The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas tonight for UFC 192: “Cormier vs Gustafsson.” The event featured a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between reigning champion Daniel “D.C.” Cormier and challenger Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson.
Also on tonight’s card, Ryan “Darth” Bader took on “Suga” Rashad Evans in the 205-pound co-feature. Jessica “Evil” Eye looked to rebound from a July setback when she battled TUF 18 winner Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña at 135 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 192.
Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger picked up her eighth straight win in the Invicta FC 14 main event on September 12th in Kansas City, Missouri. Evinger destroyed the previously unbeaten Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad in a non-title bout and climbs up the 135-pound rankings.
Sixteen-year-old “Muay Thai Genius” Saya Ito picked up the biggest victory of her 12-year career in a high-profile matchup tonight at Suk Weerasakreck 10 in Tokyo, Japan. The talented young striker defeated Ayaka “Little Tiger” Miyauchi to become the new WPMF Women’s Pinweight World Champion.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on Sunday for UFC Fight Night 75: “Barnett vs Nelson.” The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between former UFC champion Josh “The Warmaster” Barnett and contender Roy “Big Country” Nelson.
2015 48kg Shoot Boxing Japan Girls S-Cup Champion Mio Tsumura aims to extend her six-fight winning streak when she returns to the ring on October 3rd at Shoot Boxing 2015: “The Last Bomb” in Osaka, Japan. Tsumura clashes with J-Girls mainstay Mari in a featured 48kg matchup on the card.
A second atomweight matchup has been added to the upcoming Deep Jewels 10 card, which is set to take place on November 23rd in Tokyo, Japan. Former Jewels champ Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama returns to action following a year-long hiatus and battles once-beaten prospect Mina Kurobe.
Grappling specialist Emi Tomimatsu looks to take another step towards Deep Jewels atomweight title contention when she returns to action on November 23rd at Deep Jewels 10 in Tokyo, Japan. The former interim strawweight champion battles rising star Satomi “Sarami” Takano.
Former Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi extended her winning streak to eight with a dominant stoppage victory tonight at Shoot Boxing 2015: Act.4 in Tokyo, Japan. Takahashi finished Thai opponent Phetchompoo late in round two of a one-sided matchup.