellator.

Bucci (7-3) is coming off a win over InvictaFC’s Maria Hougaard Djursaa. This will be her US debut.

MMA Super Heroes will have an one night atomweight tournament Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

In semi-final bouts:

• Amanda Torres takes on Bianca Reis
• Arielle Souza faces Janaisa Morandin

The tournament will stream for free on EI Nordeste youtube channel at 7:30 est/4:30 pst Saturday.

WMMA pioneer Satoko Shinashi will return to action after a six year absence from the sport to take on Ye Jin Jung at DEEP in Tokyo, Japan Sunday.

Shinashi (29-2-2) is a 13 year veteran of the sport, and holds the record for most armbar submission wins. She is the former DEEP atomweight champion. She took time off to start a family, but decided to return to competition.

Korea’s Jung will make her pro debut after having several amateur MMA bouts under RoadFC. The 15 year old also has some kickboxing experience.

In other pro bouts:

• At PLMMA 41 in Legionowo, Poland, Barbara Nalepka takes on Izabela Badurek
• At DFC Fall Brawl in Frago, ND, Summer Bradshaw battles Mariah Prussia
• In a pair of bouts at Gladiator Challenge in San Diego, CA, Lissette Neri fights Jessy Miele and Bryanna Fissori faces Catalina Madril
• Rachael Short takes on  Zhen Wei at MIMMA in Malaysia
• At Strikers House Cup in Brazil, Mariana Morais battles Geisielli Nascimento (125)

Ammy MMA

WMMA returns to South Africa as Fightstar MMA will feature an amateur MMA bout.

Iris Rodrigues will look for her second win as she takes on the debuting Shana Power. Rodrigues won her MMA debut with a unanimous ddecisionover Santa-Marie Venter.

In other amateur bouts:

• In a pair of bouts at Fight to Win in Glendale, Colorado, Brittany Boone takes on Hanna Schaefer while Grace Cleveland faces Cady Kinzie
• Małgorzata Smaczniak battles Agnieszka Więcek at Memoriał Pawła Kamińskiego in Gniezno, Poland
• At RUF in Parker, Arizona, Valerie Quintero fights Erika Norato and Nicole Sontag takes on Terry Rucker
• Amber Ortiz faces Brittany Simms at Midtown Throwdown in Eugene, OR

Boxing

Yazmin Rivas will defend her WBC World bantamweight title against Susie Ramadan in Durango, Mexico.

Rivas (30-8) won the title in June with an unanimous decision win over Alesia Graf. She has won 7 of her last eight fights.

Also on the card Alondra Garcia will duke it out with Maria Salinas

In Nagano, Japan WBA atomweight champion Ayaka Miyao will defend her title for the 6th time taking on Satomi Nishimura.

Miyao (18-5) has held the title since 2012, and hasn’t been beaten since 2010. Nishimura (7-1) is looking for her first world title.

In other pro boxing bouts:

• NABF flyweight champion Chantel Cordova will defend her title against Gloria Salas in Pueblo, Colorado
• In London, United Kingdom, Marianne Marston and Marianna Gulyas will duke it out for the vacant Malta (MBC) International super bantamweight title
• Ana Lozano faces Liliana Palmera in Barranquilla, Colombia
• In Cataluña, Spain, Daniele Limone takes on Abigail Medina
• Adela Celeste del Carmen Peralta battles Cristina Beatriz Cuevas in Santa Fe, Argentina

Miscellaneous News

In boxing action Friday:

• Yesica Patricia Marcos defeats Estrella Valverde at 1:48 round 1 to retain the WBA World super bantamweight title in Mendoza, Argentina
• In Trnava, Slovakia, Zita Zatyko defeats Szilvia Szabados by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBF super middleweight title

Ronda Rousey versus Cat Zingano has been moved to February 28.

UFC President Dana White made the announcement this week of the change of date, which was originally set for January 3rd. The match will now co-main event the UFC 184 pay per view in Los Angeles, the hometown of champion Rousey.

The Ultimate Fight Finale will feature all but Justine Kish competing in December 12 in Las Vegas. Most of the matches won’t be announced till the week before the finale.

