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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The Ultimate Fighting Championship crowned two new champions on December 12th at UFC 194 in Las Vegas. “The Notorious” Conor McGregor took over the top spot at 145 pounds by knocking out José “Scarface” Aldo in just 13 seconds to claim the UFC Featherweight Championship.

Also at UFC 194, Luke Rockhold finished “All-American” Chris Weidman to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion. In featured women’s bouts at UFC on FOX 17, Octagon newcomers Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko and Karolina Kowalkiewicz both picked up big victories in their UFC debuts.

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Shoot Boxing Women’s Flyweight Champion Rena Kubota kicked off her pro MMA career with a sensational submission victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 2 in Saitama, Japan. Kubota finished fellow striker Jleana Valentino with a flying armbar in the second round of their 51kg bout.

The popular Kubota, who is one of Japan’s biggest female combat sports stars, overcame a left hand injury that was aggravated very early in tonight’s bout. In other action, multi-time BJJ world champion Gabi Garcia knocked out pro wrestler Seini “Lei’D Tapa” Draughn in round one of a wild slugfest.

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WPMF Women’s Pinweight Champion Saya Ito capped off the year with another impressive victory on Saturday night at Martial Arts Tournament 1 in Tokyo, Japan. Ito knocked out previously undefeated Thai champion Rojana late in the fifth round of their featured Muay Thai bout on the main card.

MAT 1 also featured three additional women’s matchups. J-Girls Flyweight Champion Rena Matsuda captured WBKF gold by defeating Lorena “Lady Pitbull” Klijn. Kwanchai Sor.Tawanrung upset J-Girls bantamweight champ Madoka Jinnai, and Mizuno Shiho outpointed “Crusher” Keiko Matsukawa.

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Former KSW champion Karolina Kowalkiewicz made a successful UFC debut in a featured strawweight showdown tonight at UFC on FOX 17: “Dos Anjos vs Cerrone 2” in Orlando, Florida. The Polish star defeated TUF 20 semi-finalist Randa “Quiet Storm” Markos on the FOX-televised main card.

In other action tonight, another UFC newcomer also picked up a big victory in her Octagon debut. Decorated kickboxing champion Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko stepped in on just eight days’ notice and took a well-deserved decision win over former Strikeforce champ Sarah Kaufman at 135 pounds.

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