Former Deep Jewels champion Seo Hee Ham picked up her first UFC victory in her home country tonight at UFC Fight Night 79: “Henderson vs Masvidal” in Seoul, South Korea. The standout striker edged out Cortney “Cast Iron” Casey on the feet in a closely-contested strawweight matchup.

Casey got off to a solid start in the opening round after backing Ham up with a head kick and punches, but Ham stood her ground and rallied back with crisp striking throughout the final ten minutes. Casey slowed down in round three and Ham walked away with a well-deserved win on the scorecards.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea tonight for UFC Fight Night 79: “Henderson vs Masvidal.” The card was headlined by a welterweight bout as “Smooth” Benson Henderson faced late replacement Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal.

Also on the card tonight, welterweight contender Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim took on Dominic “Snonuff” Waters in the 170-pound co-feature, and “Sexyama” Yoshihiro Akiyama returned to face off against Alberto “Soldier of God” Mina. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the event’s main card.

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Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Livia Renata “Livinha” Souza makes the first defence of her title on January 16th at Invicta Fighting Championships 15 in Costa Mesa, California. Souza is set to face undefeated contender DeAnna “The Argentine Assassin” Bennett in the night’s main event.

Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp announced the title fight on today’s edition of The MMA Hour. Three additional bouts were also confirmed for the Invicta FC 15 card in January including a bantamweight contender’s battle between rising stars Raquel “Lionheart” Pa’aluhi and Irene Aldana.

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After pulling off the first Twister in ONE Championship history earlier this month, unbeaten prospect Angela “Unstoppable” Lee takes on her toughest opponent to date on December 11th at ONE: “Spirit of Champions” in Pasay, Manila, Philippines. Lee battles Lena Tkhorevska in a featured matchup.

ONE officials announced the fight this evening. Lee has rapidly developed into one of the promotion’s top female stars thanks to her three first-round submission wins inside the ONE cage. Poland’s Tkhorevska has tasted defeat just one time as a pro and makes her ONE debut next month.

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Former Jewels champion Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama got back on the winning track with a hard-fought Unanimous Decision victory on Monday at Deep Jewels 10 in Tokyo, Japan. Sugiyama’s superior striking allowed her to edge out rising star Mina Kurobe in Monday’s atomweight main event.

In the 105-pound co-main event, former Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Emi Tomimatsu eked out a narrow Split Decision victory over Satomi “Sarami” Takano after three rounds. At strawweight, Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino outpointed a game Nori Date, who was making her pro debut.

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Deep Jewels showcased its tenth all-female fight card on Monday afternoon at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 10 was headlined by an atomweight title contender’s bout between former long-time Jewels champ Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama and once-beaten prospect Mina Kurobe.

In the Deep Jewels 10 atomweight co-feature, former strawweight champion Emi Tomimatsu took on Satomi “Sarami” Takano. Recent strawweight title challenger Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino met Nori Date in a “Deep Jewels vs Team Date” bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Before she makes her long-awaited MMA debut, Shoot Boxing Women’s Flyweight Champion Rena Kubota first competes under shoot boxing rules on December 1st at Shoot Boxing: “Ground Zero Tokyo 2015” in Tokyo, Japan. Kubota faces former J-Girls champ Gracyer Aki in a 51kg bout.

Also scheduled for the card is a fourth matchup between two-time Shoot Boxing 53.5kg Girls S-Cup champ Mizuki Inoue and former Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi. Inoue has won all three of the pair’s meetings, including in the finals of the 2013 Girls S-Cup.

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Newly-crowned J-Girls Mini Flyweight Champion Yukari Yamaguchi steps back into the ring on December 27th at Hoost Cup: “Kings Nagoya” in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The 17-year-old rising star is set to take on prospect Emiko Matsumoto in a featured 48kg matchup on the event’s main card.

Yamaguchi earned the biggest victory of her young career earlier this month when she defeated Momi Furuta for the J-Girls mini flyweight title. She also won a Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup title in 2014. Her opponent, Matsumoto, has bounced back with impressive wins after struggling early in her career.

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