Undefeated Toshido Martial Arts fighter Sarah “Cheesecake” Moras scored the biggest victory of her young MMA career on Thursday night at Conquest of the Cage 11 in Airway Heights, Washington. Moras stopped hometown favourite Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña after the second round.

Despite close to two years away from competition, Moras showed no ill effects from the lengthy layoff and she was able to control much of the bout on the ground. Peña refused to tap out to a deep armbar, but sustained significant damage from the hold and the cageside doctor stopped the fight.

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Popular prospect Jordan Nicole Gaza will compete for the final time as an amateur on the May 25th Tuff-N-Uff card in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Texas native, better known as “Ninja Princess,” faces Werdum Combat Team’s Kaiyana Rain in a featured 115-pound matchup announced this week.

Also targeted for the May card is a Tuff-N-Uff 115-pound women’s title bout between Stephanie “The Shark” Gonzalez and Jillian “Justice” Lybarger. Gonzalez was awarded the belt earlier this month when then-champion Lybarger was unable to make weight. The score will be settled in May.

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The opening bout on the all-female Invicta Fighting Championships 1 card has undergone a late change. The April 28th event, which takes place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, will now begin with a 105-pound matchup between Meghan “The Babe” Wright and Iowa’s Cassie Rodish.

Wright’s original opponent, Jessica Philippus, withdrew from the bout earlier today. Philippus, who gave birth to daughter Kamilla in late January, felt that she would be unable to make the contracted weight limit. Invicta President Shannon Knapp discussed the situation with MMARising.com this evening.

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This Friday night in Cleveland, Ohio, hometown favourite Jessica “Evil” Eye begins a new journey at Bellator 66. Despite a late change in opponent, Eye remains focused on fighting her way to becoming the first Bellator women’s champion at 125 pounds. That goal is the most important of her career.

Outside of the cage, Eye remains heavily involved in her community through charity work and educating others about the sport of MMA. Once the cage door closes, “Evil Eye” takes over and the talented rising star will take her first step towards becoming a Bellator world champion in three days.

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A battle between Europe’s top female fighters, Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton and Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly, is now official for Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 47 on June 2nd. The CWFC 125-pound women’s tournament semi-final is set to take place in Daly’s hometown of Dublin, Ireland.

Sexton and Daly were initially slated to face off in early May, but the bout was pushed back until June when Cage Warriors shifted its 2012 event schedule. The fighters will now compete in the biggest women’s bout in European MMA history, with the winner advancing on to face Sheila Gaff.

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A spinal injury has forced Shana “Rock Solid” Nelson out of her bout with Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio at Invicta Fighting Championships 1 on April 28th in Kansas City, Kansas. D’Alelio now faces Vanessa Mariscal on the card. MMARising.com confirmed the change with sources tonight.

D’Alelio makes her return to action for the first time since a controversial loss to current Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey in August. Mariscal, who was originally set to face Valérie Létourneau this Saturday in Ontario, has won both of her pro fights.

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French-Canadian striker Valérie “Trouble” Létourneau will indeed compete this coming weekend, but on a new card and against a different opponent. Létourneau has agreed to face off with unbeaten Brazilian Claudia Gadelha at Wreck MMA: “Road To Glory” on Friday night in Gatineau, Québec.

Both Létourneau and Gadelha were originally set to compete in separate bouts on Saturday at Freedom Fight: “Caged Combat” in Sudbury, Ontario, but the event was postponed earlier this week. Létourneau and Gadelha are now expected to face off at a catchweight of 130 pounds for Wreck MMA.

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Japan’s Shoot Boxing organisation began two new tournaments on Friday night at Shoot Boxing 2012: “Road To S-Cup, Act.2” in Tokyo. 17-year-old prospect Mizuki Inoue advanced to the finals of the “2012 Girls S-Cup 53.5” tournament by stopping Mina in the first of two semi-final matchups.

In the inaugural “JKS48” grand prix for high-school students, Mio Tsumura improved her shoot boxing record to 5-0 by defeating Yuuki Kira. Tsumura, who celebrated her 17th birthday on Saturday, advances alongside Naoko Otsuka to the tournament semi-final round, which takes place in August.

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