A catchweight bout between teen prospect “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant and Courtney Himes has been added to this Saturday’s Bush Cree Promotions: “Cage Wars 15” event in Grand Junction, Colorado. VanZant and Himes are expected to face off at 124 pounds on the professional portion of the card.
MMARising.com confirmed plans for the bout with multiple sources close to the fight today. VanZant looks to rebound from her first loss at the hands of unbeaten rising star Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres at Invicta FC 4. Himes makes her pro debut and she will have the hometown crowd on her side.
Long-time UFC Welterweight Champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre cruised to a one-sided Unanimous Decision victory in his latest title defence at UFC 158: “St. Pierre vs Diaz” on March 16th. St. Pierre easily outpointed former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz and remains atop the 170-pound rankings.
Jewels title contender Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino has a new opponent for her upcoming bout at Pancrase 247 on May 19th in Tokyo, Japan. Fujino will now face off against unbeaten King of the Cage veteran Amber “The Bully” Brown, who replaces injured teammate Monica Lovato on the card.
Top Jewels star Mika “Future Princess” Nagano had her work cut out for her today in the main event of Jewels: “23rd Ring” in Tokyo, Japan. The popular grappler earned a close Unanimous Decision victory over fellow submission specialist Emi Tomimatsu in a back-and-forth battle at 114 pounds.
Jewels showcased its first event of the year on Saturday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. Jewels: “23rd Ring” was headlined by a lightweight contender’s bout between promotional star Mika “Future Princess” Nagano and talented grappling specialist Emi Tomimatsu at 114 pounds.
Strikeforce veteran Colleen “The Beautiful Disaster” Schneider picked up her third straight victory and captured her first pro title tonight at Super Fight League 14 in Mumbai, India. Schneider submitted Serbia’s Sanja Sučević with a keylock to become the inaugural SFL Women’s Flyweight Champion.
Top-ranked strawweight Jessica “Jag” Aguilar made a successful return to action tonight at Bellator 94 in Tampa, Florida, but her victory did not come easily. