The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Toyota Center in Houston, Texas tonight for UFC 166: “Velasquez vs dos Santos 3.” The card featured a UFC Heavyweight Championship trilogy fight between current champion Cain Velasquez and former titleholder Junior “Cigano” dos Santos.

In the heavyweight co-feature, unbeaten rising star Daniel Cormier took on Roy “Big Country” Nelson. Former Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert “El Niño” Melendez squared off against Diego “The Dream” Sanchez in a 155-pound matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Xtreme Fighting Championships crowned its first female flyweight champion tonight at XFC 26: “Night of Champions 3” in Nashville, Tennessee. In the co-main event on tonight’s card, Pearl Gonzalez submitted former Tuff-N-Uff champ Cortney “Cast Iron” Casey to win the inaugural 125-pound title.

Gonzalez escaped from a series of submission attempts from Casey, who was very active from her back throughout the fight, and she forced Casey to submit to an armbar late in round three. In a second female fight on the card, “Hurricane” Heather Clark defeated “Shockwave” Hannah Cifers.

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UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey’s squad evened the score with Team Miesha “Cupcake” Tate at 3-3 during tonight’s seventh episode of The Ultimate Fighter 18. Michael Wootten earned a Unanimous Decision victory over Team Tate’s “Gentleman” Josh Hill.

Only two quarterfinal bouts remain this season and both fights will take place in two weeks’ time. Peggy “The Daywalker” Morgan looks to pick up another win for Team Rousey when she faces Sarah “Cheesecake” Moras. Morgan’s teammate, Anthony “Sharkbait” Gutierrez, battles Cody Bollinger.

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On Friday night in Dallas, Texas, former 14-time boxing world champ Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm improved her mixed martial arts record to 5-0 with another dominant TKO victory. Holm stopped late replacement opponent Nikki “Knuckles” Knudsen at Legacy Fighting Championship 24.

Ashlee Evans-Smith became CFA Women’s Featherweight Champion on Saturday when she TKOed Fallon “The Queen of Swords” Fox at CFA 12 in Coral Cables, Florida. And on Thursday, Carina “Barbie” Damm submitted Yelka “Princesa Inka” Torres Gallegos at 300 Sparta 4 in Lima, Peru.

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Two of the top female prospects on the Deep Jewels roster are set to collide on November 4th at Deep Jewels 2 in Tokyo, Japan. Highly-touted AACC fighter Megumi Sugimoto, an understudy of Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii, takes on Sachiko Fujimori, who won her pro MMA debut in 49 seconds.

The 53kg matchup between Sugimoto and Fujimori was officially announced this weekend. Also confirmed for the card is a 48kg bout between veteran journeywoman Yukiko Seki, who has won six of her past ten fights, and the returning Madoka Ebihara, who competes for the first time in four years.

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Invicta FC Flyweight Champion Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak makes the first defence of her new title on December 7th at Invicta Fighting Championships 7 in Kansas City, Missouri. Honchak is set to face off against fast-rising star Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith in a five-round championship fight.

Invicta FC officials announced the title bout today. Honchak became Invicta FC’s first 125-pound champion in April when she defeated Vanessa Porto at Invicta FC 5. She has won seven straight bouts. Smith made a successful flyweight debut at Invicta FC 6 in July when she defeated Jennifer Maia.

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The inaugural Invicta FC Bantamweight Championship is up for grabs on December 7th at Invicta Fighting Championships 7 in Kansas City, Missouri. Unbeaten rising star Lauren Murphy takes on multi-time Muay Thai world champion “The Queen of Mean” Miriam Nakamoto for the 135-pound title.

Invicta FC officials announced the fight today. Murphy stepped in on short notice for her Invicta FC debut in April and she has scored back-to-back wins for the promotion. Nakamoto earned a dominant first-round stoppage victory over ex-boxing champ “Diamond” Duda Yankovich at Invicta FC 6.

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Strawweight star Felice “Lil’ Bulldog” Herrig is set to face off against one of MMA’s brightest female prospects when she makes her Invicta FC debut at Invicta Fighting Championships 7. Herrig faces Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres in a featured bout on December 7th in Kansas City, Missouri.

Invicta FC officials announced the 115-pound bout today. Herrig picked up two key victories for Bellator and she has won six of her past seven fights. Former three-time amateur champion Torres is undefeated in her MMA career and scored a big win over “Thug” Rose Namajunas at Invicta FC 6.

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