Strikeforce Women’s Welterweight Champion Marloes “Rumina” Coenen will no longer compete on today’s Glory 12 card in Amsterdam. Coenen was set to face Lena Buytendijk just one week after capturing the Strikeforce title, but it was announced during the event that the fight had been cancelled.
Coenen submitted the previously unbeaten Sarah Kaufman with a third-round armbar at Strikeforce: “Diaz vs Noons 2” last Saturday and had planned to fight again today, but she will instead watch from the sidelines. Many of her Golden Glory teammates will still compete on the Glory 12 card.
Despite a change in opponent, pound-for-pound standout Tara LaRosa will return to action on November 24th for the new DaMMAge Fight League in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She will face former Strikeforce title challenger and final Smackgirl Middleweight Champion Takayo Hashi at 125 pounds.
Eleven fights are now set for World Extreme Cagefighting’s return to Las Vegas, Nevada at WEC 52 on November 11th. The card, which is headlined by a bantamweight bout between former WEC Featherweight Champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and Takeya Mizugaki, features a number of the promotion’s top title contenders.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts Jim and Dan Miller will both compete at UFC 124 on December 11th. The New Jersey-based brothers will face Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira and Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen, respectively, as part of the event as the UFC returns to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Two headlining bouts are official for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s New Year’s Day event on January 1, 2011. Frankie “The Answer” Edgar will defend the UFC Lightweight Championship in a rematch with unbeaten top contender Gray “The Bully” Maynard in the night’s main event.
Following Sunday’s “Tenth Ring” event in Tokyo, Japan, a random drawing was held to determine the semi-final matchups in the inaugural Jewels Lightweight (115-Pound) Queen Tournament. The semi-finals and final will both take place at Jewels: “Eleventh Ring” on December 17th.
The 2010 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix kicked off today at Jewels: “Tenth Ring” in Tokyo, Japan, with six fighters advancing on to the tournament final on December 17th. The event was headlined by a 58kg non-tournament bout that saw Miki Morifuji submit Aya “Ariya” Koyama in the first round.
Strikeforce returned to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California tonight with a stacked card at Strikeforce: “Diaz vs Noons 2.” The event was headlined by a long-awaited rematch between champion Nick Diaz and challenger “King” KJ Noons for the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship.