UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Weili “Magnum” Zhang’s latest title defence ended in a lopsided Unanimous Decision victory on August 19th at UFC 292 in Boston, Massachusetts. Zhang easily dominated challenger Amanda “Amandinha” Lemos to remain atop the 115-pound women’s ranks.

Also at UFC 292, “Sugar” Sean O’Malley captured the UFC Bantamweight Championship and the top spot at 135 pounds by stopping Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling. In other action in August, strawweight Tatiana Suarez and flyweight contender Erin “Cold Blooded” Blanchfield both earned big wins.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore tonight for UFC Fight Night 225: “Holloway vs Korean Zombie.” The card was headlined by a featherweight bout between former champ Max “Blessed” Holloway and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

In the light heavyweight co-main event, Anthony “Lionheart” Smith took on Ryan “Superman” Spann. Elsewhere on tonight’s main card, Giga “Ninja” Chikadze faced Alex “Bruce Leeroy” Caceres in a featured battle at 145 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 225.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed to the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts tonight for UFC 292: “Sterling vs O’Malley.” The event was headlined by a UFC Bantamweight Championship grudge match between champion Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling and “Sugar” Sean O’Malley.

In the co-feature, UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Weili “Magnum” Zhang defended her title against challenger Amanda “Amandinha” Lemos. Neil “The Haitian Sensation” Magny took on Ian “The Future” Garry in welterweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 292.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed back to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 51: “Luque vs dos Anjos.” The event was headlined by a welterweight clash between the returning Vicente “The Silent Assassin” Luque and ex-lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos.

In the featherweight co-main event, “Killer” Cub Swanson took on “Mean” Hakeem Dawodu. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, Khalil “The War Horse” Rountree battled Chris Daukaus in a featured light heavyweight showdown. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC on ESPN 51.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee tonight for UFC on ESPN 50: “Sandhagen vs Font.” The card was headlined by a 140-pound catchweight contest between Cory “The Sandman” Sandhagen and short-notice replacement foe Rob Font.

In the strawweight co-main event, former UFC champion Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade battled undefeated standout Tatiana Suarez. Dustin “The Hanyak” Jacoby faced Kennedy “African Savage” Nzechukwu at 205. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ESPN 50 main card.

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UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski made his latest successful title defence on July 8th at UFC 290 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Volkanovski stopped interim champ Yair “El Pantera” Rodriguez in the third round to retain his championship and top spot at 145 pounds.

In the UFC 290 co-main event, Alexandre “The Cannibal” Pantoja earned his third victory over Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno to claim the UFC Flyweight Championship. At Rizin FF: “Super Rizin 2,” women’s super atomweight champ Seika Izawa steamrolled Claire Lopez in 64 seconds.

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Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Seika Izawa needed just 64 seconds to retain her title tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation: “Super Rizin 2” in Saitama, Japan. Izawa finished challenger Claire Lopez with a tight ninja choke in one of her most impressive performances thus far.

Izawa, whose previous appearance for Rizin ended in a contentious Split Decision victory over Si Woo Park on New Year’s Eve, was back to her dominant self tonight. The undefeated 25-year-old has now secured finishes in four of her six Rizin FF wins, with tonight’s being her quickest to date.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah tonight for UFC 291: “Poirier vs Gaethje 2.” The event featured a lightweight rematch between standouts Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier and Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje, with the vacant BMF title on the line.

In the light heavyweight co-feature, former UFC champion Jan Blachowicz took on former middleweight champ Alex “Poatan” Pereira. Also on the main card, Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis faced Marcos Rogério “Pezão” de Lima at heavyweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 291.

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