Brazilian standout Amanda “Lioness” Nunes vaulted up the bantamweight rankings with her biggest victory to date on August 8th at UFC Fight Night 73 in Nashville, Tennessee. Nunes destroyed former title challenger Sara McMann, and she now enters the top five in the 135-pound division.

Another key winner in August was Valérie “Trouble” Létourneau, who upset Maryna “The Iron Woman” Moroz in a featured strawweight battle at UFC Fight Night 74. Létourneau made it two-for-two since dropping down to 115 pounds, and she becomes the newest entrant into the strawweight top ten.

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Former Bellator champion Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto drops back down to 115 pounds in hopes of capturing another title in her RFA debut on October 9th at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 31 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Frausto faces Jocelyn “Lights Out” Jones-Lybarger in the co-main event.

RFA officials announced the women’s strawweight championship fight today. Frausto recently signed with the promotion following a lengthy hiatus from MMA while competing in Muay Thai. Jones-Lybarger is 3-0 under the RFA banner, and she now seeks her biggest victory to date next month.

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Undefeated strawweight rising star Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres faces one of her toughest tests to date on December 12th at UFC 194: “Aldo vs McGregor” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Torres is set to battle former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson.

UFC officials announced the bout today. Torres has won back-to-back fights inside the Octagon since her stint on The Ultimate Fighter 20 this past year. Waterson kicked off her UFC career with a dominant third-round submission victory over Angela “Your Majesty” Magana at the TUF 21 Finale in July.

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Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Mizuki Inoue successfully retained her title in the Deep Jewels 9 main event tonight in Tokyo, Japan. The talented 21-year-old rebounded from a pair of tough setbacks under the Invicta FC banner by defeating Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino for a third time.

South Korean standout Ji Yeon Kim kept her undefeated record intact and captured her second pro MMA title in tonight’s co-main event. Kim, the reigning Gladiator Women’s Bantamweight Champion, defeated veteran Takayo Hashi in a rematch for the Deep Jewels bantamweight title.

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Deep Jewels showcased a pair of title fights on its ninth all-female card tonight at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 9 was headlined by a Deep Jewels Strawweight Championship trilogy fight between champion Mizuki Inoue and veteran challenger Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino.

In tonight’s co-main event, Deep Jewels Bantamweight Champion Takayo Hashi put her title on the line in a rematch against unbeaten Gladiator titleholder Ji Yeon Kim. Emi Tomimatsu took on Natsuki Shimomakise. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the Deep Jewels 9 card.

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A UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship showdown between “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey and Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm will take place earlier than originally planned. Rousey and Holm, first set to clash at UFC 195, meet at UFC 193 on November 15th in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

UFC President Dana White announced the change tonight, which comes as a direct result of a thumb injury sustained by UFC Welterweight Champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler, who had been scheduled to face off against “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit in the former UFC 193 main event.

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Dutch submission specialist Marloes “Rumina” Coenen earned another impressive win in her return to action tonight at Bellator 141 in Temecula, California. The former Strikeforce champion submitted Australian standout Arlene “Angerfist” Blencowe with a second-round armbar on the main card.

Coenen, who made a successful Bellator debut in October, dominated tonight’s featherweight bout with Blencowe from start to finish en route to the tapout victory. Elsewhere on the card tonight, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Adrienna “A.J.” Jenkins also picked up key wins in featured women’s bouts.

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2014 48kg Shoot Boxing Japan Girls S-Cup Champion Yukari Yamaguchi is set to compete in a J-Girls mini flyweight title eliminator on September 6th at J-Fight 44 in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. The talented 17-year-old faces off against Yuuki Kira in this year’s J-Girls mini flyweight tournament final.

Yamaguchi followed up on her successful pro MMA debut on June 21st by winning her J-Girls mini flyweight semi-final bout against Ruri three weeks later. Kira picked up a decision victory over Mari in the mini flyweight semi-finals and now looks to upset the highly-touted Yamaguchi next month.

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