UFC fighter Bethe Correia sustained a minor eye injury and won’t be available to compete until February.

InvictaFC president Shannon Knapp told MMA Mayhem Radio she will do all in her power to help Cyborg Justino get her a match with Ronda Rousey.

Cyborg seems to be “on schedule” for her cut to 135 for her match December 10 at Invicta.

Tabby Patterson announced her next fight will be against Cara Jo Wesemann at Gladiator Fighting Association in Topeka, KS for their amateur bantamweight title November 13th.

Moeller

With Leah Letson turning pro, Florina Moeller will step up to take part of the Tuff-n-uff/InvictaFC featherweight tournament next weekend.

We will talk to Moeller on the Wombat Sports podcast Sunday to discuss preparing for her first semi-final match and her career as a fighter.

You can listen live here at 1 p.m. pst/4 p.m. est Sunday.

Rumors

InvictaFC atomweight Jessica Philippus tweeted she will be returning to action early next year.

Amateur strawweight standout Kali Robbins will make her pro debut At Super Brawl in Milwaukee January 23^rd.

USA Olympic wrestler Adeline Gray stated in a recent article she is looking to pursue a MMA career after the 2016 Olympics. She won’t start serious training until after then.

Scheduled Matches

Inoue and Kowalkiewicz Courtesy Scott Hirano/ InvictaFC

Pro MMA 

InvictaFC 9 is this weekend with nine scheduled bouts Saturday night in Davenport, Iowa; streaming on UFC Fight Pass at 8 p.m. central time.

You can check out the weigh-in results here.

Shortly after, come back to Wombat Sports and we’ll have the post-fight presser stream.

Also Saturday night, XFCi will start its season season strawweight tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The will stream on XFCMMA.com starting at 10:30 est/7:30 pst.

Strawweight tournament Quarterfinals

• Marcela Yineris vs Liana Ferreira Pirosin (115)
• Marina Moroz vs Karine Silva (115)
• Dora Perjes vs Luana Santos Medeiros (115)
• Fernanda Priscila Barros Pinheiro vs Viviane Pereira (115)

In the co-main event, Julie Werner and Iryna Shaparenko will square off in a non-tournament bout.

In a rare Monday event, DEEP-JEWELS will hold it’s sixth card in Tokyo, Japan. The main event will feature atomweight champion Seo Hee Ham defending her belt against Saori Ishioka.

In other fights on the card:

• Emi Fujino vs Ayaka Miura (115)
• Shizuka Sugiyama vs Yurika Nakakura (135)
• Tomo Maesawa vs Yuko “Amiba” Oya (115)
• Satomi “Sarami” Takano vs Mina Kurobe (105)
• Yukiko Seki vs. Naomi Taniyama (105)
• Brittany Ann Decker vs. Pan Hui (105)

Cage Warriors happens Saturday morning in Newcastle, England as Irene Cabello takes on Vanessa Reinsch in an atomweight bout. The fight will be part of the non-streamed prelims.

In other pro bouts:

• At FWC 19 in Nerang, Queensland, Australia, Lana Kate takjes on Zoie Shreiweis
• Jaymee Jones battles Krystal McGuire in Tulsa, OK at XFN 21
• At XFC Australia in  Mansfield, Queensland, Terissa Wall faces Helen Malone
• Katelyn Dykas fights Taylor Turner at Valor Fights in Pigeon Forge, TN
• At AFC 13 in Brazil Claudia Rey takes on Yelka Torres
• Ana Karla Morais faces Werônica Medeiros at NFA inTrindade, Goias, Brazil

Ammy MMA

In amateur MMA:

• At Clan Wars in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Leah McCourt faces Aoifé Murphy
• Hannah Sears battles Hannah Elswick at King of Jacksonville – Jacksonville, North Carolina
• At Cage Wars in Albany, New York, Amanda Brundige fights Brittany Ehntholt
• In a pair of bouts at Gladius Fights in Ithaca, New York, Janice Meyer takes on Fernanda Araujo and Kate Riley battles Casey Garland (150)
• Stephanie Hull faces Cassie Schmeekle at Shofights in Branson, MO
• At Destiny Na Koa in Honolulu, Hawaii, Angela Lee takes on Audrey Perkins

Boxing

Eva Voraberger will look to defend her WIBF and WBF super flyweight title as she faces Renata Domsodi in Vienna, Austria.

