Weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships 7 took place today at the Ameristar Casino Hotel Freedom Roadhouse in Kansas City, Missouri. A flyweight championship showdown between Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak and Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith headlines the all-female fight card.
In the co-feature, Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza puts her strawweight title on the line against Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha, and Lauren Murphy takes on “The Queen of Mean” Miriam Nakamoto for the inaugural bantamweight belt. MMARising.com has live coverage for today’s Invicta FC 7 weigh-ins.
UFC Welterweight Champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre narrowly retained his title with a contentious Split Decision victory at UFC 167: “St. Pierre vs Hendricks” on November 16th in Las Vegas, Nevada. St. Pierre edged out Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks to retain his spot atop the 170-pound rankings.
For the first time, the Ultimate Fighting Championship crowned a female winner of The Ultimate Fighter tonight at the TUF 18 Finale in Las Vegas, Nevada. Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña stopped Jessica “The Ragin'” Rakoczy to become the TUF 18 women’s bantamweight winner.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. The event was headlined by a lightweight trilogy fight between standout wrestler Gray “The Bully” Maynard and outspoken jiu-jitsu specialist Nate Diaz.
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.
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.