The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Marina Bay Sands in Marina Bay, Singapore today for UFC Fight Night 34: “Saffiedine vs Lim.” The event was headlined by a welterweight bout between final Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Tarec “Sponge” Saffiedine and Hyun Gyu “The Ace” Lim.

In the co-main event, Japanese standout Tatsuya “Crusher” Kawajiri made his UFC debut against Sean Soriano. “Strasser” Kiichi Kunimoto faced Luiz Jorge “Besouro” Dutra Jr. and Kyung Ho “Mr. Perfect” Kang battled Shunichi Shimizu. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for today’s UFC card.

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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey earned her second win over Miesha “Cupcake” Tate in the co-main event of UFC 168 on December 28th. With the win, Rousey kept her perfect professional record intact and she remains the top-ranked female fighter in MMA today.

In the UFC 168 headliner, “All-American” Chris Weidman retained his spot atop the middleweight rankings by defeating Anderson “The Spider” Silva for a second time. At Invicta FC 7, Lauren Murphy became the promotion’s first bantamweight champ, and she continues to climb the 135-pound ranks.

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A second women’s bout has now been added to the UFC 170: “Rousey vs McMann” card, which takes place on February 22nd in Las Vegas, Nevada. Highly-touted jiu-jitsu black belt Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis faces fast-rising star Jessica “Evil” Eye in a featured bantamweight contender’s matchup.

UFC officials announced the fight on Monday night. Davis has won seven of her past eight fights and she sports a perfect 2-0 record inside the UFC. Eye made a big statement in her Octagon debut in October by outpointing former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Sarah Kaufman at UFC 166.

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Undefeated Olympic medallists will clash when wrestling powerhouse Sara McMann challenges UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey at UFC 170 on February 22nd in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event title fight was announced following UFC 168 on Saturday night.

McMann has not fought since her Octagon debut when she stopped Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff in one-sided fashion at UFC 159 in April. Rousey retained her UFC title on Saturday with a thrilling third-round submission victory over arch rival Miesha “Cupcake” Tate in the UFC 168 co-feature.

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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey retained her title in an amazing fight tonight at UFC 168: “Weidman vs Silva 2” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rousey submitted bitter rival Miesha “Cupcake” Tate with her signature armbar in tonight’s highly entertaining co-main event.

For the first time in her young mixed martial arts career, Rousey had to fight beyond the opening round in the much-anticipated rematch with Tate, but she controlled most of the action-packed fight on the ground. Early in round three, Rousey transitioned to a tight armbar that forced Tate to submit.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 168: “Weidman vs Silva 2.” The event was headlined by a UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between champion “All-American” Chris Weidman and Anderson “The Spider” Silva.

Tonight’s co-feature saw UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey face bitter rival Miesha “Cupcake” Tate in a rematch for Rousey’s UFC title. Heavyweight Josh “The Warmaster” Barnett took on Travis “Hapa” Browne. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Japanese star Mika “Future Princess” Nagano has confirmed plans for her retirement from mixed martial arts in early 2014. Nagano is the latest in a string of recent retirees and she will compete in a final exhibition match at Deep Jewels 3 on February 16th in Tokyo. The news was announced today.

Deep Jewels producer Yasuko “Pink Spider” Mogi also retired from active competition today, and she has stepped down as the matchmaker for the all-female promotion. In two new bouts added to Deep Jewels 3, Shizuka Sugiyama faces Mizuho Sato and Sachiko Fujimori takes on Shiori Hori.

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On Monday night, three-time Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Champion Rena Kubota picked up her eighth straight win at Shoot Boxing 2013: “Tomohiro Oikawa Retirement Event” in Osaka, Japan. Kubota stopped short-notice replacement opponent Yuri Kim in the late stages of the opening round.

Elsewhere on the card, Kubota’s protégé, Mio Tsumura, earned a Majority Decision win over Chihiro Kira. At ACCEL vol.26 in nearby Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan, 16-year-old ACCEL Vassilis women’s kickboxing champion Chihiro Imoto retained her title with a narrow decision victory over Haruka Hirota.

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