The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed back to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 223: “Dern vs Hill.” The card was headlined by a featured women’s strawweight clash between standout grappler Mackenzie Dern and long-time UFC veteran Angela “Overkill” Hill.

In the middleweight co-main event, Edmen “The Golden Boy” Shahbazyan took on Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, former Invicta FC champion Emily “Gordinha” Ducote battled “Loopy” Lupita Godinez at 120 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina today for UFC on ABC 4: “Rozenstruik vs Almeida.” The card was headlined by a heavyweight matchup between heavy-handed finishers Jairzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik and Jailton “Malhadinho” Almeida.

In the light heavyweight co-main event, Anthony “Lionheart” Smith battled Johnny Walker. Elsewhere on the main card, Daniel “D-Rod” Rodriguez faced off against Ian “The Future” Garry in a featured welterweight fight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ABC 4 card.

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Two-division Deep and Deep Jewels titleholder Saori Oshima will compete at her fifth different weight as a professional on June 24th at Rizin Fighting Federation 43 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Oshima faces new Strawweight Queen of Pancrase Haruka “Salt” Hasegawa in a 115-pound matchup.

The champion versus champion bout was officially announced for the card along with a second women’s matchup. Deep Jewels veterans Marina Kumagai and Aoi Kuriyama will meet in a bantamweight bout. Kumagai has won three straight, while Kuriyama looks to rebound from a February defeat.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey tonight for UFC 288: “Sterling vs Cejudo.” The event featured a UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling and former flyweight champ Henry “The Messenger” Cejudo.

In the welterweight co-feature, Belal “Remember The Name” Muhammad faced Gilbert “Durinho” Burns for a future title shot. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade clashed with Xiaonan “Fury” Yan at strawweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 288.

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Invicta Fighting Championships returned to ReelWorks Denver in Denver, Colorado with its latest all-female event tonight. The Invicta FC 53 card was headlined by an atomweight championship bout between new titleholder Jillian “Lionheart” DeCoursey and challenger Rayanne Amanda dos Santos.

In the bantamweight co-feature, “Big Bad” Olga Rubin and “Grizzly” Claire Guthrie squared off in a battle between top contenders. Former atomweight champion Jéssica “The Queen” Correa Delboni met “Dynamite” Danielle Taylor at 115 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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UFC Middleweight Champion Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya took a measure of revenge and reclaimed his title with a second-round knockout win on April 8th at UFC 287 in Miami, Florida. Adesanya stopped long-time rival Alex “Poatan” Pereira to take back the top spot at 185 pounds.

At UFC on ESPN 44, former UFC champ Max “Blessed” Holloway proved that he is still one of the promotion’s top featherweights by defeating Arnold “Almighty” Allen, and Sergei Pavlovich continued his streak of heavyweight wins by quickly stopping Curtis “Razor” Blaydes at UFC Fight Night 222.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship remained at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 45: “Song vs Simón.” The event was headlined by a bantamweight matchup between two of the division’s most entertaining contenders, Yadong “Kung Fu Kid” Song and Ricky Simón.

In the middleweight co-main event, Caio “The Natural” Borralho took on Michał “Hussar” Oleksiejczuk. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, Rodolfo “The Black Belt Hunter” Vieira battled Cody Brundage in another featured middleweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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With thoughts of a potential retirement on her mind, Kanna Asakura put on one of her best performances to date tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation: “Landmark Vol. 5” in Tokyo, Japan. Asakura scored a Unanimous Decision victory over “V.V.” Mei Yamaguchi in featured super atomweight action.

In a second women’s clash on tonight’s card, Combate Global contender Claire Lopez upset top Rizin FF star Rena Kubota in their 51kg bout. Lopez overcame fatigue and submitted Kubota with a unique kneebar variation late in the third round, which resulted in Kubota being transported to a hospital.

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