An atomweight bout between former Jewels title contender Kikuyo Ishikawa and Amber “The Bully” Brown has been added to Pancrase 250, which is scheduled to take place on July 28th in Tokyo, Japan. Pancrase officials announced plans for the featured 105-pound matchup earlier today.

Ishikawa is unbeaten inside the Pancrase ring. She most recently stopped Miyoko Kusaka in a rematch on April 21st. Her lone loss in her past eight fights came via Split Decision against ex-Jewels champ Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama. Brown debuted for Pancrase in May and now drops to 105.

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Unbeaten Scottish striker Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood once again has an opponent for her featured fight at Invicta Fighting Championships 6 on July 13th in Kansas City, Missouri. Calderwood will now face fellow two-time Invicta FC veteran Sarah “White Tiger” Schneider in a strawweight bout.

MMARising.com confirmed plans for the fight with multiple sources close to the negotiations this afternoon. Calderwood was first set to face Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha, but Gadelha was moved into a fight against Ayaka Hamasaki after Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza sustained a knee injury.

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MMA Super Heroes has booked a pair of women’s grand prix tournaments for its inaugural event on July 13th at CEIL Sports Gymnasium in Louveira, São Paulo, Brazil. In one strawweight grand prix bout on the card, standout striker Kinberly Novaes faces off against talented grappler Hérica Tibúrcio.

Two flyweight tournament matchups have also been confirmed for the event. Veteran contender Carina “Barbie” Damm faces Pink Fight champ Kalindra Faria in a rematch from 2009 and unbeaten prospect Bethe Correia faces Juliana Werner Aguiar. All three bouts were announced this past week.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Paulo Sarasate Gymnasium in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil tonight for UFC on Fuel TV 10: “Nogueira vs Werdum 2.” The event was headlined by a heavyweight rematch between Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum.

Also on the card, William “Patolino” Macario took on Leonardo Santos in the TUF Brazil 2 Welterweight Final. Thiago Silva battled Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante at 205 pounds and Erick “Indio” Silva faced Jason “The Kansas City Bandit” High at 170. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Hawaiian prospect Kailin Curran is set to take on her most experienced opponent to date on August 9th at Pacific Xtreme Combat 38 in Mangilao, Guam. Curran faces grappling specialist Emi Tomimatsu in a strawweight bout. MMARising.com confirmed the fight with PXC CEO E.J. Calvo today.

Curran made her pro debut in PXC’s first female fight on March 8th and she earned a Unanimous Decision victory over Invicta FC veteran Kaiyana Rain. Tomimatsu has won three of her past five fights since returning to MMA. She looks to rebound from a razor-thin loss to Mika “Future Princess” Nagano.

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Shoot Boxing rivals “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi and Lorena “Lady Pitbull” Klijn are set to face off for a second time on June 23rd at Shoot Boxing 2013: Act.3 in Tokyo, Japan. Yamaguchi narrowly defeated Klijn when the fighters first met in the semi-finals of the 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournament.

The rematch was officially announced today and both women expressed an interest in challenging three-time Girls S-Cup champion Rena Kubota in the future. Yamaguchi dropped a close decision to Kubota in the finals of the 2012 tournament. Klijn is coming off of a win over Miyo Yoshida in April.

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Former Jewels star Shizuka Sugiyama will make her DEEP debut on July 20th at DEEP: “Tokyo Impact – Lightweight GP 2013 Semifinal” in Tokyo, Japan. Sugiyama faces journeywoman Chisa Yonezawa in a featured bout on the card. The promotion officially announced the fight earlier today.

Sugiyama has won three straight fights since she returned to the Jewels ring in July. She most recently earned a 61-second TKO victory over South Korean striker Sung Eun Kim at Jewels: “23rd Ring” in March. Yonezawa is coming off of a Unanimous Decision win in a March kickboxing match.

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Former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Sarah Kaufman will make her Octagon debut against Olympic silver medallist Sara McMann at UFC on FOX Sports 1 #2: “Condit vs Kampmann 2” on August 28th in Indianapolis, Indiana. The bout was officially announced on UFC Tonight.

Kaufman is coming off of a razor-thin Split Decision victory over Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith at Invicta FC 4. She has won four of her past five fights. McMann remains unbeaten in her MMA career and she made a successful UFC debut by stopping Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff at UFC 159.

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