Former amateur champ Amanda “The Lady Killer” Bell earned the biggest win of her young pro career tonight at Lights Out Promotions: “Chaos at the Casino 5” in Inglewood, California. Bell brutally knocked out highly-touted judoka Marina “The Supernova From Moldova” Shafir in just 37 seconds.

Also on the card tonight, multi-time kickboxing world champion Jemyma “The Golden Girl” Betrian made a successful pro MMA debut with a quick knockout victory of her own. The Dutch strawweight sensation dispatched of “Relentless” Hadley Griffith a mere 47 seconds into the opening round.

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A women’s strawweight bout between prospects “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant and Kailin Curran has been added to UFC Fight Night 54: “MacDonald vs Saffiedine.” The event is set for October 4th at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Both fighters make their UFC debuts.

MMAFighting.com first reported on the VanZant-Curran matchup, which was subsequently confirmed by UFC officials. VanZant will compete for the first time since she picked up her first stoppage victory in April 2013. Curran is undefeated in her pro career and she most recently defeated Yoo Jin Jung.

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15-year-old “Muay Thai Genius” Saya Ito is set to face one of her most experienced opponents to date on August 12th at the prestigious Queen’s Cup event in Bangkok, Thailand. Ito takes on American foe Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu, who has compiled an impressive fight résumé in the country.

The 46kg matchup was officially announced this past weekend. Ito, who captured countless titles during her amateur career, has already fought extensively in Thailand. Von Duuglas-Ittu has also faced many of Thailand’s top female fighters and she welcomes the fight with the Japanese prodigy.

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History was made this past month with the official inception of the UFC women’s strawweight division. Decorated BJJ black belt Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha and Polish striking sensation Joanna Jędrzejczyk both picked up impressive decision victories in their respective 115-pound Octagon debuts.

Also in July, UFC Middleweight Champion “All-American” Chris Weidman retained his title with a five-round win over ex-champ Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida at UFC 175, and UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey knocked out Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis in just 16 seconds.

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Japanese star Shizuka Sugiyama’s 125-pound debut will have to wait. The popular karateka was scheduled to face South Korean kickboxer Hyo Kyung Song on next Saturday’s Deep Jewels 5 card in Tokyo, but Song has been forced out due to an injury and Sugiyama has been removed from the card.

Deep Jewels officials announced the change today. Sugiyama had been set to drop down to the newly-formed Deep Jewels welterweight division after an unsuccessful 135-pound title bid in May. Song earned her first pro MMA win this past weekend, but suffered an undisclosed injury in the process.

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All four quarterfinal matchups have now been announced for the 2014 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup world tournament, which takes place on Saturday night at Yamano Hall in the Yoyogi district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Seven different countries will be represented in this year’s prestigious tournament.

Also confirmed for Saturday’s card is a non-tournament bout between former Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi and experienced Muay Thai champ Nong Em Tor. Vitaya. Takahashi and Tor. Vitaya will face off in a featured three-round bout on the event’s main card.

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After visa issues delayed her UFC debut earlier this year, Milana Dudieva steps into the Octagon for the first time on August 23rd at UFC Fight Night 48: “Bisping vs Le” in Cotai, Macau. The Russian standout faces off against Elizabeth Phillips, who recently stepped in to replace Dudieva at UFC 174.

UFC officials confirmed the bantamweight mnatchup this past weekend. Dudieva was originally in talks to sign with the UFC more than a year ago, but an untimely loss to Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade put those plans on hold. Phillips dropped a close decision in her short-notice Octagon debut.

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The eight-woman lineup for this year’s Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup is now complete. J-Girls Korea champion Jiwaen Lee and Brazil’s Eduarda “Duda” Lima are the final two participants in the tournament, which takes place on August 2nd at Yamano Hall in the Yoyogi district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

Shoot Boxing officials announced the latest additions to the worldwide tournament today. Lee was set to face three-time Girls S-Cup winner Rena Kubota in December, but she withdrew from the bout on short notice. Lima makes her shoot boxing debut after an 18-fight amateur kickboxing career.

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