Highly-touted judoka Marina “The Supernova From Moldova” Shafir scored another impressive first-round submission victory tonight in the Tuff-N-Uff main event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shafir finished Tabitha Patterson with an arm-triangle choke to capture the promotion’s 145-pound women’s title.
In other action on the card, Jessica “The Zombie” Zomcik stopped Shannon “Primetime” Reid to win the Tuff-N-Uff women’s featherweight tournament title, and Kyra “Mogwai” Batara defeated Cheyanne “The Warrior Princess” Vlismas to become the Tuff-N-Uff Women’s Atomweight Champion.
Former boxing champion Jessica “The Ragin'” Rakoczy scored yet another impressive victory during tonight’s 13th episode of The Ultimate Fighter 18: “Team Rousey vs Team Tate.” Rakoczy earned her spot in the TUF 18 final by outpointing Raquel “Rocky” Pennington in a three-round striking battle.
On Saturday night, Amber “The Apex Predator” Stautzenberger picked up the biggest win of her career at Xtreme Knockout 20 in Arlington, Texas. Stautzenberger took a commanding Unanimous Decision win over veteran contender Lacey “The Ladie” Schuckman in a 119-pound catchweight bout.
An injury has forced bantamweight veteran Kelly “Blood Red” Kobold out of her planned fight at Invicta Fighting Championships 7 on December 7th in Kansas City, Missouri. In Kobold’s place, Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio has stepped in to face off against Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger on the card.
For the second time this season, weight issues resulted in a cancelled fight during tonight’s 12th episode of The Ultimate Fighter 18: “Team Rousey vs Team Tate.” Davey Grant received a bye to the final round when teammate Anthony “Sharkbait” Gutierrez failed to make the 135-pound weight limit.
Teen prodigy Mizuki Inoue looks to add another championship title to her collection when she returns to action at Deep Jewels 3 on February 16th in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue takes on fellow tournament finalist Emi Tomimatsu to determine the inaugural Deep Jewels Lightweight Champion at 114 pounds.
Three-time Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Champion Rena Kubota picked up her seventh straight win on Saturday night at Shoot Boxing Battle Summit: “Ground Zero Tokyo 2013” in Tokyo, Japan. The 22-year-old star narrowly outpointed late replacement opponent Maylee Won. Pomas of Thailand.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 167: “St. Pierre vs Hendricks.” The event was headlined by a much-discussed UFC Welterweight Championship bout between Georges “Rush” St. Pierre and Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks.