Bantamweight contenders Jessica “Evil” Eye and Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith are set to collide inside the world-famous Octagon on November 15th. Eye and Smith will face off in a featured bout at UFC 180: “Velasquez vs Werdum” in Mexico City, Mexico. UFC officials confirmed the fight today.

Eye transitioned to the UFC this past October following a successful stint in Bellator and initially won her UFC debut, but the result was overturned when she tested positive for marijuana metabolites. Smith most recently earned her first UFC win by quickly stopping Jessamyn “The Gun” Duke in July.

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Brazilian strawweight Juliana “Ju Thai” de Lima Carneiro looks to pick up her first Octagon victory in front of local fans and supporters on November 8th at UFC Fight Night 56: “Shogun vs Manuwa” in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lima faces off against Nina “The Strina” Ansaroff on the card.

UFC officials announced plans for the 115-pound fight today. Lima made her Octagon debut in late July and dropped a Unanimous Decision to Polish standout Joanna Jędrzejczyk. Ansaroff has won five straight fights and most recently knocked out Munah “The Perfect Storm” Holland at Invicta FC 7.

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Team Pettis’s clean sweep continued with another impressive victory tonight during Episode 3 of The Ultimate Fighter: “A Champion Will Be Crowned.” Jessica Penne kept her team’s perfect record intact by submitting Team Melendez’s Lisa Ellis in a rematch from Invicta FC 1 back in April 2012.

Just as she did in the pair’s first fight, the #4-ranked Penne once again used quick transitions and her formidable grappling skills to get the better of the #13-ranked Ellis on the ground. She took Ellis’s back after a scramble and landed a series of punches that set up a fight-ending rear-naked choke.

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Four additional matchups have been added to the all-female Deep Jewels 6 card, which will take place on November 3rd at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. The event is set to feature a 135-pound rematch between top Deep Jewels star Shizuka Sugiyama and once-beaten prospect Yurika Nakakura.

Recent WSOF title challenger Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino returns to the Deep Jewels ring to face Ayaka Miura, who earned an impressive win in her pro debut at Deep Jewels 4. Tomo Maesawa meets Yuko “Amiba” Oya and Satomi “Sarami” Takano looks to get back on track against Mina Kurobe.

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Invicta FC Flyweight Champion Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak returns to the cage to make the next defence of her title on November 1st at Invicta Fighting Championships 9 in Davenport, Iowa. Honchak faces off against Deep Jewels Middleweight Champion Takayo Hashi in the main event.

In addition to the Honchak-Hashi headliner, the rest of the ten-fight Invicta FC 9 card was also confirmed on Tuesday. The co-main event features a strawweight contender’s bout between Mizuki Inoue and KSW champion Karolina Kowalkiewicz. At 105, Ayaka Hamasaki faces Hérica Tibúrcio.

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Two-time Shoot Boxing JKS48 tournament champion Mio Tsumura returned to her winning ways with a Unanimous Decision victory on Saturday night at Shoot Boxing 2014: Act.4 in Tokyo, Japan. The talented fighter outpointed Tribelate champion Hana Date in a three-round matchup on the card.

Earlier in the night, Shoot Boxing postergirl Mina scored a much-needed Majority Decision victory over Date’s teammate, Nori. On Sunday night at Gladiator 75 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 17-year-old kickboxer Chihiro Imoto earned her 141st win by defeating Miyu Irie in a flyweight title fight.

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Undefeated strawweight rising star Livia Renata “Livinha” Souza scored a quick and impressive title victory tonight at Circuito Talent de MMA (Talent MMA Circuit) 12: “Campinas 2014” in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Souza submitted veteran Camila “Camilinha Pitbull” Lima in just 47 seconds.

Souza, who is already signed to Invicta FC and may debut for the promotion before the end of the year, made short work of Lima in tonight’s 115-pound championship co-main event. She countered an early clinch by jumping on Lima’s back and locking on a standing rear-naked choke for the tapout win.

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Former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate took one step towards regaining contender status with a three-round decision victory tonight at UFC Fight Night 52: “Hunt vs Nelson” in Saitama, Japan. Tate outpointed Bantamweight Queen of Pancrase Rin Nakai.

Showcasing her improved striking, Tate took an early lead on the scorecards in tonight’s main card bout thanks to her superior standup skills and solid takedown defence. Nakai had greater success with takedowns in the latter rounds, but struggled to mount offence and tasted defeat for the first time.

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