Invicta Fighting Championships held its sixth all-female event tonight at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Invicta FC 6 featured a pivotal featherweight championship rematch between former Strikeforce champions Marloes “Rumina” Coenen and Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino.

Also on tonight’s card, unbeaten standouts Ayaka Hamasaki and Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha faced off in a strawweight title eliminator bout. Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio took on rising star Lauren Taylor at 135 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the Invicta FC 6 card.

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On just one day’s notice, Kathina “Kill Switch” Catron has stepped in as a last-minute replacement fighter on tomorrow night’s Invicta Fighting Championships 6 card in Kansas City, Missouri. Catron faces Livia “T-Rex” von Plettenberg in a flyweight bout on the preliminary portion of the card.

MMARising.com confirmed the change with the promotion. Von Plettenberg was first set to face Cassie “The Hulk” Robb in a 105-pound bout, but von Plettenberg weighed in at 113 pounds and the fight was scrapped. Catron earned a TKO win over Summer Artherton this past weekend in Omaha.

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Weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships 6 took place today at the Ameristar Casino Hotel Freedom Roadhouse in Kansas City, Missouri. A featherweight championship rematch between Marloes “Rumina” Coenen and Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino headlines the 13-fight all-female card.

In the co-feature, unbeaten title contenders Ayaka Hamasaki and Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha face off at 115 pounds. Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio takes on Lauren Taylor in a pivotal bantamweight bout on the main card. MMARising.com has live coverage for today’s Invicta FC 6 weigh-ins.

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An atomweight showdown between undefeated prospect Paulina “Firefox” Granados and fellow Texan Tessa Simpson has been added to Legacy Fighting Championship 23 on September 13th in San Antonio, Texas. The promotion officially announced the 105-pound matchup earlier this week.

Granados made a successful debut for Legacy FC in late May with a slick first-round submission of Maria Lopez at Legacy FC 20. Simpson fought three times in 2009 and earned quick stoppage wins in each of her first two bouts. She makes her return to the cage for the first time in four years.

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Visa issues have forced Canadian Charmaine “Not So Sweet” Tweet out of her bout against Ediane “India” Gomes at Invicta Fighting Championships 6. Tamikka “Boom Boom” Brents has now stepped in to face Gomes on the card, which takes place on Saturday night in Kansas City, Missouri.

MMARising.com confirmed the late change with the promotion this evening. Gomes was originally set to face Julia “The Jewel” Budd on Saturday and now receives her second replacement opponent. Brents steps in on three days’ notice and looks for her second victory under the Invicta FC banner.

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Five fights have been officially announced for the inaugural Deep Jewels event on August 31st in Tokyo, Japan. The all-female Deep Jewels 1 card features a 48kg featherweight title eliminator bout between Celine Haga, a winner of four straight fights, and fellow prospect Sadae “Manhoef” Numata.

In addition to today’s fight announcements, Deep Jewels also revealed its new management team and a revised set of rules. Unlike its predecessor, Jewels, which often restricted ground strikes, the Deep Jewels faction will permit ground and pound in all fights. Elbow strikes will remain outlawed.

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Ana Maria “India” earned her third straight victory tonight in a featured matchup at Web Fight Combat 2 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The highly-skilled grappler submitted veteran striker Maria Elisabete “Beth” Tavares with her signature armbar late in the opening round.

Maria returned to MMA in May after a three-year hiatus from competition and she has quickly regained her standing as one of Brazil’s top female fighters. After a tentative start to tonight’s bout, Maria took Tavares down to the mat and used a slick transition to set up the fight-ending submission.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 162: “Silva vs Weidman.” The event was headlined by a UFC Middleweight Championship bout between champ Anderson “The Spider” Silva and “All-American” Chris Weidman.

Also on the card, former lightweight champion Frankie “The Answer” Edgar took on Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira in a featherweight bout. Tim Kennedy battled fellow UFC debutant Roger Gracie in a featured middleweight fight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s UFC 162 event.

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