Bellator contender Jessica “Jag” Aguilar has received the go-ahead to fight outside of the promotion on February 17th. Aguilar will face rising star “Little” Patricia Vidonic in a featured matchup at Fight Time Promotions 8 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The women’s bout will be the first in Fight Time history.

Aguilar posted back-to-back victories inside the Bellator cage in 2011 and the promotion hopes to match her against pound-for-pound queen Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii this year. However, she will first have to get past the surging Vidonic, who has won six straight since dropping her pro debut.

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Just six weeks before she enters the inaugural Cage Warriors 125-pound women’s tournament, Ireland’s Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly will face Dutch striker Titiana van Polanen Petel at Battlezone Fighting Championships 5. The fight takes place on March 24th in Daly’s hometown of Dublin, Ireland.

Battlezone officials revealed the matchup on Sunday and both fighters subsequently confirmed their participation on Twitter. Daly has won three straight fights and captured the NAAFS 125-pound women’s title in June. Van Polanen Petel scored a first-round TKO victory this past March.

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Brazil’s first all-female mixed martial arts promotion, Pink Fight MMA, will hold its inaugural event on January 29th in Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil. The card is headlined by a 125-pound bout between Maria Elisabete Tavares and Kalindra Carvalho Faria and will also include five additional fights.

Pink Fight MMA is led by successful Jungle Fight promoter Wallid Ismail, a former fighter who competed for both the UFC and PRIDE in the early days of each company. He aims to provide a new platform for female fighters to compete in Brazil and hopes to stage additional events later this year.

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2004 Olympic silver medallist Sara McMann put her wrestling skills to good use this evening in the co-main event of ProElite 3: “Grove vs Minowa” in Honolulu, Hawaii. McMann earned the biggest win of her MMA career and kept her perfect record intact by defeating Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano.

McMann threw Akano to the mat countless times in their three-round bout and showcased a considerable strength advantage over her Japanese foe by controlling the fight wherever it went. Akano was active from the bottom, but it was not enough and McMann earned a dominant Unanimous Decision.

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Despite a lengthy layoff, Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson made an impressive return to the cage tonight in the main event of Jackson’s MMA Series 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Waterson submitted Colorado-based prospect Diana “Dynamite” Rael with a rear-naked choke in round one.

Earlier in the night, Waterson’s Jackson’s MMA teammate Jodie Esquibel picked up a one-sided Unanimous Decision victory over Amy Riehle in another featured women’s bout. Esquibel’s crisp boxing was too much for her Arizona foe and she walked away with her second career victory.

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ProElite returned to the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii tonight for ProElite 3: “Grove vs Minowa.” The card was headlined by middleweight action with Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove and Ikuhisa “Minowaman” Minowa, and also featured Sara McMann taking on Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano.

The semi-finals of the ProElite Heavyweight Grand Prix also took place on tonight’s card. Jake “The Honey Bear” Heun battled Richard “The Black Eagle” Odoms in one semi-final, while Ryan Martinez faced Cody Griffin in the other. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for ProElite 3’s main card.

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The seventh edition of the successful Jackson’s MMA Series took place tonight at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tonight’s card was headlined by a women’s strawweight battle between Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson and Diana “Dynamite” Rael.

The co-main event saw once-beaten Jackson’s lightweight prospect Henry Martinez take on Colorado’s Ali Hanjani, and standout boxer Jodie Esquibel returned to the cage for her second pro MMA bout against Arizona’s Amy Riehle. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s fight card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship held its first event on the FX network tonight from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. UFC on FX 1: “Guillard vs Miller” was headlined by a lightweight bout between hard-hitting Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard and jiu-jitsu specialist Jim Miller.

Also on the card, Duane “Bang” Ludwig battled fellow veteran Josh “The Dentist” Neer in the co-main event, while Mike “The Hulk” Easton looked for his second UFC victory when he faced Jared “The Jackhammer” Papazian in bantamweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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