The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed back to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 228: “Fiziev vs Gamrot.” The event featured a lightweight matchup between Rafael “Ataman” Fiziev and Mateusz “Gamer” Gamrot, as both looked to move closer to a title shot.

In the featherweight co-main event, Bryce “Thug Nasty” Mitchell faced Dan “50K” Ige. Elsewhere on the card tonight, Marina Rodriguez met Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson-Gomez in a featured women’s strawweight clash. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 228.

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Deep returned to the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan with a stacked fight card tonight including three “Deep vs Black Combat” double-title bouts. The Deep: “115 Impact” event was headlined by a heavyweight showdown between Deep champion Ryo Sakai and Hae Jun “The Big Guy” Yang.

In the co-main event, Juri “Iron Spider” Ohara faced Song Ha “Pierrot” Lee in a lightweight title versus title fight. In other double-title bouts on the card, Koichi Ishizuka met Soo Young “U-Jitsu” Yoo at bantamweight and Saori Oshima took on Si Yoon Park in a women’s atomweight matchup.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 227: “Grasso vs Shevchenko 2.” The Noche UFC card featured a UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship rematch between Alexa Grasso and Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko.

In the welterweight co-feature, Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland looked to halt the momentum of Jack Della Maddalena, who had won 15 straight fights. Raul “El Niño Problema” Rosas Jr. faced Terrence “Terr-Bear” Mitchell in bantamweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Pancrase is set to crown its inaugural Atomweight Queen of Pancrase Champion in a four-woman tournament that kicks off on December 24th at Pancrase 340 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The tournament was officially announced during a press conference this afternoon in Shinjuku.

Pancrase Chief Yasushi Sakamoto was accompanied by three tournament participants – Satomi “Sarami” Takano, Sayako Fujita and Zenny “Lady Gogo” Huang – at the press conference, where it was also revealed that the plan is to bring in a foreign fighter as the fourth and final competitor.

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Aya Murakami scored one of her biggest victories to date and captured her first championship title tonight at Deep Jewels 42: “10th Anniversary” in Tokyo, Japan. The skilled grappler outpointed Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn to win the 44kg Deep Jewels Microweight Championship.

Another key winner on the Deep Jewels 42 card was recent Rizin FF title challenger Si Woo “Korean Queen Bee” Park, who took a clear Unanimous Decision victory over Namiko “Hime” Kawabata in the super atomweight co-main event. Park has now earned victories in five of her past six fights.

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Deep Jewels celebrated its 10th anniversary with its latest all-female fight card tonight at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 42 featured a microweight championship bout between Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn, making her first title defence, and challenger Aya Murakami.

In the 49kg super atomweight co-main event, recent Rizin title challenger Si Woo “Korean Queen Bee” Park took on Namiko “Hime” Kawabata. Also at 49kg, teen standout Moeri Suda faced off against fan favourite Kate “Lotus” Oyama. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for Deep Jewels 42.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Sunday for UFC 293: “Adesanya vs Strickland.” The card featured a UFC Middleweight Championship bout as Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya faces Sean “Tarzan” Strickland.

In the heavyweight co-main event, Tai “Bam Bam” Tuivasa battled Alexander “Drago” Volkov. Elsewhere on the main card, Manel “Starboy” Kape faced off against UFC newcomer Felipe “Lipe Detona” dos Santos in a flyweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 293 main card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Accor Arena in Paris, France tonight for UFC Fight Night 226: “Gane vs Spivak.” The card was headlined by a heavyweight contender’s showdown between recent title challenger Ciryl “Bon Gamin” Gane and rising star Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak.

In the flyweight co-main event, Manon “The Beast” Fiorot looked to secure a title shot when she faced former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion “Thug” Rose Namajunas. Elsewhere, Benoit “God of War” St. Denis met Thiago Moises at 155. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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