Top flyweight prospect Munah Holland will make her return to the Bellator cage on September 28th at Bellator Fighting Championships 74 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The hard-hitting boxer is expected to face off against grappling specialist Michelle Ould on the event’s preliminary card.
MMARising.com confirmed plans for the matchup with a source close to the promotion today following an announcement from Ould this week. Holland and Ould were first set to face off at Ring of Combat 37 one year ago, but the bout was scrapped when Ould suffered a last-minute injury backstage.
Mixed martial arts veteran Lisa Ellis has stepped in on just two days’ notice to compete in tomorrow’s Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Ellis replaces Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova, who was removed from the card this week due to problems between SB and Ovchynnikova’s team.
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones will not compete in a rematch with Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida at UFC 152 on September 22nd in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As first reported by 
A partially torn MCL has forced former Strikeforce and PRIDE champ Dan “Hendo” Henderson out of his main event bout with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones at UFC 151. The event, which was set to take place on September 1st in Las Vegas, Nevada, has now been cancelled.
Finnish prospect Katja Kankaanpää will look to keep her unbeaten record intact when she faces England’s Simona Soukupova at Botnia Punishment 12 on September 14th in Seinäjoki, Finland. The featured bout is expected to be contested at 115 pounds and will serve as the night’s co-main event.
With the addition of WKN Australian kickboxing champion Kim Townsend, the lineup for this Saturday’s Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournament is now complete. Townsend will face two-time Girls S-Cup winner Rena Kubota in one of four quarterfinal matchups announced by the promotion today.
A new Tuff-N-Uff 125-pound women’s tournament champion was crowned on Saturday night at Tuff-N-Uff: “Mayhem In Mesquite” in Mesquite, Nevada. Reign Training Center’s Rachael Cummins captured the tournament title with an impressive first-round submission win over Tandra “Tundra” Lopez.
Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey needed just 54 seconds in order to successfully defend her title tonight in the main event of Strikeforce: “Rousey vs Kaufman” in San Diego, California. Rousey submitted former champ Sarah Kaufman with a first-round armbar.