J-Girls Mini Flyweight Champion Momi Furuta makes her next title defence on November 8th at J-Network: “J-Girls & J-Fight 2015 6th” in Tokyo, Japan. The popular Furuta puts her 105-pound belt on the line against highly-touted 17-year-old Shoot Boxing Japan Girls S-Cup winner Yukari Yamaguchi.

J-Girls officials announced the matchup today. Furuta recently fought her way to the finals of the 2015 48kg Shoot Boxing Japan Girls S-Cup tournament. Yamaguchi, who won the 2014 48kg Girls S-Cup, earned her J-Girls title shot by defeating Yuuki Kira at J-Fight 44 this past month.

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2015 48kg Shoot Boxing Japan Girls S-Cup Champion Mio Tsumura picked up a dominant decision victory on Saturday night at Shoot Boxing 2015: “The Last Bomb” in Osaka, Japan. The fast-rising star handily defeated former J-Girls contender Mari in a one-sided matchup on the main card.

Establishing her dominance early on, Tsumura outstruck her opponent throughout the first two rounds of Saturday’s fight and she sealed her victory with an impressive suplex in round three. Tsumura has won seven straight fights and remains one of the top female stars on the Shoot Boxing roster.

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Former Deep Jewels Featherweight Queen Champion Seo Hee Ham is set to make her return to the Octagon on November 28th at UFC Fight Night 79: “Henderson vs Alves” in Seoul, South Korea. The standout striker battles Cortney “Cast Iron” Casey in a featured strawweight matchup on the card.

UFC officials announced the fight today. Ham was set to face “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings at UFC Fight Night 65 in May, but was forced to withdraw after suffering a nasal fracture. Casey stepped in for an injured Rawlings at UFC Fight Night 72 and dropped a close decision to Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood.

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Bantamweight veteran Colleen “The Thoroughbred” Schneider continued her streak of victories with a hard-fought Split Decision win tonight at Pancrase 270 in Tokyo, Japan. Schneider narrowly edged out the previously unbeaten Bryanna “The Pink Ranger” Fissori in a closely-contested bout.

Schneider took an early lead on the scorecards thanks to a key takedown in the opening round, but Fissori rallied back and she dominated the middle stanza with submission attempts and ground and pound. A late takedown from Fissori in round three was not enough, and Schneider eked out the win.

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TUF 18 winner Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña kept her perfect UFC record intact with a well-deserved Unanimous Decision victory tonight at UFC 192: “Cormier vs Gustafsson” in Houston, Texas. Peña outgrappled Jessica “Evil” Eye in featured bantamweight action on the main card.

With tonight’s win, Peña takes a big step towards a future shot at the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship. Earlier on the UFC 192 card, strawweight standout “Thug” Rose Namajunas made a triumphant return to the Octagon by submitting fellow TUF 20 alum Angela “Overkill” Hill.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas tonight for UFC 192: “Cormier vs Gustafsson.” The event featured a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between reigning champion Daniel “D.C.” Cormier and challenger Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson.

Also on tonight’s card, Ryan “Darth” Bader took on “Suga” Rashad Evans in the 205-pound co-feature. Jessica “Evil” Eye looked to rebound from a July setback when she battled TUF 18 winner Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña at 135 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 192.

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Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger picked up her eighth straight win in the Invicta FC 14 main event on September 12th in Kansas City, Missouri. Evinger destroyed the previously unbeaten Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad in a non-title bout and climbs up the 135-pound rankings.

Other key winners in September included strawweight rising star “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant, who submitted Alex “Astro Girl” Chambers at UFC 191, and 17-year-old atomweight Kanna Asakura, who upset former Valkyrie champ and Invicta FC contender Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada at Vale Tudo Japan 7th.

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