Miscellaneous News
In an update to our story on Wednesday, Miesha Tate and Liz Carmouche are officially going to duke it out at UFC on Fox 8 July 27 in Seattle. It will be on the main card that will air on Fox. On the preliminary card which will air on FX, Julie Kedzie will take on Germaine de Randamie.
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Pancrase Japan will start streaming their cards from time to time, starting with their May 19th card, which includes the Rin Nakai versus Brenda Gonzales and Emi Fujino versus Amber Brown. You can watch at Ustream.tv/channel/pancrase-mma.
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Cage Warriors did a great behind the scenes piece on strawweight contender Joanne Calderwood as she fought in her hometown of Glasgow Scotland earlier this month. You can watch it here.
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Our partners over at JanetTV.com has given us a twitter account with some content we will tweet out form time to time plus live results. It’s @JanetTVMMA.
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Added to our female fighter twitter list include:
- Erica Paes - @EricaPaesMMA
- Courtney Belcher - @DamnedQueenMMA
- Thea Wolfe - @TheaWolfe
- Miriam Nakamoto - @MiriamNakamoto
- Lauren Taylor - @LaurenT907
- DeAnna Bennett - @DeAnnaDBennett
- Cheyenne Jewel - @Cheyenne_Jewel
- Stephanie Alba - @TheCYCLONE_Alba
- Lana Kate - @LanaKateMMA
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Rumors
A bit of a ruckus happened behind the scenes of InvictaFC 5 involving Fallon Fox. We didn’t witness anything while we were there, but MiddleEasy.com has the 4-1-1. Bec Hyatt posted her own story involving Fox on her Facebook page.
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Cassie Crisano is going to face a yet to be named opponent at a CFA card in July.
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Scheduled Matches
Olympic wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann will make her octagon debut Saturday as she takes on Sheila Gaff at UFC 159 in Newark, NJ. The match will be televised as a part of the preliminary card on the FX Network in the U.S.
McMann has a perfect record of 6-0, having recently gotten a decision win over Shayna Baszler at InvictaFC 2.
Gaff (10-4) will also be making her UFC debut, coming off three straight KO’s under 94 seconds. Gaff is moving from flyweight to bantamweight for the fight.
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After an eight year absence from MMA, Erica Paes will be returning this Saturday taking on Gisele Maciel at Gringo Super Fight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. InvictaFC featherweight title contender Cyborg Santos will be the special guest referee.
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In other pro MMA action
- On Friday in Mumbai, India, Lena Ovchynnikova takes on Lina Eklund at Super Fight League.
- Satruday in Katowice, Poland at MMA Attack 3 Agnieszka Niedzwiedz faces Klaudia Apenit
In ammy MMA action
- Friday at Absolute Action MMA in Florence, KY, Maddy Simmons takes on Vanessa Demopoulos.
- Saturday sees two female bouts at ShoFights in Branson, MO, which will stream on GFL.tv for $10. Brittany Dugas will defend her bantamweight title against Edwina White, while Katie Collins takes on Sharita Davis.
- Also Saturday, Shannon Reed faces Nicole Sontag WFC 5 in Laughlin, NV.
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Boxing
Saturday, Claudia Andrea Lopez will defend her IBF featherweight title against Dahiana Santana in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Both Lopez and Santana are riding four fight winning streaks.
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In other boxing action
Saturday
- In Queretaro, Mexico, Ana Arrazola faces Nancy Franco for thew vacant IBF minimumweight title
- Mariana Juarez takes on Riyo Togo in Mexico City, Mexico
- London, England sees Marianne Marston taking on Aleksandra Jasjukevica
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