A second women’s bout has been announced for the March 11th Pancrase Progress Tour 3 card in Tokyo. 16-year-old grappler Shino VanHoose looks for her third mixed martial arts victory when she faces off against former Valkyrie competitor Kimie “Sakura” Okada in a strawweight matchup.
Pancrase officials confirmed the addition to the card earlier today. The event also features the retirement bout of kickboxing and MMA veteran “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba, who faces Jewels star Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka. Sunaba, a mixed martial artist since 2002, has won five of her past six.
Teen prodigy Mizuki Inoue scored the biggest victory of her combat sports career tonight at Shoot Boxing 2012: “Road To S-Cup, Act.1” in Tokyo, Japan. The 17-year-old striker upset current Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi in a non-title bout on the card.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 143: “Diaz vs Condit.” The event was headlined by a UFC Interim Welterweight Championship bout between Nick Diaz and “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit.
Japan’s all-female Jewels promotion has announced the first of many bouts for its March 3rd “18th Ring” card in Tokyo. Promotional postergirl Mika “Future Princess” Nagano looks to rebound from a contentious decision loss when she faces former Valkyrie mainstay Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino.
Strikeforce veteran Elaina “Beef” Maxwell and long-time pound-for-pound standout Tara LaRosa will both be in action in a pair of featured women’s matchups at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 2: “Yvel vs Alexander” on March 30th in Kearney, Nebraska. Both fighters await confirmed opponents.
Russia’s Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya will make a quick return to action when she faces Anna Melikhova at Lion’s Fights 1: “The Beginning” on March 3rd in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The women’s bout, along with the remainder of the promotion’s inaugural fight card, was first reported on 
Two of the UFC’s top welterweight contenders will square off this Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada when former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz battles former WEC titleholder Carlos Condit. Diaz and Condit meet in the main event of UFC 143 for the UFC Interim Welterweight Championship.
A battle of heavyweight strikers has been added to the upcoming UFC on FOX 3 card on May 5th in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Former K-1 star Pat “HD” Barry will face recent UFC signee Lavar “Big” Johnson, who won his Octagon debut with an impressive knockout this past weekend.