World Extreme Cagefighting came to the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado tonight for WEC 51: “Aldo vs Gamburyan.” The stacked event was headlined by a WEC Featherweight Championship bout between champion Jose Aldo Junior and top contender Manny “The Anvil” Gamburyan.
Also on the card, lightweights Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Jamie Varner squared off for a second time in a three-round grudge match, while unbeaten Chinese prospect Tie Quan “The Mongolian Wolf” Zhang made his WEC debut. MMARising.com has full results for all of the night’s fights.
Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii and Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto both picked up wins tonight at Bellator 31 to advance to the finals of the Bellator 115-pound women’s tournament. However, they did so in very different fashions. Fujii submitted Lisa Ward in just 99 seconds, while Frausto escaped with a controversial decision win over Jessica “Jag” Aguilar.
Canadian Muay Thai Champion Julia “The Jewel” Budd will make her pro MMA debut as part of the October 22nd Strikeforce Challengers 11 card. The British Columbia native, who is the only woman to ever defeat Gina Carano in Muay Thai, will face Shana “Rock Solid” Olsen at 145 pounds.
Reigning DREAM Lightweight Champion Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki will indeed compete at DEEP: 50th Impact on October 24th. The submission specialist will take on former WBA and PABA boxing champion Yokthai Sithoar of Thailand. Sithoar has not competed as a boxer since June 2004 and will make his MMA debut against Aoki.
A hard-hitting welterweight bout between Paul “Semtex” Daley and Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith has been added to the upcoming Strikeforce: St. Louis event on December 4th. The fight, which was officially announced today, joins a light heavyweight rematch between Dan “Hendo” Henderson and Renato “Babalu” Sobral on the televised main card.
Just two days after Valkyrie 7, Greatest Common Multiple has already announced a pair of title fights for its next all-female card at Valkyrie 8 on November 28th. Valkyrie Featherweight (115-Pound) Champion Mei “V Hajime” Yamaguchi will defend her title in a rematch with top contender Kyoko Takabayashi. Yamaguchi edged Takabayashi last July.
Wand Fight Team prospect Michele “Diablita” Gutierrez will take a step up in competition when she returns to action on December 10th. Gutierrez will face Strikeforce veteran Lacey “The Ladie” Schuckman in a featured bout at Crowbar MMA: “Winter Brawl” in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Unbeaten prospect Rin Nakai moved her mixed martial arts record to a perfect 8-0 on Sunday at Greatest Common Multiple’s all-female Valkyrie 7 event in Tokyo, Japan. She submitted Mayumi “Super Benkei” Aoki in the first round of their Valkyrie Open-Weight Grand Prix semi-final bout.