Jessica Eye, Aisling Daly Win At “Night Of Champions 2011”Ohio star Jessica “Evil” Eye made a successful return to her roots in the North American Allied Fight Series tonight. The popular prospect earned a dominant Unanimous Decision victory over Jennifer “Superstar” Scott in a featured bout at NAAFS: “Night Of Champions 2011” in Canton, Ohio.

In the main event, NAAFS 125-pound women’s champion Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly made the first defence of her new title with a second-round submission of the previously unbeaten Kelly Warren. Daly first captured the title by defeating Eye when the pair faced off in the NAAFS cage in June.

Read More…

Rena Kubota Defeats Erika Kamimura In Rise 85 RematchTwo-time Girls S-Cup champion Rena Kubota earned one of the biggest victories of her career tonight at Rise 85 in Tokyo, Japan. Kubota defeated current S-Cup champ Erika Kamimura in a much-anticipated rematch from an April exhibition to become the first Rise Queen kickboxing champion.

While there was no official winner in the pair’s one-round exhibition match in April, Kamimura dropped Kubota and dominated much of the brief contest. Tonight’s bout was contested under full kickboxing rules across five rounds and Kubota was victorious via Unanimous Decision in a considerable upset.

Read More…

Two Additional Matchups Announced For Jewels: 17th RingTwo additional fights are now official for Jewels: “17th Ring” on December 17th in Tokyo, Japan. Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino will make her Jewels debut against Celine Haga, while Emi Tomimatsu faces AACC prospect Rina Tomita. Both bouts were announced by the promotion today.

Fujino has been inactive in MMA since a bout with Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii on December 30th. She has since competed in shoot boxing and will enter as a significant favourite against Haga, who is winless since May 2010. Tomimatsu and Tomita earned victories at “16th Ring” in September.

Read More…

Chelsea Colarelli vs Heather Clark Planned For December 10Chelsea “The Italian Princess” Colarelli will make a quick return to the cage for her fourth bout in three months. The former XFL women’s champion is expected to face Heather “Hurricane” Clark at Evolution Combat Sports Championship: “Evolution 2” on December 10th in Clovis, New Mexico.

Clark revealed plans for the 115-pound matchup today. She has won four straight fights since dropping her pro debut. Colarelli has been extremely active in 2011 and has already fought four times this year. She lost her XFL title to Ashley “Smashley” Cummins in a thrilling bout this past weekend.

Read More…

Hatsu Hioki To Face Bart Palaszewski At UFC 144 In JapanJapanese standout Hatsu Hioki will compete on home soil for his second bout inside the Octagon. Hioki has agreed to face ten-year veteran Bart “Bartimus” Palaszewski at UFC 144 on February 26, 2012 in Saitama, Japan. MMAWeekly.com first reported the planned bout on Sunday.

Hioki eked out a razor-thin Split Decision win over George Roop in his UFC debut three weeks ago. The former Shooto, TKO and Sengoku champion has tasted defeat just once in his past 15 fights. Palaszewski has won five of six and scored a first-round knockout of Tyson Griffin at UFC 137.

Read More…

Jessica Aguilar Defeats Lisa Ellis-Ward In Bellator 58 RematchThough she was unable to make the 115-pound weight limit, Jessica “Jag” Aguilar avenged the first defeat of her career tonight at Bellator Fighting Championships 58 in Hollywood, Florida. Aguilar earned a Unanimous Decision win over rival Lisa Ellis-Ward after three hard-fought rounds.

Also on tonight’s Bellator 58 card, Michael Chandler captured the Bellator Lightweight Championship from former champion Eddie Alvarez in one of the promotion’s best fights of the year. Chandler survived a rough third round and submitted the highly-touted Alvarez in round four to claim the title.

Read More…

UFC 139: "Shogun vs Hendo" Live Play-By-Play & ResultsThe Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California tonight for UFC 139: “Shogun vs Hendo.” The card was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between former UFC champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former PRIDE and Strikeforce champion Dan “Hendo” Henderson.

In one of two co-features tonight, former WEC titleholders collided when “The California Kid” Urijah Faber took on Brian Bowles in a bantamweight bout, and Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva squared off with Cung Le at middleweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s card.

Read More…

Yana Kunitskaya Stops Arune Lauzeckaite At Bushido Hero'sBushido Women’s Champion Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya made short work of her opponent this evening at Bushido Hero’s: World Grand Prix Lithuania. Competing for the first time in 11 months, Kunitskaya stopped challenger Arune Lauzeckaite in less than two minutes in a dominant performance.

Kunitskaya had been absent from MMA competition since a win over Cindy “Battlecat” Dandois last December, but kept busy in kickboxing bouts this year. Ring rust did not appear to play a factor tonight, as Kunitskaya took Lauzeckaite down and punched from mount until the fight was stopped.

Read More…