Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm halted a three-fight losing skid with a devastating knockout victory tonight at UFC Fight Night 111 in Kallang, Singapore. Holm finished an overconfident Bethe “Pitbull” Correia with a head kick in the main event.
Tonight’s headliner started off slowly, and neither woman committed to any offence in the opening ten minutes. Correia taunted early in round three, but that proved to be her downfall. Earlier on the card, Lucie “Ultimo” Pudilova narrowly edged out Ji Yeon “Firefist” Kim in the bantamweight opener.
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Former Deep Jewels champ Seo Hee Ham captured another major title with a dominant win tonight at Road Fighting Championship 39 in Seoul, South Korea. Ham stopped current Deep Jewels titleholder Mina Kurobe in round three to become the inaugural Road FC Women’s Atomweight Champion.
Tonight’s main-event victory got Ham back on track in a big way following a pair of controversial decision defeats at 115 pounds in the UFC. Returning to her natural weight class, Ham outstruck Kurobe on the feet tonight before finishing the veteran off with ground and pound late in the final round.
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha solidified her spot as the second-best female strawweight in MMA with a quick and impressive victory tonight at UFC 212: “Aldo vs Holloway” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gadelha submitted Karolina Kowalkiewicz with a first-round rear-naked choke.
With tonight’s co-main event victory, Gadelha may have earned another shot at the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship that is held by rival Joanna Jędrzejczyk. Also on the card, Viviane “Sucuri” Pereira stayed unbeaten with a decision win over fellow prospect Jamie Moyle at 115 pounds.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil tonight for UFC 212: “Aldo vs Holloway.” The fight card was headlined by a UFC Undisputed Featherweight Championship bout between José “Scarface” Aldo and interim titleholder Max “Blessed” Holloway.
In tonight’s co-main event, former strawweight title challengers Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz met in a battle between top contenders. At middleweight, Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort took on Nate “The Great” Marquardt. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.
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Former UFC title challenger Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson took a big step towards another shot at championship gold with a dominant victory on May 28th at UFC Fight Night 109 in Stockholm, Sweden. The hometown star stopped Glover Teixeira and moves up in the light heavyweight rankings.
The women’s flyweight division took centre stage this past month, with both the UFC and Bellator announcing plans to crown future champions. Ariane Lipski captured the inaugural KSW Women’s Flyweight Championship, and Agnieszka “Kuma” Niedźwiedź defeated Vanessa Porto at Invicta FC 23.
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