Despite late changes, Crowbar MMA: “Fall Brawl” will still move ahead with two women’s bouts on September 11th. Wand Fight Team representative Michele “Diablita” Gutierrez will battle 12-fight veteran Tammie Schneider, while SNMMA Women’s Flyweight Champion Catia “Cat Woman” Vitoria takes on American Top Team’s Nina Ansaroff in Ansaroff’s pro debut.

Gutierrez was initially set to square off with Shimone Brooks, but now faces Schneider in a 120-pound bout. Vitoria and Ansaroff will compete at 125 pounds in a replacement fight for Kaitlin Young vs Liz Carmouche.

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July rivals Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets and Kim “Sugar Free” Couture will compete on the same card again on October 23rd, but not against each other. Kheyfets and Couture will be part of Ring of Combat 32 and both will take on talented kickboxers from Team Tiger Schulmann.

Kheyfets, who submitted Couture at XFC 11 on July 9th, will face Melissa Bopp. Couture, meanwhile, will look to rebound from the loss to Kheyfets when she takes on 2007 Golden Gloves Boxing Champion Munah Holland. Both Bopp and Holland will be making their pro MMA debuts.

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Following a year of delays and uncertainty, the Ultimate Women Challenge reality show competition is finally set to begin filming this week. However, the show’s schedule has impacted multiple planned September fights including bouts featuring Kaitlin Young and Julie “Fireball” Kedzie.

Young had been set to face unbeaten prospect Liz Carmouche at Crowbar MMA: “Fall Brawl” on September 11th, while Kedzie was scheduled to take on another unbeaten rising star, Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio, at Jackson’s MMA Series 2 one week earlier. Both fights have now been cancelled.

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Sengoku Raiden Championships came to the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan tonight for SRC 14, which was headlined by a Sengoku Middleweight Championship rematch between Jorge Santiago and Kazuo “The Hitman” Misaki. The event also featured the lightweight debut of “The Japanese Sensation” Akihiro Gono, who faced Jadamba Narantungalag.

Elsewhere on the card, featherweight star Hatsu Hioki took on Jeff “Ippon” Lawson, while Nick “The Goat” Thompson battled Taisuke Okuno in a welterweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Strikeforce made its first trip to Houston, Texas tonight for Strikeforce: Houston. The event was headlined by a pair of title bouts. In the night’s main event, Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal put his Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship on the line against Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante.

A new Strikeforce Middleweight Champion was crowned when decorated former Army Ranger Tim Kennedy faced jiu-jitsu specialist Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza, while “King” KJ Noons took on Jorge “J.G.” Gurgel in a lightweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the event.

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Marloes “Rumina” Coenen’s next fight will indeed be against Strikeforce Women’s Welterweight (135-Pound) Champion Sarah Kaufman. After a week of uncertainty over Coenen’s immediate future, plans for the October 9th bout were revealed today. Coenen will drop down in weight for the fight.

MMAjunkie.com was first to report on the fight and Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has since confirmed with MMARising.com that his promotion is indeed targeting October 9th as the date for the title tilt. The fight will also mark Kaufman’s first Strikeforce appearance on a non-Challengers card.

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In an update from yesterday, it now appears that Marloes “Rumina” Coenen will no longer compete at Ultimate Glory 12 on October 16th in Amsterdam. Coenen’s participation was first announced in July and reaffirmed this Wednesday, but Coenen stated today that her fight has been cancelled.

Golden Glory trainer Martijn de Jong stated on Wednesday that Coenen had been scheduled to compete on this Saturday’s Strikeforce: Houston card, but Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker maintained that that was not actually the case. Coenen’s next fight will likely now be against Sarah Kaufman.

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A tentatively planned rematch between Marloes “Rumina” Coenen and Cindy “Battlecat” Dandois, targeted for this year in Strikeforce, is off. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed the updated news with MMARising.com tonight in response to comments from Coenen’s Golden Glory team.

Martijn de Jong, a lead trainer at Golden Glory, posted early yesterday that Coenen had been scheduled to fight this Saturday at Strikeforce: Houston, but Coker says that that was not the case. Coenen will still compete on October 16th at Glory 12 in Amsterdam against an undetermined opponent.

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