Voraberger (18-3) has won back to back since her last loss, and has 9 KOs to her credit. She won the titles in June.

Domsodi (12-5) is the current WBF International and UBO international bantamweight champion and had 5 KOs to her credit.

Yuko Kuroki will defend her WBC minimumweight title for the first time as she takes on Katia Gutierrez in Fukuoka, Japan.

Kuroki (11-4-1) is unbeaten in her past three fights and won the title in June. Gutierrez is the former IBF world minimumweight champion eight of her last 9 fights.

On other boxing action:

• In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ruth Stephanie Aquino takes on Laura Martinez
• Viviane Obenauf battles Zsofia Bedo in Berne, Switzerland
• In Hamilton, Bermuda, Teresa Perozzi faces Kali Reis
• Felice Moncelli fights Sasa Janjic in Lazio, Italy

Courtesy AFP/Hin.be

Delfine Persoon successfully defend her newly won WBC World lightweight title getting the 9th round TKO over Diana Prazak in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Tuesday.

Persoon (31-1) racks up her 14th finish of her career, and improves her winning streak to 21. She is also the WIBF and WBF lightweight champion.

Martha Salazar has gained another World Heavyweight title. Salazar defeated Tanzee Daniel by unanimous decision in San Francisco, California this past weekend. Salazar (13-4) is the former WIBF heavyweight champion.

Also on the card, Marquita Lee defeated Laura Deanovic by unanimous decision

Another heavyweight champion was crowned in Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia.

Lisa Marie Vizaniari defeated Kathy Rivers by TKO round 10 to win the vacant WIBA World heavyweight title. Vizaniari  (8-0) is currently the WBF heavyweight champion.

In Lincoln, Rhode Island, WIBA super bantamweight champion Shelly Vincent gains a second title with her majority decsion win over Jackie Trivilino. Vincent is now the UBF World super bantamweight title, and remains undefeated.

Long time WBA World female flyweight champion Susi Kentikian got the unanimous decsion win over Naoko Fujioka by unanimous decision to retain her title in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She extends her win streak to 5.

Anabel Ortiz defended her WBA World minimumweight title successfully for the third time with a split decsion win over Etsuko Tada in Queretaro, Mexico. Ortiz has won six straight.

Also on the card, Alondra Garcia and Eloisa Martinez fought to a draw to a draw.

In Vasteraas, Sweden, Mikaela Lauren defeated Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes by majority decision to win the vacant WBC World light middleweight title. Lauren is the current UBO light middleweight champion.

In other boxing action:

• In a pair of bouts in Cockeysville, Maryland, Tori Nelson defeated Lucretia Meacham by unanimous decision and Melissa St Vil and Ashleigh Curry fought to a split draw 
• In Opelousas, Louisiana, Vashon Living defeated Latashia Burton by split decision
• Karen Elizabeth Carabajal defeated Gloria Yancaqueo by disqualification in round 3 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Yancaqueo hit Carabajal  with an illegal headbutt.
• In Herstal, Liege, Belgium, Djemilla Gontaruk defeated Claudia Ferenci by unanimous decision
• Angie Vargas defeated Darys Esther Pardo by unanimous decision in Galapa, Colombia
• In Hérault, France, Cyrielle Hebert and Megan Ouvrard fought to a draw
• Alicia Ashley defeated Grecia Nova by TKO in round 7 in Petionville, Haiti
• In Monterrey, Mexico, Joselyn Arroyo Ruiz defeated Mayela Perez by unanimous decision

Miscellaneous News

In action Thursday:

In pro MMA:

• Amy Montenegro defeatd Diana Rael by TKO in round
  2 at King of the Cage in Idaho.

