Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion Seo Hee Ham competes in her home country for the first time in her MMA career at Road Fighting Championship Korea 3: “Nations Fight: Korea vs Brazil” on April 6th in Seoul, South Korea. Ham is scheduled to face teen prospect Shino VanHoose on the card.

The 105-pound bout between Ham and VanHoose was officially confirmed this week following an announcement from VanHoose. Ham has won three straight fights and captured Jewels title gold in May. VanHoose recently relocated to the U.S. and she competes for the first time since late 2012.

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Former flyweight contender Kalindra Faria made a successful XFC debut tonight at XFC International 2 in Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil. Faria extended her current winning streak to nine by defeating Aline Sério in a strawweight rematch from the pair’s Pink Fight title bout just over two years ago.

Faria and Sério battled back and forth throughout tonight’s three-round rematch, but it was Faria’s takedowns and clinch control that gave her an early edge on the scorecards. Sério performed well in round three and she threatened with a late guillotine, but Faria took home a well-deserved win.

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Brazilian rising star Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade picked up her second Octagon victory tonight at UFC 171: “Hendricks vs Lawler” in Dallas, Texas. The 22-year-old Andrade narrowly edged out TUF 18 semi-finalist Raquel “Rocky” Pennington in an action-packed three-round war at 135 pounds.

Andrade pressed the action with strikes and takedowns throughout the first two rounds, but Pennington came on strong late in the middle stanza and nearly finished the fight with a guillotine choke. Following a razor-thin third round, Andrade emerged victorious with a close win on the scorecards.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas tonight for UFC 171: “Hendricks vs Lawler.” The event was headlined by a five-round UFC Welterweight Championship bout between top contenders Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks and “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler.

In tonight’s co-main event, “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit faced off against Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley in a welterweight title eliminator. Diego “The Dream” Sanchez battled Myles “The Fury” Jury in a lightweight showdown. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s card.

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Former Valkyrie champ “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi returns to the PXC cage for her atomweight debut on March 29th at Pacific Xtreme Combat 43 in Pasig City, Philippines. Yamaguchi is set to face off against local favourite Gina “Conviction” Iniong, who won her promotional debut at PXC 41 in November.

Yamaguchi engaged in a closely-contested three-round bout against “Little” Patricia Vidonic at PXC 40 in October, but she came out on the wrong end of a razor-thin Split Decision. She now drops down to 105 pounds to battle Iniong, who is coming off of an impressive first-round TKO triumph.

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Invicta Fighting Championships continues to expand its roster with the additions of Sugar Creek Showdown champion Jinh Yu Frey and former multi-time amateur titleholder Amanda Bobby Cooper. Officials confirmed the signings on Wednesday following announcements from both fighters.

Frey captured the SCS women’s atomweight title in her pro debut this past April and retained her belt with a highlight-reel knockout win in July. Cooper kicked off her professional career with an impressive submission win over fellow amateur standout Brittany “Too Smooth” Dugas this past month.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the O₂ Arena in London, England tonight for UFC Fight Night 37: “Gustafsson vs Manuwa.” The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson and unbeaten prospect Jimi “The Poster Boy” Manuwa.

In tonight’s co-main event, teammates Michael “The Menace” Johnson and Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard faced off in a lightweight bout. Brad “One Punch” Pickett took on Neil “2Tap” Seery in a featured flyweight fight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 37 main card.

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Fighting for the second time in two months, UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey successfully retained her title with a quick victory at UFC 170: “Rousey vs McMann.” Rousey stopped fellow Olympic medallist Sara McMann and remains atop the 135-pound rankings.

Also on the UFC 170 card, jiu-jitsu ace Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis retained her number two spot at bantamweight with a hard-fought Split Decision win over Jessica “Evil” Eye. At UFC 169, reigning champions José “Scarface” Aldo and Renan “Barao” Pegado both picked up key wins in featured bouts.

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