KSW Women’s Strawweight Champion Karolina Kowalkiewicz makes the next defence of her title on February 21st at KSW 30 in Poznań, Poland. The undefeated Polish standout is set to face off against veteran Brazilian contender Kalindra Faria in a 115-pound championship bout on the card.

KSW officials announced the title tilt on Monday. Kowalkiewicz made her North American debut in November and picked up her biggest career win by outpointing Mizuki Inoue at Invicta FC 9. Faria’s 11-fight winning streak was snapped when she was defeated by WSOF champ Jessica “Jag” Aguilar.

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Reigning UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones successfully defended his title with another five-round Unanimous Decision victory on January 3rd at UFC 182 in Las Vegas. Jones outpointed rival Daniel “D.C.” Cormier in the main event and remains on top of the 205-pound rankings.

In other featured light heavyweight action this past month, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson made a strong case for a UFC title shot by blitzing Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson at UFC on FOX 14. Elsewhere, Miesha “Cupcake” Tate earned a big comeback victory over Olympian Sara McMann at UFC 183.

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After a shaky start, former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate put forth another impressive comeback performance en route to a hard-fought victory tonight at UFC 183: “Silva vs Diaz” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tate edged out Olympic silver medallist Sara McMann.

The opening round of tonight’s featured matchup did not go as planned for Tate, who was dropped early on and dominated on the ground. She came on strong in the late stages of round two and controlled the final five minutes on the mat to earn a competitive and entertaining Majority Decision victory.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 183: “Silva vs Diaz.” The card was headlined by a middleweight bout between former long-time UFC champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva and one-time Strikeforce titleholder Nick Diaz.

Also on the card tonight, Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley battled Kelvin Gastelum in the catchweight co-feature that was initially scheduled to be contested at 170 pounds. Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon took on “Raging” Al Iaquinta in a lightweight fight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Hard-hitting Brazilian contender Amanda “Lioness” Nunes looks to rebound from a tough loss in September when she returns to the cage at UFC Fight Night 62: “Faber vs Assuncao” on March 21st in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nunes battles grappling ace Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler.

UFC officials announced the featured bantamweight bout late on Thursday night. Nunes began her UFC career with back-to-back first-round stoppage victories before falling to “Alpha” Cat Zingano at UFC 178. TUF 18’s Baszler dropped her official UFC debut to Bethe “Pitbull” Correia at UFC 177.

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Following a 16-month hiatus from competition, Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie has an opponent for her Octagon return on March 14th at UFC 185: “Pettis vs dos Anjos” in Dallas, Texas. De Randamie meets Jungle Fight Women’s Bantamweight Champion Larissa Moreira Pacheco.

Sub-Zero MMA first Tweeted news of the fight this afternoon. De Randamie has not fought since November 2013 when she was stopped by Amanda “Lioness” Nunes. Pacheco suffered her first professional defeat in her UFC debut against Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade at UFC Fight Night 51.

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TUF 18 winner Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña is set to make her long-awaited return to the Octagon on April 4th at UFC Fight Night 63: “Mendes vs Lamas” in Fairfax, Virginia. Peña takes on Russian standout Milana Dudieva in a featured bantamweight matchup on the card.

ESPN first reported on the bout earlier today. Peña has been sidelined for more than a year after suffering the third serious knee injury of her career. She became the first female winner of The Ultimate Fighter in November 2013. Dudieva won her August UFC debut by defeating Elizabeth Phillips.

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After an ankle injury delayed her return to action, Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino steps back into the cage on February 27th at Invicta Fighting Championships 11 in Los Angeles, California. The hard-hitting Justino defends against Charmaine “Not So Sweet” Tweet.

The Invicta FC 11 strawweight co-feature pits undefeated Mexican knockout artist Alexa Grasso against highly-touted Japanese prospect Mizuki Inoue. Grasso is 2-0 inside the Invicta FC cage. Inoue most recently dropped a razor-thin decision to KSW champ Karolina Kowalkiewicz at Invicta FC 9.

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