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Miscellaneous News
XFC will crown it’s first strawweight champion Friday night as Stephanie Eggink (3-1) will fight Angela Magana (11-5). Eggink weighted in at 114.6 pounds. Magana initially weighted in at 115.4, but since this was a title fight, she had to drop the extra 0.4 pounds. Was weighted in at 115 even on the second try.
Eggink has won all of her XFC bouts, getting decisions over Brianna VanBuren and Heather Clark. Magana will be making her promotion debut, coming off a loss to UFC signee Jessica Eye. Magana had won three straight before the loss.
The scheduled bout between Stephanie Skinner and Angelica Chavez was cancelled due to Chavez getting mono earlier this week. Both got their fight purses. No word on when the fight will be rescheduled.
The title match between Eggink and Magana will air live on AXS TV Friday night.
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Gutierrez
Cummins
Veteran fighter Michele Gutierrez is hoping to get back on the winning track and even her record as she will face Rachael Cummins at BAMMA Bad Beat 11 October 25 in Commerce, CA.
Gutierrez (3-4) was on a three fight win streak before losing to Amanda LaVoy in May of 2011. She lost via armbar against Tyra Parker last month. She is hoping to break a three fight losing streak.
Cummins (1-1) is coming off a submission win over Maia Kahaunaele this past June. She would lose to InvictaFC’s Norma Center in her pro MMA debut.
BAMMA USA will announce a stream for the event in the coming weeks.
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Team Tate
The early ratings are in as roughly 726,000 households in the US watched the Ultimate Fight 18 premier Wednesday night. This was half of the number of the Ultimate Fighter season 17 premier. A good part of why deals with the show moving from the popular FX network to the fledgling Fox Sports 1, and that it aired on Wednesday, one of the busiest days for prime time viewership.
The show is also airing on FX in Australia Wednesdays and BT Sports in Great Britain Thursday nights.
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TUF had posted video of Shayna Baszler and Julianna Pena commenting about their match next Wednesday on Fox Sports 1. You can watch it here.
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The UFC has announced their new EA Sports video game will feature female fighters. UFC champ Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate are officially announced for the game, with more will be joining them as the game is created. The women won’t be able to fight the men in the game, so no dream matches of Rousey versus Brian Caraway folks.
Usually with these games there is a “create a fighter” option, so with a little bit of skill, you can probably create anyone from the InvictaFC roster (at 135 of course).
Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t the first time a female fight will be a part of a UFC video game. MiddleEasy pointed out Ericka Montoya was in the UFC’s 2004 game.
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In addition to Cyborg Justino versus Martina Jindrova’s muay thai bout at Lions Fight 11 September 20 in Vegas on AXS TV, Monique Travis is fighting Angela Hill on the undercard.
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Among the other fights announced this week:
MMA
- Agnieszka Niedzwiedz will face Eeva Siiskonen at MMA Attack 4 Poland in October 26
- Egnland’s Stacey Hayes and Italy’s Annalisa Bucci will duke it out at Heat 24 in London’s Southend on October 12.
Kickboxing
- At Merseburger Fight Night In Germany October 5, super flyweight world champion Adelina Dimova faces Malaysian WKN European Championess Su Yin Gelis.
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The International Olympic Committee is set to vote on bringing wrestling back to the Olympics in 2020 this Sunday in Russia. The other two sports up for inclusion are squash and baseball/softball.
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Former Bellator and Strikeforce competitor Kerry Vera put out a video for the “Functional Patterns” website and she looks as great as ever. You can watch the video here.
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We continue our preview of the upcoming Tuff-n-uff 145 tournament on the podcast with fighter Bethany del Cid Sunday at 1 p.m. pacific/4 p.m. eastern. The Team Alpha Male product has an extensive boxing background and looks to take the MMA world by storm.
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Rumor
Among those with fight announcements forthcoming are Alexis Davis, Bethe Correia, and Maria Hougaard.
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Pink Fights in Brazil is rumored to have a card coming up later this month, and it’s expected the card will be announced soon.
