The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Goiânia Arena in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil tonight for UFC Fight Night 67: “Condit vs Alves.” The event was headlined by a welterweight showdown between “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit and hard-hitting contender Thiago “Pitbull” Alves.

Also on the card, Nik “The Carny” Lentz squared off against Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira in the featherweight co-feature. “King” K.J. Noons took on Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira, and Francimar “Bodão” Barroso battled Ryan “The Big Deal” Jimmo. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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A fracture in training has forced Yuko “Amiba” Oya out of her featured strawweight bout on Sunday night at Deep Jewels 8 in Tokyo, Japan. Oya’s scheduled opponent, 13-year veteran Misaki Takimoto, now squares off against Canada’s Tushara “Tee Vee” Veerella on the abbreviated card.

Injuries and illnesses have resulted in a number of late changes to the Deep Jewels 8 card, and a planned atomweight bout between Emi Tomimatsu and Ayaka Miura was scrapped this past week when Miura was diagnosed with Ménière’s Disease. Sunday’s card is now complete with six total bouts.

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Deep Women’s Flyweight Champion “Princess” Satoko Shinashi looks to extend her winning streak to five when she makes her Road FC debut on July 25th at Road Fighting Championship 24 in Tokyo, Japan. Shinashi is set to face off against unbeaten South Korean prospect Ji Hye Park.

Road FC officials announced the 105-pound atomweight bout this week. Shinashi returned to MMA in October following a six-year retirement, and she has since racked up three straight first-round finishes. Park easily won her professional MMA debut against Miyu Irie at Road FC 21 in February.

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More than one year after she last competed inside the UFC Octagon, TUF 18 contestant Jessamyn “The Gun” Duke returns to action on July 25th at UFC on FOX 16: “Dillashaw vs Barao 2” in Chicago, Illinois. Duke meets Elizabeth Phillips in what is quite clearly a must-win fight for both.

UFC officials announced the bantamweight clash earlier today. Duke’s 2014 campaign did not go as she had hoped, and she dropped back-to-back fights against Bethe “Pitbull” Correia and Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith. Phillips also faces the UFC cut list after dropping a pair of close decisions.

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Multi-time boxing world champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm looks for her second UFC victory when she steps back into the Octagon on July 15th at UFC Fight Night 71: “Mir vs Duffee” in San Diego, California. Holm is set to battle rising star Marion “The Belizean Bruiser” Reneau.

UFC officials confirmed the bantamweight bout today following a report on UFC Tonight last week. Holm made a successful UFC debut in February when she edged out Raquel “Rocky” Pennington at UFC 184. Reneau most recently upset Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade at UFC Fight Night 61.

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Leading all-female kickboxing promotion J-Girls teamed with Shoot Boxing to create an entertaining fight card on Sunday night in Tokyo, Japan. In the “J-Girls X Shoot Boxing” headliner, two-time JKS48 champion Mio Tsumura defeated Taiwan’s Kai-Ting “Kill Bee” Zhuang under shoot boxing rules.

In the night’s co-main event, rising star Akari “Union” Nakamura earned a huge victory by upsetting reigning J-Girls Mini Flyweight Champion Momi Furuta in a non-title shoot boxing match. Highly-touted 16-year-old Yukari Yamaguchi dominated Michi Nakamura in a J-Girls title contender’s bout.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada with two title fights tonight at UFC 187: “Johnson vs Cormier.” The event featured a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Daniel “D.C.” Cormier.

In tonight’s co-main event, UFC Middleweight Champion “All-American” Chris Weidman put his title on the line against Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone battled John “The Bull” Makdessi in lightweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 187 card.

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More than two and a half years after they were first set to clash at Invicta FC 4, Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood and “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings will at last face off on July 18th at UFC Fight Night 72 in Calderwood’s hometown of Glasgow, Scotland. BT Sport announced the featured strawweight matchup today.

The planned 2013 bout between Calderwood and Rawlings was scrapped from Invicta FC 4 when injuries resulted in last-minute changes. Rawlings went on to challenge unsuccessfully for Invicta FC gold, while Calderwood defeated Livia “T-Rex” von Plettenberg. Both women are 1-1 in the UFC.

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