In boxing:

• Ava Knight defeated Guadalupe Martinez by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC International flyweight title in Washington D.C.
• Tyrieshia Douglas gains the vacant WIBA World bantamweight title with an unanimous decision win over Christina Ruiz in Baltimore, MD
• In Westbury, New York, Amanda Serrano defeated Carla Torres by TKO round 1

In amateur MMA action at Gladiator Fighting Association in Topeka, KS:

• Tabby Patterson def. Cara Jo Wesemann by unanimous decision to win the 145 title
• Julie Murray def. Katherine Grasshopper by TKO 1:18 round 2
• Savannah Self def. Alexis Cheatham by TKO 2:32 round 2
• Jessika Brown def. Jennifer Dunn by KO 0:23 round 1

Holly Holm is out of her match with Raquel Pennington at UFC 181 next month.

Holm has suffered a neck injury and will be taking it “day by day” to see if it will heal on its own. No word if Pennington will get another opponent.

Also in the injury front, UFC Strawwweight Tina Lähdemäki has to undergo shoulder surgery and will be out for 9 months.

After losing to Randa Markos, Tecia Torres advanced to the quarterfinals of “The Ultimate Fighter 20″ tournament by defeating Bec Rawlings by unanimous decision. Torres will face former InvictaFC champion Carla Esparza in the next round.

The episode itself drew 578,000 live viewers – one of the best ratings of the season. Wednesday’s broadcast saw the most drama and cattiness of the episodes thus far.

Next week, Randa Markos and Felice Herrig square off in the quarterfinals.

The Princesses of Pain female fighting promotion will return to action November 29 will a docket of exciting fights.

The main event will feature Kate da Silva defend her 60 kg title against Dawn Chalmers.

In other pro bouts:

• Tairi Ford vs Gaela Nixon
• Gentiane Lupi vs Alex Sorthis
• Hera Tamati vs Catherine Drinnann
• Charlene Watt vs Bridget Lords
• Barbara Verlinden vs Tracey Burns

More matches to be announced soon.

A pair of bouts have been announced for OneFC December 5 in Manilla, Philippines.

Ana Jualton looks for her second win of her MMA career as she takes on Egypt’s Walaa Abas, while local favorite Jujeath Nagaowa will battle Tharoth Sam of Cambodia.

Two new fighters have signed to Invicta.

Texas’s Tessa Simpson signed this past week. The 3-1 atomweight returned to action last year with a win over Paulina Granados.

German strawweight Daniela Kortmann signed Thursday to the promotion, The first from Germany yo be signed, she went 3-1 as an amateur and won her pro debut in 2012.

World Series of Fighting President Ray Sefo told us during the WSOF conference call Thursday to expect more expansion of the women’s division in 2015. Sefo stated “timing” had a lot to do with not doing it this year. (We can only assume he meant TUF 20.)

He also is looking to develop a bantamweight division.

However, XFC is not too pleased with Kalindra Faria signing to the promotion.

XFC has filed a lawsuit against WSOF in the US over the Brazilian strawweight. Faria had signed an exclusive contract with the XFC before signing to WSOF. Faria will face WSOF champion Jessica Aguilar Saturday. More on that below.

OneFC’s Ann Osmond was featured on Time.com in their “Next Generation Leaders” segment. You can watch the video here.

A new trailer for “Boxing Chicks” is up. The story of former boxing trainer turned coach Terri Moss and her fight team will be released in December. You can see the trailer here.

Zoila Fruasto helped aspiring fighter Jennifer Penfield live out her dream, if just for an afternoon.

Penfield spared with the former Bellator champion in a Ford commercial. You can watch it here.

In the podcast Sunday we will talk to Rachael Smith about her upcoming fight with Kathina Catron and looking for her first pro win.

You can listen here at 1 p.m. pst/4 p.m. est Sunday.

Rumors

Come December 22, Ashlee Evans-Smith will be able to “seek other opportunities” as her “6 month inactive clause” in her WSOF contract will kick in.

Despite her ACL and meniscus tear,  Heather Clark is insisting she will still fight on the TUF 20 finale.

Schedule Matches

Pro MMA

The UFC will make it’s debut in Mexico City, Mexico with a much anticipated scrap in the bantamweight division.

Jessica Eye (10-2; 1NC) and Leslie Smith (7-5-1) look to make their way up the 135 division rankings as they will be the featured bout on the UFC prelims on Fox Sports 1 Saturday. Both tipped the scales at 134.

