Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion Seo Hee Ham fought at home for the first time in her MMA career and scored an impressive victory tonight at Road Fighting Championship Korea 3: “Nations Fight: Korea vs Brazil.” The skilled striker outpointed teen prospect Shino VanHoose at 105 pounds.

Ham dominated most of round one by mounting VanHoose and landing hard punches that set up a rear-naked choke attempt. VanHoose defended well and threatened with submissions of her own as the fight progressed, but Ham maintained top position and was rewarded with a well-deserved win.

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Unbeaten Jungle Fight Women’s Bantamweight Champion Larissa Moreira Pacheco retained her title with a slick submission victory tonight at Jungle Fight 68 in Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil. The 19-year-old forced Lizianne “Uga Uga” Silveira da Conceição to tap out to a third-round triangle choke.

Despite having just two professional fights on her record, Silveira proved to be a formidable challenger for Pacheco tonight and she landed some hard shots on the feet and on the ground. Pacheco stayed calm and countered a sweep in round three by trapping Silveira in the fight-ending triangle.

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Decorated boxing champ Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm captured her first MMA title with another highlight-reel win tonight at Legacy Fighting Championship 30 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Holm stopped Juliana Werner to claim the Legacy FC Women’s Bantamweight Championship.

Werner showed her resolve throughout tonight’s championship fight as she weathered a storm of kicks and punches from Holm, who held a clear lead on the scorecards after 20 minutes. In the fifth round, Holm landed a vicious head kick and she followed up with ground and pound for the TKO victory.

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With Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler sidelined due to a training injury, former Strikeforce champion Sarah Kaufman has received a new opponent for The Ultimate Fighter: “Nations” Finale on April 16th in Québec City, Québec, Canada. Kaufman now faces Amanda “Lioness” Nunes.

Globo and Tatame first reported on the fight change today. Baszler was forced out of the planned rematch with Kaufman this week. Nunes was originally booked to face unbeaten Octagon newcomer Alexis Dufresne at UFC on FOX 11 on April 19th. Dufresne now remains without an opponent.

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Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks overcame adversity en route to a hard-fought Unanimous Decision victory on March 15th at UFC 171 in Dallas, Texas. The hard-hitting wrestler narrowly outpointed 13-year veteran “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler to claim the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship.

Also at UFC 171, Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade continued to climb the women’s bantamweight rankings with a razor-thin Split Decision win over TUF 18 semi-finalist Raquel “Rocky” Pennington. In Brazil, standouts Kalindra Faria and Hérica Tibúrcio both earned key strawweight victories.

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Brazilian strawweight standouts Kalindra Faria and Hérica Tibúrcio each picked up key wins tonight at MMA Super Heroes 3 in São Paulo, Brazil. Faria submitted Argentinian prospect Laura Balin in the main event, while Tibúrcio outpointed Aline Sattelmayer in a featured main card matchup.

MMA Super Heroes 3 also included a one-night women’s strawweight tournament. Newcomer Renata Baldan outlasted two opponents to win the 115-pound grand prix. At Fatality Arena 6 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vanessa Porto and Aline “Hannibal” Sério were victorious on the main card.

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WSOF Women’s Strawweight Champion Jessica “Jag” Aguilar is expected to make the first defence of her title against veteran Japanese contender Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino at World Series of Fighting 10. The event is set for June 21st at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MMARising.com confirmed plans for the championship fight tonight with Fujino’s manager, Shu Hirata. Aguilar became WSOF’s inaugural female champion in January when she submitted the previously unbeaten Alida Gray. Her targeted opponent, Fujino, has won four of her past six fights.

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Gina “Conviction” Iniong made it two-for-two inside the PXC cage with her biggest win to date tonight at Pacific Xtreme Combat 43 in Pasig City, Philippines. The Filipina standout earned a close and highly competitive Split Decision win over former Valkyrie champion “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi.

Iniong and Yamaguchi were initially slated to face off in an atomweight bout on the card, but Iniong came in slightly overweight for the fight, which was then changed to a 107-pound catchweight. Iniong’s striking and impressive takedowns propelled her to a narrow decision victory on the scorecards.

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