For the first time, the Ultimate Fighting Championship crowned a female winner of The Ultimate Fighter tonight at the TUF 18 Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada. Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña stopped Jessica “The Ragin'” Rakoczy to become the TUF 18 women’s bantamweight winner.

In other action on tonight’s card, bantamweight prospect Jessamyn “The Gun” Duke earned a Unanimous Decision win over Peggy “The Daywalker” Morgan. Raquel “Rocky” Pennington scored her biggest victory to date by outpointing popular veteran Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. The event was headlined by a lightweight trilogy fight between standout wrestler Gray “The Bully” Maynard and outspoken jiu-jitsu specialist Nate Diaz.

In tonight’s historical co-feature, Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña took on Jessica “The Ragin'” Rakoczy to determine the first ever TUF female winner. Chris Holdsworth battled Davey Grant in the TUF 18 men’s tournament final. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the main card.

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Highly-touted judoka Marina “The Supernova From Moldova” Shafir scored another impressive first-round submission victory tonight in the Tuff-N-Uff main event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shafir finished Tabitha Patterson with an arm-triangle choke to capture the promotion’s 145-pound women’s title.

In other action on the card, Jessica “The Zombie” Zomcik stopped Shannon “Primetime” Reid to win the Tuff-N-Uff women’s featherweight tournament title, and Kyra “Mogwai” Batara defeated Cheyanne “The Warrior Princess” Vlismas to become the Tuff-N-Uff Women’s Atomweight Champion.

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Former boxing champion Jessica “The Ragin'” Rakoczy scored yet another impressive victory during tonight’s 13th episode of The Ultimate Fighter 18: “Team Rousey vs Team Tate.” Rakoczy earned her spot in the TUF 18 final by outpointing Raquel “Rocky” Pennington in a three-round striking battle.

With the win, Rakoczy, who was this season’s final team pick, moves on to face number one seed Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña on Saturday. The victor will be crowned as the first ever TUF female winner. In the men’s final, Team Rousey’s Davey Grant faces Team Tate’s Chris Holdsworth.

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On Saturday night, Amber “The Apex Predator” Stautzenberger picked up the biggest win of her career at Xtreme Knockout 20 in Arlington, Texas. Stautzenberger took a commanding Unanimous Decision win over veteran contender Lacey “The Ladie” Schuckman in a 119-pound catchweight bout.

At MMA Super Heroes 2 in São Paulo, Brazil, Kalindra Faria won another championship title by stopping Hellen Bastos. On the same card, Carina “Barbie” Damm earned a quick TKO win. At Deep: “Cage Impact 2013” in Tokyo, Japan, Shizuka Sugiyama and Ji Yun Kim fought to a Majority Draw.

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An injury has forced bantamweight veteran Kelly “Blood Red” Kobold out of her planned fight at Invicta Fighting Championships 7 on December 7th in Kansas City, Missouri. In Kobold’s place, Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio has stepped in to face off against Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger on the card.

The change was first announced on Inside MMA tonight. D’Alelio is coming off of a close loss to Lauren Murphy at Invicta FC 6 in July. She had won three of her past four fights prior to the setback. Evinger recently competed on TUF 18 and brings a three-fight winning streak into her Invicta FC debut.

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For the second time this season, weight issues resulted in a cancelled fight during tonight’s 12th episode of The Ultimate Fighter 18: “Team Rousey vs Team Tate.” Davey Grant received a bye to the final round when teammate Anthony “Sharkbait” Gutierrez failed to make the 135-pound weight limit.

Gutierrez had himself received a bye to the semi-finals when his opponent, Cody Bollinger, was also unable to make weight. Like Bollinger, Gutierrez was exiled from the show. The semi-final round wraps up next Wednesday when Raquel “Rocky” Pennington faces Jessica “The Ragin'” Rakoczy.

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Teen prodigy Mizuki Inoue looks to add another championship title to her collection when she returns to action at Deep Jewels 3 on February 16th in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue takes on fellow tournament finalist Emi Tomimatsu to determine the inaugural Deep Jewels Lightweight Champion at 114 pounds.

Deep Jewels officials confirmed the planned event date this past weekend. Inoue advanced to the tournament championship final by defeating veteran contender Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino at Deep Jewels 2. On the same card, Tomimatsu avenged a loss and upset Mika “Future Princess” Nagano.

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