The Ultimate Fighting Championship once again remained at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale. The event was headlined by a featherweight matchup between top contenders Frankie “The Answer” Edgar and Chad “Money” Mendes.

Also on the card tonight, Artem “The Russian Hammer” Lobov took on Ryan Hall in the TUF 22 Lightweight Final. In other featured action at 155 pounds tonight, Edson Barboza squared off against Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the TUF 22 Finale main card.

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Former UFC title challenger “Thug” Rose Namajunas picked up her second official UFC victory in extremely dominant fashion tonight at UFC Fight Night 80: “Namajunas vs VanZant” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Namajunas submitted “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant in round five of the strawweight main event.

Right from the opening bell, Namajunas was in complete control of tonight’s headliner, and she battered and bloodied VanZant until she was finally able to secure the late-fight finish. Also tonight, strawweight prospect Kailin Curran earned a crucial second-round submission win over Emily Kagan.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 80: “Namajunas vs VanZant.” The event was headlined by a strawweight bout between “Thug” Rose Namajunas and “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant.

Also on the card tonight, Jim Miller took on “Maverick” Michael Chiesa in the lightweight co-feature. “Super” Sage Northcutt battled Cody “The Fist” Pfister at 155, and Elias “The Spartan” Theodorou met Thiago “Marreta” Santos at 185. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the main card.

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Nine fights are now officially set for next month’s all-female Invicta Fighting Championships 15 card in Costa Mesa, California. The January 16th event will feature a bantamweight contender’s bout between Raquel “Lionheart” Pa’aluhi and new opponent Colleen “The Thoroughbred” Schneider.

The Pa’aluhi-Schneider matchup was announced on today’s debut episode of Invicta FC Radio. In featherweight action, Amanda “The Lady Killer” Bell faces Ediane “India” Gomes, while Megan Anderson meets Amber Leibrock. At flyweight, Christine “Knuckles” Stanley takes on Shannon Sinn.

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Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino makes the next defence of her title on January 16th at Invicta Fighting Championships 15 in Costa Mesa, California. Justino is expected to face off against Daria Ibragimova, who has won seven straight fights and makes her U.S. debut.

MMARising.com confirmed plans for the matchup today following hints from Justino in a post on her official website. Also targeted for the Invicta FC 15 card is a strawweight bout between Deep Jewels champion Mizuki Inoue and Lacey “The Ladie” Schuckman. Both fights await commission approval.

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New UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm shocked the MMA world with a devastating knockout victory on November 15th at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. “The Preacher’s Daughter” destroyed “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey and now takes over the top spot at 135 pounds.

On the same UFC 193 card, strawweight ace Joanna Jędrzejczyk retained her 115-pound title with a five-round decision win over challenger Valérie “Trouble” Létourneau. Elsewhere, Emi Tomimatsu cracked the atomweight top ten thanks to her Split Decision victory in the Deep Jewels 10 co-feature.

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Former Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi concluded her career with one of her biggest victories tonight at Shoot Boxing: “Ground Zero Tokyo 2015” in Tokyo, Japan. Takahashi avenged a past loss by edging out long-time shoot boxing rival Mizuki Inoue.

Following tonight’s victory, Takahashi, who had previously suffered three defeats against Inoue, announced her retirement from competition. In other action on the card, former J-Girls champion Gracyer Aki took a hard-fought Split Decision win over late replacement foe Akari “Union” Nakamura.

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