Former Strikeforce Women’s Featherweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino reclaimed the top spot at 145 pounds with another commanding win at Invicta Fighting Championships 6 on July 13th. Justino stopped Marloes “Rumina” Coenen to capture the inaugural Invicta FC featherweight title.
In other female fights this past month, Lauren Taylor continued her climb up the bantamweight rankings with a Unanimous Decision win over Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio at Invicta FC 6, and Amber “The Bully” Brown cracked the atomweight top five by upsetting Kikuyo Ishikawa at Pancrase 250.
All quarterfinal bouts in the second annual Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup 53.5 tournament are now set for this Saturday night at the 2013 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Japan Midsummer Festival in Tokyo. In Block A, Rio Kamikaze takes on Matsukuma Kikukawa and Ai Takahashi faces Wei-Ting Chen.