Evolve MMA’s Nicole Chua picked up her first professional mixed martial arts victory tonight at ONE Fighting Championship 3: “War of the Lions” in Kallang, Singapore. Chua used her superior ground skills to force Indian national kickboxing champion Jeet Toshi to submit to a rear-naked choke.
Chua, who is Singapore’s first female mixed martial artist, engaged Toshi on the feet early on, but she soon took the fight to the mat. Chua then used short elbows to set up a transition to back control and quickly secured the choke for the victory in front of a partisan ONE FC crowd in Singapore.
Legend Fighting Championship returned to the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong, China on Friday night for Legend FC 8. The event featured two title fights and was headlined by Jadamba Narantungalag defending his Legend Lightweight Championship against “The Korean Bulldozer” Yui Chul Nam.
It did not come as easily as many had anticipated, but Tara LaRosa picked up her 21st professional victory tonight at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 2 in Kearney, Nebraska. LaRosa submitted late-replacement opponent Kelly Warren with one second left in what was supposed to be a flyweight bout.
Team Tiger Schulmann prospect Munah Holland put her boxing skills to good use tonight at Bellator Fighting Championships 63 in Uncasville, Connecticut. Holland knocked out the previously unbeaten Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets with a right hook near the end of round two.
A planned women’s bout between Sanja Sučević and Bethany Marshall has been scrapped from Super Fight League 2 on April 7th in Chandigarh, India. Spanish prospect Karla Benitez now faces off against one-time Strikeforce competitor Colleen “The Beautiful Disaster” Schneider on the card.
Okinawa, Japan’s first female mixed martial artist, Kikuyo Ishikawa, will compete at home for the first time at Pancrase Progress Tour 6 on May 20th. Ishikawa faces unbeaten teen prospect Shino VanHoose on the card, which takes place at Music Town Oto-Ichiba in Koza, Okinawa.
Serbian prospect Sanja Sučević will make a quick return to action when she competes at Super Fight League 2 on April 7 in Chandigarh, India. Sučević is expected to face unbeaten American Bethany Marshall on the card. The targeted matchup was 
This Saturday, Singapore’s first female mixed martial artist, Nicole Chua, makes her pro MMA debut at ONE Fighting Championship 3: “War of the Lions” at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang. Chua faces multi-time kickboxing champion Jeet Toshi in ONE FC’s inaugural women’s bout.