The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada tonight for UFC 161: “Evans vs Henderson.” The injury-plagued card was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between former UFC champion “Suga” Rashad Evans and Dan “Hendo” Henderson.

In the heavyweight co-feature, Roy “Big Country” Nelson faced Stipe Miocic. Ryan “The Big Deal” Jimmo took on Igor “The Duke” Pokrajac at 205 and Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis battled Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton in a women’s bantamweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Multi-time boxing world champion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm will look to keep her perfect professional MMA record intact when she faces Allanna “Hands of Stone” Jones at Legacy Fighting Championship 21. The event takes place on July 19th at Arena Theater in Houston, Texas.

MMAjunkie.com first reported on the bantamweight matchup today. Holm is coming off of a second-round TKO victory over Katie Merrill at Bellator 91 and she announced her retirement from boxing earlier this year in order to compete in MMA full-time. Jones looks to rebound from a loss at CFA 11.

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An atomweight bout between former Jewels title contender Kikuyo Ishikawa and Amber “The Bully” Brown has been added to Pancrase 250, which is scheduled to take place on July 28th in Tokyo, Japan. Pancrase officials announced plans for the featured 105-pound matchup earlier today.

Ishikawa is unbeaten inside the Pancrase ring. She most recently stopped Miyoko Kusaka in a rematch on April 21st. Her lone loss in her past eight fights came via Split Decision against ex-Jewels champ Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama. Brown debuted for Pancrase in May and now drops to 105.

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On July 13th, Jewels champion Ayaka Hamasaki travels back to Kansas City, Missouri for her second fight under the Invicta Fighting Championships banner. Her opponent has recently changed and she is now set to face off against BJJ black belt Claudia Gadelha in the Invicta FC 6 co-main event.

Hamasaki was scheduled to challenge Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Carla Esparza on next month’s card, but an Esparza knee injury resulted in a change of plans. Despite this, Hamasaki’s goal remains the same and she hopes to fight her way to the title by defeating Gadelha in four weeks.

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Unbeaten Scottish striker Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood once again has an opponent for her featured fight at Invicta Fighting Championships 6 on July 13th in Kansas City, Missouri. Calderwood will now face fellow two-time Invicta FC veteran Sarah “White Tiger” Schneider in a strawweight bout.

MMARising.com confirmed plans for the fight with multiple sources close to the negotiations this afternoon. Calderwood was first set to face Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha, but Gadelha was moved into a fight against Ayaka Hamasaki after Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza sustained a knee injury.

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MMA Super Heroes has booked a pair of women’s grand prix tournaments for its inaugural event on July 13th at CEIL Sports Gymnasium in Louveira, São Paulo, Brazil. In one strawweight grand prix bout on the card, standout striker Kinberly Novaes faces off against talented grappler Hérica Tibúrcio.

Two flyweight tournament matchups have also been confirmed for the event. Veteran contender Carina “Barbie” Damm faces Pink Fight champ Kalindra Faria in a rematch from 2009 and unbeaten prospect Bethe Correia faces Juliana Werner Aguiar. All three bouts were announced this past week.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Paulo Sarasate Gymnasium in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil tonight for UFC on Fuel TV 10: “Nogueira vs Werdum 2.” The event was headlined by a heavyweight rematch between Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum.

Also on the card, William “Patolino” Macario took on Leonardo Santos in the TUF Brazil 2 Welterweight Final. Thiago Silva battled Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante at 205 pounds and Erick “Indio” Silva faced Jason “The Kansas City Bandit” High at 170. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Hawaiian prospect Kailin Curran is set to take on her most experienced opponent to date on August 9th at Pacific Xtreme Combat 38 in Mangilao, Guam. Curran faces grappling specialist Emi Tomimatsu in a strawweight bout. MMARising.com confirmed the fight with PXC CEO E.J. Calvo today.

Curran made her pro debut in PXC’s first female fight on March 8th and she earned a Unanimous Decision victory over Invicta FC veteran Kaiyana Rain. Tomimatsu has won three of her past five fights since returning to MMA. She looks to rebound from a razor-thin loss to Mika “Future Princess” Nagano.

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