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Australia’s “Wimp 2 Warrior” series, which turns regular guys and girls into MMA fighters, is looking into a TV deal for their second season. The first season was featured as a web series.
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Scheduled matches
Pro MMA
At XFN 14 in Tulsa, OK, InvictaFC vet Kathina Catron will take on Susy Watson.
Catron was a late replacement at InvictaFC 6, losing a decsion to Livia Von Plettenberg. Catron won her previous bout the week before. Watson will be making her pro debut, getting an ammy win this past March.
In ammy action, Maegan Goodwin will take on Yuri Nedina.
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Fresh off her appearance on “The Ultimate Fighter” Colleen Schneider returns to action as she will take on Christina Marks at Submission Championship MMA in Ontario, CA.
The former SFL flyweight champion Schneider (4-4) is on a three fight win streak, but was outmatched by Shayna Baszler to get shut out of the TUF house. Schneider returns to 125 for this match.
Christina Marks (4-6) is looking to earn her second win in a row, having gotten a 25 second TKO win this past March.
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In other pro MMA matches:
- At Carelia Fight 9 in Imatra, Finland, Eeva Siiskonen faces Julia Stoliarenko
- Lena Ovchynnikova takes on Alexandra Guseva at Gas Station MMA in Lviv, Ukraine
- In Argentina at Heroes MMA 2, Paloma Fabrykant battles Denise Boifer
- At Magic City Mayhem 3 in Minot, ND Jessica Doerner faces LeAnn Amundson
- Karolline Rosa battles Mylena Duarte at HCC in Vila Velha, Brazil
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Ammy MMA
A pair of matches will take place at the Austin MMA Championships in Texas. The main event will feature River Warth taking on Nicole Duffy for the strawweight title. Also on the card, Sarah Boyd will face Julia Ottolino.
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At No Mercy Extreme Fight in Colorado Sprins, CO, two matches are set. K.C. Juanilllas will face Alissa Garcia, while Ashlee Maston takes on Nicole Forzano.
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In other Ammy MMA matches:
- At Warfair Fighting Championships in Myrtle Beach, SC, Andy Nguyen faces Jessamine Ali
- Amy Palalia takes on Amanda Robinson at Elite1 MMA in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
- In Beloit, Wisconsin at Stateline Warriors 58, Lisa Wells battles Kim Roegner
- At HD Fight Series in Matthews, NC, Lisette Galvan dikes it out with Brittany Kraycirik
- In Corpus Christi, TX at Rock Xtreme MMA Maylene Estudillo takes on Jianna Denizard
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Boxing
Braekus and Castillo
Cecilia Braekhus will defend her WBC/WBA/WBO welterweight titles against Oxandia Castillo in Frederikshavn, Denmark.
Braekhus (22-0) will be defending the WBC/WBA titles for the 11th time. Castillo (12-0) is the current WBO light middleweight champ and will be dropping down for the match. Both are looking to maintain their unbeaten streaks.
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Two title matches are set in Saarbruecken, Saarland, Germany. WBF light welterweight champion Rola El Halabi will defend her title for the first time against Sopo Putkaradze. El Halabi (12-1) won the belt last month, rebounding from her first loss in her career. Putkaradze (6-0) has yet to see defeat, getting the TKO win in her bout last month against Tamuna Salukvadze.
The other match will be for the vacant WBF super flyweight title as Raja Amasheh battles Eva Voraberger.
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On other boxing action:
- In Cordoba, Argentina, Natalia Vanesa del Valle Aguirre takes on Soledad Capriolo
- Alma De la Cruz dukes it out with Salma Canales in Jalisco, Mexico
- In Mableton, Georgia, Rolanda Andrews battles Angel Gladney
- Lisa Lewis takes on Celene Roman in Fresno, California
- In León, Mexico Irma Sanchez dukes it out with Katia Gutierrez
- Debora Anahi Dionicius faces Olga Julio in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- In Monclova, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, Julia Gamboa dukes it out with Arlette Martinez
- Joselyn Arroyo Ruiz battles Elizabeth Munoz in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
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