The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 245: “Usman vs Covington.” The event was headlined by a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between champion Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman and Colby “Chaos” Covington.

In the co-feature, UFC Featherweight Champion Max “Blessed” Holloway met Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski. UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda “The Lioness” Nunes faced Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie again. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. tonight for UFC on ESPN 7: “Overeem vs Rozenstruik.” The card was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Alistair “Demolition Man” Overeem and undefeated rising star Jairzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik.

In the co-feature, Marina Rodriguez faced Cynthia Calvillo in a 120-pound catchweight bout after Calvillo failed to make the strawweight limit. Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve met “Big” Ben Rothwell in heavyweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ESPN 7 card.

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A rematch between Invicta FC contender Lindsey “Damsel” VanZandt and Japanese star Rena Kubota has been added to the upcoming Rizin Fighting Federation 20 card on December 31st in Saitama, Japan. Rizin FF officials announced the featured 50.8kg (111.8-pound) matchup this afternoon.

VanZandt needed just over four minutes to choke out Kubota in the pair’s first meeting at Bellator 222 in June. The VanZandt-Kubota rematch joins a previously confirmed Rizin FF Super Atomweight Championship trilogy bout between Ayaka Hamasaki and Seo Hee Ham on the New Year’s Eve card.

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Welterweight standout Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal scored a high-profile win and the BMF Championship on November 2nd at UFC 244 in New York. Masvidal battered and bloodied Nate Diaz en route to a doctor stoppage after the end of the third round in their featured main event matchup.

Also at UFC 244, Darren “The Gorilla” Till edged out Kelvin Gastelum in the middleweight co-main event and now ascends the 185-pound rankings, and Katlyn “Blonde Fighter” Chookagian defeated Jennifer Maia at flyweight. At UFC Fight Night 164, Jan Blachowicz earned a key light heavyweight win.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Ibirapuera Gymnasium in São Paulo, Brazil tonight for UFC Fight Night 164: “Blachowicz vs Souza.” The card was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Jan Blachowicz and former middleweight title contender Ronaldo “Jacaré” Silva.

In tonight’s 205-pound co-main event, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua returned to action to battle Paul “Bearjew” Craig. Also on the main card, Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira took on Jared “Flash” Gordon in a lightweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 164 card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York tonight for UFC 244: “Masvidal vs Diaz.” The card was headlined by a welterweight BMF Championship bout between two of the UFC’s most popular stars, Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal and Nate Diaz.

In the middleweight co-feature, Kelvin Gastelum battled Darren “The Gorilla” Till. At welterweight, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson looked to get back on track to title contention when he took on Vicente “The Silent Assassin” Luque. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 244 card.

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Invicta Fighting Championships showcased its 38th all-female card tonight at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Invicta FC 38 was headlined by a vacant strawweight championship bout between Japanese standout Kanako Murata and former Bellator title challenger Emily “Gordinha” Ducote.

In the flyweight co-feature, Vanessa Porto faced Karina Rodríguez in a non-title bout due to Rodríguez missing weight. Strawweight prospects Mallory Martin and Cynthia “Sin” Arceo squared off in a matchup at 115 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s Invicta FC 38 card.

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Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya captured the UFC Middleweight Championship with an impressive second-round knockout win on October 5th at UFC 243 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Adesanya stopped Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker and now takes over the top spot at 185 pounds.

Elsewhere in October, former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk earned a key win over Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson at UFC Fight Night 161, and Seo Hee Ham scored a second-round stoppage of fellow super atomweight contender Miyuu Yamamoto at Rizin FF 19.

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