The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for one of its biggest events to date at UFC 148: “Silva vs Sonnen 2.” The card featured a UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Chael Sonnen.

In other main card action tonight, Forrest Griffin looked to settle the score in a light heavyweight trilogy bout with “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz. Canadian striker Patrick “The Predator” Côté returned to face Cung Le in middleweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Bitter rivals Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Chael Sonnen clash in a UFC Middleweight Championship rematch tonight at UFC 148: “Silva vs Sonnen 2” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sonnen came within two minutes of defeating the long-time middleweight king when the pair first met back in August 2010.

Also on the card tonight, newly-inducted UFC Hall of Famer “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz faces Forrest Griffin for a third time, while Patrick “The Predator” Côté returns to the Octagon to face former Strikeforce champ Cung Le. MMAGirls’ Joanne Spracklen previews the UFC 148 main card.

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Reign Training Center’s Rachael Cummins made a successful drop down to the flyweight division on Friday night at Tuff-N-Uff: “Festibrawl 2” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cummins needed just 31 seconds to submit Chrissy Lim to advance to the finals of the Tuff-N-Uff 125-pound women’s tournament.

In the second 125-pound tournament semi-final, Christine “La Fiera” Ferea took a Unanimous Decision win over Kristi “Violencia” Lopez. Meanwhile, Veronica “The Heartbreaker” Rothenhausler earned her second straight five-second KO by defeating Ashlee Evans-Smith for the 145-pound belt.

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Brazilian standout Carina “Beauty But The Beast” Damm returns to action on July 13th when she battles rising star Munah Holland at Matrix Fights 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MMARising.com confirmed plans for the 130-pound catchweight bout with matchmaker Andria Caplan today.

Damm was initially set to face Zoila Gurgel at Bellator 57 in November, but that bout was scrapped when Gurgel suffered a torn ACL in training. Damm has not fought since a July 2011 submission win in Brazil. Holland most recently knocked out Marianna Kheyfets in her Bellator debut in March.

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A 135-pound Queen of Pancrase title tournament begins on September 1st on the Pancrase 2012 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals card in Tokyo, Japan. The four- or eight-woman bracket includes unbeaten standout Rin Nakai and will determine the first Pancrase women’s bantamweight champion.

Pancrase officials announced plans for the tournament on Monday and also confirmed Nakai’s status as an official athlete of Pancrase as of July 1st. The title tournament is expected to feature one or more competitors from outside of Japan. Participants will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha “Takedown” Tate returns to action on August 18th at Strikeforce: “Rousey vs Kaufman” in San Diego, California. The grappling specialist faces Jackson’s MMA Series champ Julie “Fireball” Kedzie in a featured bantamweight matchup.

The promotion officially announced the bout today. Both fighters will look to rebound from recent setbacks. Tate’s six-fight winning streak came to an end in March when she was submitted by current champ “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. Kedzie dropped a Unanimous Decision in her Strikeforce debut.

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Veteran U.K. star Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton made a successful return to action and scored one of her biggest wins to date at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 47 on June 2nd. Sexton defeated Irish standout Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly and now reclaims her spot in the top three at 125 pounds.

Elsewhere in June, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson emerged victorious in his rematch with former divisional king Ian “Uncle Creepy” McCall at UFC on FX 3 to become MMA’s premier flyweight. Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum retained his top-five spot at heavyweight with a quick win over Mike Russow.

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