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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The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way back to CotaiArena in Cotai, Macau tonight for UFC Fight Night: “Kim vs Hathaway.” The event was headlined by an entertaining welterweight matchup between divisional standouts Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim and John “The Hitman” Hathaway.

Also on the card, Lipeng “The Warrior” Zhang faced off against Wang “The Fire Kylin” Sai in The Ultimate Fighter China welterweight final, and Matt Mitrione battled Shawn “The Savage” Jordan in a heavyweight showdown. MMARising.com has play-by-play for tonight’s UFC Fight Night card.

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Undefeated strawweight prospect Kailin Curran picked up her third pro win tonight at Pacific Xtreme Combat 42 in Mangilao, Guam. The Hawaiian native made it three-for-three inside the PXC cage by outpointing South Korean newcomer Yoo Jin Jung in a featured matchup on tonight’s card.

Jung was very aggressive early in the fight, but Curran wore her down with effective combinations of body kicks and punches. Jung ate some hard shots from Curran, but she stayed on her feet until the end of the action-packed bout. With the win, Curran set her sights on a future title fight.

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Two-time Shoot Boxing JKS48 tournament champion Mio Tsumura earned her fifth straight victory on Sunday night at Shoot Boxing 2014: Act.1 in Tokyo, Japan. The 18-year-old rising star posted a hard-fought Unanimous Decision win over Akari “Eneos” Nakamura in a rematch from August 2012.

Tsumura’s mentor, three-time Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Champion Rena Kubota, was set to compete on Sunday’s card, but her bout was scrapped when Katie Klimansky-Casimir encountered immigration issues. A fight between Ai Takahashi and Miyumi Takahashi was cancelled due to illness.

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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey retained her title and picked up her first TKO victory tonight at UFC 170: “Rousey vs McMann” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rousey stopped fellow Olympic medallist Sara McMann early in the first round of tonight’s featured main event.

Also on the UFC 170 card, jiu-jitsu ace Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis earned her third Octagon victory by outpointing former flyweight standout Jessica “Evil” Eye in a preliminary card bout. Davis dominated round two and she used takedowns to score a hard-fought Split Decision win after 15 minutes.

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