A bantamweight bout between former boxing world champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and TUF 18 alum Raquel “Rocky” Pennington has been rebooked for UFC 184: “Weidman vs Belfort.” The event takes place on February 28th at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

MMAjunkie.com first reported on the rescheduled matchup earlier this week. Holm and Pennington were initially slated to face off at UFC 181, but Holm was forced to withdraw due to a neck injury. Pennington remained on the card and choked out CFA champ Ashlee Evans-Smith in the first round.

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Former Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki picked up another impressive victory tonight in a featured bout at Deep: Dream Impact 2014 in Saitama, Japan. Hamasaki defeated former Valkyrie Featherweight Champion “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi in an entertaining 48kg fight on the card.

Deep Jewels star Shizuka Sugiyama earned her second win in fewer than two months tonight. Sugiyama finished boxing champ Emiko “Fujin” Raika with a first-round armbar. Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino outpointed Emi Tomimatsu tonight, and “Princess” Satoko Shinashi mauled Rika Hamada.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to José Corrêa Arena in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil tonight for UFC Fight Night 58: “Machida vs Dollaway.” The event was headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC champ Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida and C.B. “The Doberman” Dollaway.

Also on tonight’s card, former UFC Bantamweight Champion Renan “Barao” Pegado took on Canadian standout Mitch Gagnon in the 135-pound co-main event. Patrick “Durkin” Cummins battled TUF Brazil 3 heavyweight winner Antônio “Cara de Sapato” Carlos Jr. in featured light heavyweight action.

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Veteran featherweight contender Julia “The Jewel” Budd is set to make her Bellator debut on February 13, 2015 at Bellator 133 in Fresno, California. Budd battles undefeated Brazilian rising star Talita “Treta” Nogueira in a featured matchup on the event’s main card, which airs live on Spike TV.

Bellator officials confirmed plans for the bout today following an initial report from Globo.com this past week. Budd is coming off of a 4-0 run for Invicta FC and she signed with Bellator earlier this year. Nogueira has knocked out or submitted all six of her foes to date and also makes her Bellator debut.

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Talented atomweight Satomi “Sarami” Takano showed why she was once one of Japan’s top female prospects with an impressive submission victory tonight at Road Fighting Championship 20 in Seoul, South Korea. Takano finished Korean star Ga Yeon “Deadly Beauty” Song late in the first round.

Tonight’s win got Takano back on track following a series of disappointing defeats against formidable opponents under the Deep Jewels banner in Japan. She dominated the fight with Song from the opening bell and forced the highly-touted South Korean to submit to an inverted triangle kimura.

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Multi-time Muay Thai champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk earned the biggest victory of her MMA career tonight at UFC on FOX 13: “Dos Santos vs Miocic” in Phoenix, Arizona. The Polish striker edged out BJJ black belt Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha in a women’s strawweight title eliminator.

Gadelha controlled significant portions of tonight’s fight on the ground and she threatened with submission attempts from top position, but the standup exchanges went in Jędrzejczyk’s favour. She dropped Gadelha late in round one and did just enough to eke out a hard-fought Split Decision victory.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship comes to the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona tonight for UFC on FOX 13: “Dos Santos vs Miocic.” The event is headlined by a five-round heavyweight showdown between former UFC champion Junior “Cigano” dos Santos and rising star Stipe Miocic.

Also on tonight’s card, Rafael dos Anjos squares off against an overweight Nate Diaz in what was intended to be a lightweight fight. Former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem battles Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve in featured heavyweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Former Invicta FC champion Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza made history once again tonight in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada. Esparza submitted highly-touted rising star “Thug” Rose Namajunas to become the inaugural UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion.

Tonight’s championship fight capped off the first all-female season of The Ultimate Fighter, which featured 16 of the top female strawweights in MMA. Also tonight, another former Invicta FC champion, Jessica Penne, earned a hard-fought Split Decision victory over Randa Markos on the main card.

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