Eye is coming off a loss to Alexis Davis, while Smith is coming off a win over Jessamyn Duke. Both seem acclimated to the higher altitude and look to entertain the fans in Mexico.

The #1 ranked Jessica Aguilar will defend her WSOF title for the second time against the #8 ranked  Kalindra Faria in Tampa, FL Saturday, which will air on NBC Sports Net. Both Aguilar (115) and Faria (114.8) came in on weight.

Aguilar has won 9 straight including her title win over Alida Gray and her title defense over Emi Fujino. With The Ultimate Fighter 20 almost ready to crown a champion, Aguilar need a solid win the stay at the top.

Faria is riding an 11 fight win streak and is looking to make an instant impact at 115. She has finished in 5 of her last 11 wins and is ranked in both the flyweight and strawweight divisions.

Courtesy Dolly Clew/ Cage Warriors

Cage Warriors will crown its first women’s bantamweight champion in London, England Saturday, in a fight that will stream on MMAJunkie.com.

Sweden’s Pannie Kianzad and Finland’s Eeva Siiskonen will duke it out for initial 135 title. Both Kianzad (134.8) and Siiskonen (134.3) came in on weight.

Kainzad (6-0) is undefeated having finished Megan van Houtum in her CWFC debut. This will be the debut of Siiskonen  in the promotion, having two finishes t her credit.

Also on the undercard, Anna Elmose (134.6) will take on Emma Delaney (135.7).

MMA Super Heroes will feature another tournament heading to their card in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

In the strawweight grand prix semi-finals, Camila Lima takes on Virna Jandiroba and Aline Sattelmayer faces Marília “Chocolate” Santos. The winners will square off later that night for the tournament crown. Howver, Santos came in at 125 pounds, so may have disqualifed herself from the finals.

In a non-tounament bout, Ariane Lipski battles Daiane Firmino in a strawweight encounter.

Courtesy PXC

Cortney Casey looks for her third profession win as she takes on Gina Iniong at PXC in Manila, Philippines. This will stream on PXC’s livestream channel.

Arizona’s Casey (2-1) won her PXC debut this past June. The former Tuff-n-uff amateur champion has finished in both of her pro wins.champion.

Hometown fighter Iniong (3-1) is coming off a very close split decision over veteran Mei Yamaguchi at her last PXC bout.

In other pro MMA bouts:

• At LegacyFC in Houston, TX, Stephanie Alba takes on Maria Lopez
• In a pair of pro bouts at Sugar Creek Showdown in Hinton, OK, Amber Stautzenberger faces Delaney Owens and Jade DeHaas fights Anita Rodriguez. In an amateur bout Wendy Simmons battles Emily Ducote
• Stephanie Bragayrac takes onm Mariana Moraes at Explosion MMA in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
• At USA MMA in Lafayette, Louisiana, Jazmine Hargrave faces Brooksie Bayard

Ammy MMA

Intense Cage Fight returns to Great Falls, MT and will feature an amateur flyweight bout between Hannah Kampf  and DJ Morrision.

Wombat Sports will be there live to cover the fight, so follow us @WombatSports for results.

In other amateur action:

• In a pair of bouts at Steefist MMA in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mallory Rogers takes on Brenda Enriquez and Alysa Westergard faces Chelsya Howard
• At Ultimate Beatdown in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Samantha Tan battles Goh Shee Han
• Morgana Silva fights Vitoria Ferreira at Gladiator CF in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
• In Chertsey, Surrey, England at Too Much Talent, Louise Hiller takes on Samantha Taylor
• At A-Town Throwdown in Austin, MN, Cynthia Bottelberghe faces Jessica Fresh
• Sereina Comstock battles Megan Wallace at IFC Fight Night in Owensboro, Kentucky
• In Sacramento, California at West Coast FC, Ashley Medina fights Melissa Wang
• At Spartan Combat League in Loveland, Colorado, Samantha Gilliland takes on Kathryn Yost

Boxing

Tori Nelson (c) vs. Victoria Cisneros – WIBA welterweight title & vacant UBF World welterweight title

Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Alejandra Marina Oliveras (c) vs. Erica Anabella Farias – WBC World light welterweight title

In other boxing action:

• In Daegu, South Korea Hye Soo Park takes on Dorkmaipah Kiatpompetch
• Anahi Esther Sanchez battles Betina Gabriela Garino in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pro WMMA

Courtesy Yahoo Sports

Jessica Eye looked impressive in her win against a very game Leslie Smith at UFC 180 in Mexico City, Mexico, which aired live on Fox Sports 1.

