Top contender Kelvin Gastelum took another big step up the middleweight rankings with one of his biggest victories to date at UFC 224 on May 12th. Gastelum edged out former Strikeforce titleholder Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza and now joins a short list of potential championship challengers.
In the UFC 224 headliner, Amanda “Lioness” Nunes retained her women’s bantamweight title with a dominant fifth-round stoppage victory over the returning Raquel “Rocky” Pennington. At UFC Fight Night 129, welterweight standout Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman defeated Demian Maia.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil tonight for UFC 224: “Nunes vs Pennington.” The event was headlined by a UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship bout between Amanda “Lioness” Nunes and challenger Raquel “Rocky” Pennington.
In tonight’s co-main event, Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza battled Kelvin Gastelum at middleweight. In a would-be women’s strawweight bout, a significantly overweight Mackenzie Dern squared off against Amanda Bobby “ABC” Cooper. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 224 main card.
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Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Kanna Asakura earned a clear-cut victory in non-title action tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 10 in Fukuoka, Japan. Asakura posted a Unanimous Decision win over former KOTC titleholder Melissa Sophia Karagianis in 108-pound action.
Earlier on tonight’s card, ex-Invicta FC champion Ayaka Hamasaki made a successful return to action by outpointing fellow grappler Alyssa “Tiny Tim” Garcia, and Kanako Murata overcame injuries and a late opponent change en route to submitting Lanchana Green in a 119-pound catchweight bout.
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