Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion Seo Hee Ham earned a dominant Unanimous Decision victory tonight at Road Fighting Championship 18 in Seoul, South Korea. The gifted striker showcased her underrated ground game in an impressive win over Alyona Rassohyna in the co-main event.

Also on the card, talented prospect Ji Yeon Kim scored her first MMA win with a quick submission victory over Japanese kickboxer Yukimi Kamikaze. Kim, who previously fought to close Draws with Japanese stars Shizuka Sugiyama and Takayo Hashi, easily dispatched of Kamikaze tonight.

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Two of Europe’s fastest rising female stars, Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad and Agnieszka “Kuma” Niedźwiedź, will meet for the inaugural Cage Warriors Women’s Bantamweight Championship on November 15th at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 74. The card takes place in London, England.

Cage Warriors officials announced the five-round title fight today. Kianzad and Niedźwiedź are undefeated in their mixed martial arts careers and both have picked up impressive wins in recent outings. The Kianzad-Niedźwiedź winner will become the first Cage Warriors 135-pound women’s champion.

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For the second straight time, Marina “The Iron Woman” Moroz played the role of spoiler on Sunday night at Kunlun Fight 8 in Xining, Qinghai, China. The Ukrainian rising star submitted China’s top female fighter, Jin “The Fighting Rose” Tang, in round one of a featured flyweight bout on the card.

Moroz, who upset highly-touted prospect Feier Huang in her Kunlun Fight debut in June, survived an early onslaught from Tang on Sunday and took top position in a scramble on the mat. She then transitioned to a straight armbar that forced Tang to submit for only the second time in her career.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the second half of a doubleheader of events tonight at UFC Fight Night 49: “Henderson vs dos Anjos.” The card featured a lightweight bout between “Smooth” Benson Henderson and Rafael dos Anjos.

Elsewhere, Mike “Quicksand” Pyle took on Jordan “Young Gun” Mein in the welterweight co-feature. Francis “Limitless” Carmont battled Thales Leites at middleweight and Max “Blessed” Holloway faced “Cassius” Clay Collard in a catchweight bout. MMARising.com has play-by-play for the main card.

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Russian veteran Milana Dudieva earned a close decision victory in her long-awaited Octagon debut tonight at UFC Fight Night 48: “Bisping vs Le” in Cotai, Macau. The powerful judoka narrowly outpointed American prospect Elizabeth Phillips in a bantamweight bout on tonight’s preliminary card.

As she often does, Dudieva gave up top position repeatedly in scrambles on the ground, but she stayed active from her back with submission attempts. Phillips landed minimal ground and pound throughout the fight and she was punished for her perceived passivity by two of the three cageside judges.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to CotaiArena in Cotai, Macau tonight for UFC Fight Night 48: “Bisping vs Le.” The event was headlined by a middleweight bout between long-time UFC contender Michael “The Count” Bisping and former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Cung Le.

Also on the card tonight, Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley took on Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim in a matchup between top welterweight contenders. Lipeng “The Warrior” Zhang faced Brendan “The Badger” O’Reilly in another featured 170-pound bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Swedish rising star Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad kept her undefeated record intact with a third-round TKO victory tonight at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 71 in Amman, Jordan. Kianzad stopped Dutch opponent Megan van Houtum with ground strikes in a 140-pound catchweight bout.

Also on the card, Kianzad’s countrywoman and former foe, Lina Akhtar Lansberg, earned her third straight victory by stopping Laura “Hot Head” Howarth. Lansberg dominated the brief fight and did considerable damage with standing elbow strikes that forced Howarth to retire after round one.

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Unbeaten Jungle Fight Women’s Bantamweight Champion Larissa Moreira Pacheco will make her long-awaited Octagon debut on September 13th at UFC Fight Night 51: “Silva vs Arlovski 2” in Brasilia, Brazil. The 19-year-old meets fellow rising star Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade on the card.

Globo.com first reported on plans for the fight this week. Pacheco steps in to replace Andrade’s original opponent, Valérie “Trouble” Létourneau, who was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury. Pacheco and countrywoman Andrade have combined to score 19 stoppage wins in their careers to date.

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