Eye’s striking proved to be the factor in the fight, as Eye damaged Smith’s ear. After the first round, the doctor looked at the ear and let it go on. In round two after a heated striking exchange, the referee paused the fight and the doctor declared the damage to the ear was too much to continue, much to the dismay of Smith. Officially, Eye defeated Smith by TKO at 1:30 of  round 2.

Eye improves to 11-2-1.

Courtesy WSOF

The top strawweight on the planet has defended her title and position in the rankings.

Jessica Aguilar took Kalindra Faria to a unanimous decision win at WSOF 15 in Tampa, FL which aired on NBC Sports Net.

Faria hung in the pocket with the champ, but was out classed by Aguilar’s precision striking. The final round saw Faria push for the win, but it was too little too late.

Aguilar hands Faria her first loss in 11 fights and improves to 19-4.

Courtesy Dolly Clew/Cage Warriors

Cage Warriors has crowned its first bantamweight champion.

Undefeated Pannie Kianzad (7-0) defeated last minute replacement Eeva Siiskonen by unanimous decision to win the initial 135 title in London, England. Siiskonen, who took the fight on 10 days notice, was able to get a tight armbar attempt in the opening stanza, but the striking was the key throughout the rest of the match to give Kianzad the win.

It is expected Kianzad first title defense will be against the fighter Siiskonen replaced, Agnieszka Niedzwiedz, next year.

In a preliminary bout, Anna Elmose defeated Emma Delaney by TKO 0:19 round 1.

Jandiroba vs. Lima Courtesy MMA Super Heroes

MMA Super Heroes returned to action as they crowned a strawweight tournament champion.

Virna Jandiroba submitted Camila Lima by rear naked choke in round 2 in what was the tournament final.

Marília Santos came in over weight for the tournament and and faced Aline Sattelmayer. If Sattelmayer would have won, she would have advanced. However, Santos won by unanimous decision but would not advance due to the weight discrepancy.

In a non-tourmanet match, Daiane Firmino defeated Ariane Lipski by TKO round 1.

In other pro bouts:

• At PXC in Manila, Philippines, Cortney Casey submitted Gina Iniong by rear naked choke round 1
• In a pair of pro bouts at Sugar Creek Showdown in Hinton, OK, Delaney Owens submitted Amber Stautzenberger by rear naked choke 4:05 round 4 to win their 115 title and  Anita Rodriguez defeated Jade DeHaas by TKO (doctor’s stoppage broken nose) 5:00 round 4 to win their 135 title. In amateur action, Emily Ducote defeated Wendy Simmons by TKO 1:05 round 1  
• At LegacyFC in Houston, TX, Stephanie Alba submitted Maria Lopez by rear naked choke round 1
• Mariana Moraes submitted Stephanie Bragayrac by head and arm choke round 1 at Explosion MMA in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Ammy MMA

In amateur action:

• At ICF in Great Falls, MT, Hannah Kampf defeated DJ Morrision by unanimous decision. You can watch the match here.
• In a pair of bouts at Steefist in Salt Lake City, Utah, Brenda Enriquez submitted Mallory Rogers by rear naked choke round 1 and Chelsya Howard defeated Alysa Westergard by TKO round 1
• Jessica Fresh submitted Cynthia Bottelberghe by armbar 0:46 round 3 at A-Town Throwdown in Austin, MN
• At West Coast FC in Sacramento, California, Ashley Medina defeated Melissa Wang by unanimous decision
• Samantha Gilliland defeated Kathryn Yost by TKO 0:42 round two at Spartan Combat League in Loveland, Colorado
• At Gladiator CF in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, Morgana Silva and Vitoria Ferreira fought  to a draw (125)

Pro Boxing

Tori Nelson gained another world welterweight title as she defeated Victoria Cisneros by unanimous decision to win the vacant UBF belt in Fairfax, Virginia. Nelson also successfully defended her  WIBA welterweight title

Nelson (13-0-3) has yet to taste defeat.

In Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Erica Anabella Farias defeated Alejandra Marina Oliveras by split decision to gain the WBC World light welterweight title.

Farisa (21-1) is the former WBC lightweight champion and snaps Oliveras’s 12 fight win streak.

A new IBF World super bantamweight champion was crowned in Cordoba, Argentina as Yulihan Luna Avila defeated Carolina Marcela Gutierrez by unanimous decision for the vacant title.

Avila (12-2) wins her first world championship.

In other pro boxing action:

• In Kotka, Finland, Eva Wahlstrom defeated Fatuma Zarika by unanimous decision
• Hye Soo Park defeated Dorkmaipah Kiatpompetch by unanimous decision  in Daegu, South Korea
• In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Anahi Esther Sanchez defeated Betina Gabriela Garino by unanimous decision
• Debora Rengifo defeated Luzmeri Zacarias by TKO in Turmero, Venezuela
• In Pathum Thani, Thailand, Kanittha Kokietgym defeated Saobangrajan Kkp by unanimous decision

Miscellaneous News

In action Thursday, Costa Rican flyweight Reyna Cordoba submitted Anely Jimenez by 3rd round keylock. Cordoba moves to 7-0.

In boxing action Friday:

• In Perth, Australia, Erin McGowan gains the vacant WIBA World lightweight title by defeating Arlene Blencowe by unanimous decision. McGowen improves to 17-2.
• Kenia Enriquez defeated Ana Arrazola by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO World flyweight title in San Diego, California. Enriquez remains undefeated and gains her first world title.
• In a pair of bout in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gabriela Marcela Zapata retains her IBF World light middleweight title by second round TKO over Paola Gabriela Casalinuovo, and  Vanesa Lorena Taborda wins the vacant WBC Latino flyweight title with a split decision over Maria Magdalena Rivera
• In Hamilton, Bermuda Kali Reis knocks out Teresa Perozzi in round 3  to win the vacant IBA World Middleweight title. Reis wins her first world title.
• Ruth Stephanie Aquino def. Cristina Beatriz Cuevas by unanimous decision in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• In Las Vegas, Nevada, Layla McCarter defeated Melissa Hernandez by unanimous decision (146)

In an amateur bout Friday, Courtney King defeated Jenna MaCallister by unanimous decision at Prize FC 7 in Denver, CO

Courtesy Fox Sports

The quarterfinals of TUF 20 started this past week, with #14 seed Randa Markos continuing her Cinderella run in the tournament. submitting Felice Herrig by scarf armbar round 1. This was the first time Herrig has been submitted in her MMA career. Markos will face the winner of the Rose Namajunas versus Joanne Calderwood match.

Next Wednesday, Jessica Penne and Aisling Daly will square off in the second quarterfinal

Doctors are estimating 50 days for Leslie Smith’s ear to heal enough to get back in the gym.

Montana’s Fight Force MMA announced a match between local fighter Ariel Beck and MMA vet Angela Hayes December 6.

Beck is coming off a loss in her pro debut to Emily Corso. The boxer is looking to show some of her improved ground game against Hayes (6-7) who also comes from a boxing background. Hayes lost to Holly Holm last year, and has been the only fighter to take Holm the distance.

No word on if this will be streamed.

This Sunday on the podcast, we will talk to InvictaFC star and veteran fighter Tonya Evinger about her current stretch of wins and preparing to fight Cindy Dandois.

You can listen to the podcast here at 1 p.m. pst/4 p.m. est Sunday.

Rumors

Roxanne Modafferi and Vanessa Porto was suspected to be a number 1 contenders match, but Shannon Knapp told CSS Radio this wasn’t the case.

Knapp has yet to decide who will face champion Barb Honchak next, but Modafferi or the winner of the Jennifer Maia and DeAnna Bennett match seems to be the best candidates. Knapp doesn’t want to throw Andrea Lee too deep into the pool as of yet.

