Miscellaneous News
Our weekly video show is up with it’s second episode. We talked to UFC’s Alexis Davis and and XFC’s Stephanie Eggink, plus some coverage of “The Ultimate Fighter” tryouts. You can see the show on JanetTV.com.
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Van Buren & Eggink
Friday night sees Stephanie Eggink and Brianna VanBuren in a featured bout at XFC in Louisville, KY live on AXS TV. Eggink is looking for win #2 at strawweight, while Van Buren looks for her second pro win and the upset. Van Buren came in at 116.2 pounds, and Eggink came in a pound over.
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George & Bernick
Also Friday night, a heavyweight contest between Heather George and Jenna Bernick is set for Steelfist Fights in Salt Lake City, Utah. George is coming off her first pro win, a TKO over Rachel Kemker. Bernick is seeking her first pro win.
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CFA has announced that Fallon Fox versus Allanna Jones will be co-main eventing their May 24th card, and it will air on AXS TV.
Transgender fighter Fox has been cleared by the Florida State Boxing Commission to fight Jones. The fight is set to be one half of the semi-finals for the CFA featherweight tournament. However, the other semi-final is still in jeopardy as Peggy Morgan and Ashlee Evans-Smith status is still in the air, due to both trying out for “The Ultimate Fighter”.
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The California State Athletic Commission is under fire once again as top boxer Sonya Lamonakis is seeking a “No contest” in her bout with Martha Salazar. Lamonakis would lose by unanimous decision.
The major points of contention is Salazar was able to weigh-in day of the fight, unsupervised hand wraps on Salazar’s part, no drug testing, and the timekeeper mistiming the match for 3 minutes rounds when it was agreed to be 2 minute rounds.
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Australian world champion super featherweight Diana Prazak will finally get her shot at Swedish champion Frida Wallberg on June 14 in in Stockholm, Sweden. The WIBA super featherweight champion was set to face Wallberg last year, but the Wallberg pulled out due to injure. Prazak lost to Holly Holm by unanimous in December. Wallberg defeated Amanda Serrano by unanimous decision a year ago ton win the WBC crown.
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Around 40 girls from round the country gathered to participate in the inaugural Western Junior Regional Women’s Freestyle wrestling competition in Vegas this past weekend. Among the standouts are freshman Teshya Alo of Hawaii, who took the 130 pound crown, and senior Kaylee Chevez taking home the 105 pound title.
You can see complete results at TheMat.com.
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The New York PSAL women’s wrestling season has started this month, with two tournaments. 123 wrestlers competed at Townsend Harris High School and Hunter High School in what has been a huge expansion of the women’s wrestling program in the New York City area. The turnout was more than twice of last year’s “Mayor’s Cup” tournament.
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Nicdali Rivera-Colonac is auctioning off her signed hand wraps from InvictaFC 2 to benefit The Gotitas de Miel. Childrens Orphanage in Mexico. You can place your bid here.
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Rumors
The UFC currently has a “don’t ask, don’t tell policy” when it comes to those still in the running for being on “Tough Enough”. Although we can’t conjecture on who made the cast, we can easily conjecture who isn’t depending on the booking of fighters in the next few months. Best example is Allanna Jones, who we announced earlier is going to fight Fallon Fox as scheduled. We will have some more names next week.
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Scheduled Matches
MMA
Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark, Maria Hougaard (3-4) takes on Jorina Baars (1-2) at the European MMA 3 card. Both featherweight fights are looking to even their record and climb the ladder back into the top 10.
Saturday sees strawweight action in Glena Avila and Amber Stautzenberger at DakotaFC in Fargo. Both are 2-1 as pros, with Avila coming off her first loss, and Stautzenberger winning her last two fights. The fight will be streamed live at DaCast.com for $5.
In Argentina Saturday, Paloma Fabrykant takes on Silvana Peralta at Real World Fights. Fabrykant has finished both of her opponents, and Peralta is making her pro debut.
#7 featherweight Tamikka Brents looks for her third straight win as she takes on Holly Bartley at Freedom Fight Series in Springfield, IL. Bartley is making her pro debut. In an amateur bout, Ashley Taylor will take on Michelle Pearce.
Nadia Nixon defends her ammy atomweight title at Titan MMA on Kansas City, MO against Molly Welsh.
Sunday sees two pro bouts internationally. At Pancrase in Japan, #4 ranked Kikuyo Ishikawa battles Miyoko Kusaka. AT Start MMA 1 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Herica Tiburcio faces Aline Sattelmayer.
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Boxing
Friday
Champion Enis Pacheco faces Francia Elena Bravo for the WBO female lightweight title in Barranquilla, Colombia.
In Jujuy, Argentina, Maria Eugenia Lopez takes on Silvia Fernanda Zacarias
Saturday
Alicia Ashley defends her WBC super bantamweight title against Chanttall Martinez in Panama City, Panama. Also, Sayda Mosquera faces Veronica Taylor.
In Managua, Nicaragua, Juseth Arauz takes on Vanesa Santiago
Filed under: BJJ/Wrestling, Boxing, MMA
