Weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships 15 took place today at the Punishment Training Center in Huntington Beach, California. Featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino defends her belt against challenger Daria Ibragimova in the main event of Saturday’s all-female fight card.

In the co-feature, Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Livia Renata “Livinha” Souza defends her title against DeAnna “The Argentine Assassin” Bennett. Raquel “Lionheart” Pa’aluhi takes on Colleen “The Thoroughbred” Schneider at 135. MMARising.com has live coverage for the Invicta FC 15 weigh-ins.

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A flyweight bout between Ukrainian veteran Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova and local fan favourite Rebecca “Becky” Ruth has been added to Bellator 150: “Galvão vs Dantas 2,” which takes place on February 26th in Mulvane, Kansas. The matchup will be featured on the Spike-televised main card.

MMARising.com confirmed plans for the fight with Bellator officials this evening. Ovchynnikova, a skilled kickboxer, returns to MMA for the first time since earning a submission win in October 2014. Missouri’s Ruth went 3-0 in 2015 and all five of her career victories have come via a form of knockout.

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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm is set to make the first defence of her title on March 5th at UFC 197: “Dos Anjos vs McGregor” in Las Vegas, Nevada. The undefeated striker faces off against former Strikeforce champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate.

UFC officials confirmed plans for the title fight today following a report from Bleacher Report’s Jeremy Botter this past week. Holm captured the title with a shocking knockout victory over “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey at UFC 193. Tate, who twice came up short against Rousey, has won four straight fights.

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A second women’s bantamweight bout has been added to the upcoming UFC Fight Night 82: “Cerrone vs Means” event, which takes place on February 21st in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Marion “The Belizean Bruiser” Reneau battles Ashlee Evans-Smith in featured action on the card.

UFC officials announced the matchup earlier today. Reneau looks to get back into title contention after dropping a Unanimous Decision to current bantamweight champ Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm. Evans-Smith returns to action for the first time since suffering her first loss at UFC 181.

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Two of the top stars on the Deep Jewels roster are set to collide on March 6th at Deep Jewels 11 in Tokyo, Japan. Former interim strawweight champ Emi Tomimatsu faces off against Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka in an atomweight contender’s bout that may determine a future title challenger.

Officials announced the matchup during today’s episode of Deep Jewels TV. Tomimatsu has won back-to-back fights since dropping a decision to Mina Kurobe in February. Ishioka was most recently defeated by then-champion Seo Hee Ham in a Deep Jewels atomweight title bout in November 2014.

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Following an eight-year retirement, former Deep Women’s Lightweight Champion Hisae Watanabe makes her return to MMA competition on February 7th at World Series of Fighting Global Championship 2 in Tokyo, Japan. Watanabe is set to face 16-year-old Ye Ji Lee in a featured matchup.

WSOF GC officials announced the fight this past weekend. Watanabe, who captured Deep’s 106-pound women’s title with a vicious knockout victory in August 2006, has not fought since earning a quick win in late 2007. Lee suffered a TKO loss very late in her MMA debut in July at Road FC 24.

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TUF 20 cast member Justine Kish eked out a victory in her long-awaited Octagon debut tonight at UFC 195: “Lawler vs Condit” in Las Vegas, Nevada. The unbeaten strawweight took a contentious Unanimous Decision win over Nina “The Strina” Ansaroff on tonight’s televised preliminary card.

Kish was very aggressive on the feet in rounds one and two, but she was repeatedly tagged by hard counterpunches from Ansaroff, who appeared to clearly get the better of the striking exchanges. However, Kish’s takedowns and ground control later in the fight swayed the judges in her favour.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 195: “Lawler vs Condit.” The event was headlined by a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler and “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit.

Also on the card, Stipe Miocic took on former UFC champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski in the heavyweight co-main event. Lorenz “The Monsoon” Larkin battled Albert “Einstein” Tumenov in a featured welterweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s UFC 195 card.

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