Scheduled Fights

InvictaFC vet  Paige VanZant will make her long awaited octagon debut against PXC vet Kailin Curran at UFC Fight Night in Austin, TX. Their match will stream on UFC Fight Pass Saturday. Both Curran (115.8) and VanZant (114.8) made weight.

VanZant (3-1) is coming off a submission win over Courtney Himes last year, and her only loss was to Tecia Torres. Curran has notable wins over Emi Tomimatsu and Kaiyana Rain.

After a two year absence, Molly Helsel will return to action.

The journeywoman fighter has found a home in Tucson, AZ and will compete there for the for WFF promotion against  Lori Agins. Both fighters came in at 136.5.

Helsel is looking for a comeback after several fight of the night performances against some of the toughest fighters on the planet. Agins would get some recognition with a win over Helsel.

In an amateur bout, Tracy Cortez will face Arianne Christiansen.

In other pro matches:

• At Fighters Arena 10 in Poland, Katarzyna Lubonska faces Katarzyna Urban
• Leah Letson makes her pro debut against Christina Jobe at King of the Cage in Carlton, MN. In amateur action, Elizabeth McKenzie takes on Katheryn Bassignana.

Ammy MMA 

Dupertuis and Rainey

V3 Fights will have a trio of female fights Saturday night in Nashville, Tennessee, and you can watch for free V3Fights.com.

Molly Dupertuis will have her final MMA match as she takes on Adriene Rainey. Dupertuis was a rising star in the sport but she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and wanted one more fight before she hangs up the gloves.

Undefeated bantamweight prospect Jamie Milanowski looks to continue her climb as she takes on 1-1 Erica Fincher.

Rounding out the female bout, Briannah Conaster and Amy Coleman look to break losing streaks in a flyweight bout.

The card starts at 5 p.m. pacific/8 p.m. est.

In other amateur bouts:

• In a pair of bouts at XFO in Chicago, IL, Shaena Cox takes on Ricarda Gomes and Chi Sheibley faces Ashley Samples
• Elizabeth Warner battles Jodie Struzik at UCU 3 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
• At Shock’n’Awe in Portsmouth, England, Jade Barker squares off with Ffion Davies
• Charlotte Park fights Tracey McFarlane at Scottish Fighting Challenge in Stirling, Scotland

Pro Boxing

In pro boxing action:

• In Marne, France, Anne Sophie Da Costa will defend her WBF minimumweight title against Susana Cruz Perez. Also on the card, Cindy Bonhiver takes on Elfi Philipps
• WIBF and GBU featherweight champion Elina Tissen faces Jasmina Nadj in Ahlen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• In Toluca, México, WBC World light flyweight champion Ibeth Zamora Silva will battle Jessica Chavez
• In a pair of bouts in Malmo, Sweden, Anna Donatella Hultin squares off against Claudia Ferenci, and Johanna Rydberg dukes it out with Ana Simeonova
• In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Julieta Andrea Cardozo takes on Valeria Gramajo
• Najat Hasnouni faces Borislava Goranova in Antwerpen, Belgium

Taylor Courtesy The Score.ie

This past week saw some of the world’s best amateur boxers try to gain gold at the AIBA Championships in Jeju, South Korea.

Olympic gold medalist and Team USA’s Claressa Shields took the AIBA Elite title for the first time. Shields would defeat China’s Li Qian in the 75 kg finals 3-0.

Shield’s Teammate and Olympic bronze medalist Marlen Esparza would also claim her first AIBA title, defeating England’s Lisa Whiteside in the 51 kg final 2-1.

The major story surrounds Ireland’s Katie Taylor. The Olympic gold medalist has tied India’s Mary Kom for most AIBA World titles with 5. Taylor would defeat Yana Alexeyevna of Kazakhstan in the 60 kg finals.

Russia would take the team title with two gold medliats, one silver, and a bronze. Team USA would win a silver to take home three medals above their two golds. Also winning 3 medals where China (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Italy (1 silver; 2 bronze), and Turkey (3 bronze).

You can read the results here courtesy of Tibor Kincses.