Team Quest shut out rivals Xtreme Couture in a gym versus gym rematch last night at Tuff-N-Uff: “Xtreme Couture vs Team Quest 2” in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Temecula, California-based Team Quest fighters went 3-0 against the hometown favourites in Tuff-N-Uff’s first amateur caged event.

The event also featured a trio of title fights, including the main event that saw highly-touted prospect Sean Bollinger submit Dustin Chevalier in round one for the Tuff-N-Uff Lightweight Championship. Jerry Shapiro and female champion Tsui-Jen Cunanan also walked away with Tuff-N-Uff title gold.

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Two of the top female fighters in Central Europe will collide on April 16th at WKF: “The Night of the Count” in Wr. Neudorf, Austria. Unbeaten Ukrainian Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova will battle Austria’s Jasminka “Cive” Dizdarevic in a WKF European Women’s MMA Championship bout at 124 pounds.

The talented kickboxers, who hold impressive records in Muay Thai and K-1 rules bouts, have made names for themselves on the European circuit and each fighter has already captured multiple titles. An impressive victory in April could propel the winner on to bigger cards elsewhere in the world.

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A knee injury has forced former WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit out of a planned bout with Chris “Lights Out” Lytle on February 27th at UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia. “The Natural Born Killer” has been replaced by veteran Brian “Bad Boy” Ebersole, who will face Lytle on short notice.

Sportsnet.ca was first to report on Condit’s injury, and Fight News Australia named Ebersole as his replacement today. Lytle enters the welterweight matchup on a four-fight winning streak, while Ebersole brings over 70 fights’ worth of experience into his UFC debut and has never been knocked out.

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A second women’s bout has been added to the Pancrase Impressive Tour 2 fight card on March 13th in Osaka, Japan. Former Smackgirl Middleweight Champion Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano will face Chisa Yonezawa. The fight was first noted by Akano’s friend and training partner, Megumi Fujii.

Already officially announced for the card was a 48kg women’s bout between “Happy” Fukuko Hamada and Mamiko Mizoguchi. The fight with Yonezawa will be Akano’s first since a planned matchup against Roxanne Modafferi on December 30th was cancelled at the last minute due to a Modafferi illness.

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Bellator 115-pound women’s champion Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto will indeed face rival Karina Hallinan for the second time at Bellator Fighting Championships 35 on March 5th, but the bout is not scheduled to be part of the televised card. MMAjunkie.com first reported on the news earlier today.

Frausto was noticeably frustrated when informed of the untelevised status of the fight, which was not expected to be contested for her Bellator title. Her rematch with Hallinan could still be slotted into the debut Bellator broadcast on the MTV2 network if time permits, but that possibility is not assured.

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Two fights have been announced for Jewels: “Twelfth Ring” on March 11th in Tokyo, Japan. Promotional postergirl Mika “Future Princess” Nagano faces Emi Murata, while Miyoko Kusaka squares off with Yuka Okumura. Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki will compete as well.

It was also confirmed that another top Jewels star, Shizuka Sugiyama, will be taking a year away from the promotion to study abroad in Australia. The popular Sugiyama most recently faced a larger opponent, Esui, at Jewels: “Eleventh Ring” in December, but suffered a second-round TKO defeat.

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Fresh off of her Ring of Combat title victory this past weekend, top prospect Jessica “Evil” Eye is expected to make her Strikeforce debut against tough veteran Jan “Cuddles” Finney on March 5th. The targeted matchup would be contested at 135 pounds on the undercard of Strikeforce: Columbus.

MMARising.com confirmed plans for the fight today with a source close to the negotiations. Bout agreements have not yet been signed, but the fight is expected to be finalised shortly. Eye will move up from her natural weight class of 125 pounds for the second consecutive time for this fight.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight with a stacked card at UFC 126: “Silva vs Belfort.” The event was headlined by a UFC Middleweight Championship bout between Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort.

Also on the card, top light heavyweight contenders were in action when Rich “Ace” Franklin faced fellow ex-UFC champ Forrest Griffin, while Ryan “Darth” Bader took on rising star Jon “Bones” Jones, and a new title challenger was named. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s impressive card.

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