The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its return to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates today for UFC 267: “Blachowicz vs Teixeira.” The event was headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between champ Jan Blachowicz and long-time contender Glover Teixeira.

In the co-main event, Petr “No Mercy” Yan took on Cory “The Sandman” Sandhagen for the UFC Interim Bantamweight Championship. Also on the main card today, Islam Makhachev faced off against Dan “The Hangman” Hooker at lightweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 267.

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Two-division Deep and Deep Jewels champion Saori Oshima wowed fans with her breakout performance tonight in the co-main event of Rizin Fighting Federation 31 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Oshima earned her fourth straight win by upsetting Kanna Asakura via a hard-fought Split Decision.

The opening round was dominated by Oshima, who quickly took Asakura down and kept her on the defensive with punches and non-stop submission attempts. Asakura rallied in the second half of the fight, but she could not keep up with the work rate of Oshima, who took the well-deserved win.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship wrapped up its latest series of events at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada today with UFC Fight Night 196: “Costa vs Vettori.” The event was headlined by a light heavyweight matchup between Paulo “The Eraser” Costa and Marvin “The Italian Dream” Vettori.

In the lightweight co-main event, Grant “KGD” Dawson took on Ricky “The Gladiator” Glenn. Elsewhere on the main card, Jessica-Rose “Jessy Jess” Clark battled Joselyne “La Pantera” Edwards Laboriel in a bantamweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 196.

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Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Seika Izawa managed to overcome a considerable amount of adversity in her 49kg super atomweight debut tonight at Deep: “104 Impact” in Tokyo, Japan. Izawa, who was dropped in the second round, rallied to edge out South Korean striker Si Woo Park.

Shortly before scoring the flash knockdown, Park had sustained a two-point deduction due to an illegal soccer kick, which gave a lead to Izawa in an otherwise razor-thin fight. With her right eye almost completely swollen shut, Izawa kept the fight on the mat in round three to seal a decision win.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship remained at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 195: “Ladd vs Dumont.” The event was headlined by a women’s featherweight matchup between Aspen Ladd, who moved up in weight for the fight, and Norma “The Immortal” Dumont Viana.

In the heavyweight co-main event, Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski battled rising star Carlos “Boi” Felipe. Also on the main card tonight, Jim “A-10” Miller took on Erick “The Ghost Pepper” Gonzalez in a featured lightweight fight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 195 card.

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In what will likely be one of her final professional fights, Rena Kubota will make her return to action on November 20th at Rizin Fighting Federation 32 in Okinawa, Japan. Kubota is scheduled to face off against a familiar foe, Miyuu Yamamoto, in a rematch from Rizin FF 2 in September 2016.

Rizin FF officials announced the matchup earlier today, though a contracted weight was not specified. Kubota submitted Yamamoto in the pair’s first meeting, but Yamamoto has rallied with wins in five of her past seven fights including a victory over 2017 Rizin FF Grand Prix champ Kanna Asakura.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship stayed at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada today for UFC Fight Night 194: “Dern vs Rodriguez.” The event was headlined by a featured strawweight contender’s matchup between elite grappler Mackenzie Dern and talented striker Marina Rodriguez.

In the welterweight co-main event, Randy “Rude Boy” Brown took on Jared “Nite Train” Gooden, who missed weight by three pounds. Also on the main card, Tim Elliott faced off against Matheus Nicolau Pereira at flyweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 194 card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada today for UFC Fight Night 193: “Santos vs Walker.” The event was headlined by a light heavyweight battle between Thiago “Marreta” Santos, who looked to halt a three-fight losing streak, and striker Johnny Walker.

In the middleweight co-main event, Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland squared off against Kyle Daukaus. Elsewhere on the main card, Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira took on Niko “The Hybrid” Price in a featured matchup at welterweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 193 card.

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