The women took centre stage in a busy month of MMA in July, and Miesha “Takedown” Tate capped off the month by winning the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Championship from veteran Marloes “Rumina” Coenen. Tate takes over the top spot at 135 and cracks the top five pound-for-pound.
There were more shakeups in the women’s ranks, as Seo Hee Ham’s upset of “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi resulted in many changes in the 115-pound division. Elsewhere, Dan “Hendo” Henderson stopped Fedor Emelianenko and now finds himself simultaneously ranked in two divisions for the second time.