The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada tonight for UFC 152: “Jones vs Belfort.” The event featured a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Jon “Bones” Jones and former titleholder Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort.
Also tonight, the inaugural UFC Flyweight Championship was up for grabs when Joseph Benavidez took on Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. In middleweight action, Michael “The Count” Bisping battled “All American” Brian Stann. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s card.
Top Jewels stars Mika “Future Princess” Nagano and Shizuka Sugiyama both picked up stoppage victories tonight at Jewels: “21st Ring” in Tokyo, Japan. Nagano submitted Jewels newcomer Tomo Maesawa, while Sugiyama finished Yurika Tanaka with a barrage of punches in round two.
Japan’s all-female Jewels promotion returned to Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo tonight for Jewels: “21st Ring.” The event was headlined by a Muay Thai bout between Jewels kickboxing veteran Kozue “Azuma” Nagashima and South Korean challenger Mi-Jeon Chan, who made her promotional debut.
Decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha kept her unbeaten MMA record intact with a quick victory tonight at Shooto Brazil 34 in Brasilia, Brazil. Gadelha stopped late replacement opponent Adriana Vieira with a barrage of punches for a TKO win in just over 90 seconds.
I guess I’ll rewind this blog back to my first opportunity to fight for Invicta Fighting Championships, which was at their second show on July 28th. The show turned out great, and I had the opportunity to see some amazing ladies in action. Armed in my hot pink singlet, I fought Sarah Schneider.
Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup 53.5kg Champion Mizuki Inoue returns to action on Saturday night at Jewels: “21st Ring” in Tokyo, Japan. The 18-year-old Inoue will face off against Yukiko Suzuki in one of four grappling matches announced for the event today. The card is now complete with 15 bouts.
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir has suffered an undisclosed injury and has been forced to withdraw from his Strikeforce main event bout with Daniel Cormier on November 3rd in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Sports Rage was first to report on Mir’s injury on Tuesday evening.
An injury has forced former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Sarah Kaufman out of her bout with fellow striker Kaitlin Young at Invicta Fighting Championships 3 on October 6th in Kansas City, Kansas. Young now faces Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith in a rematch from Invicta FC 1.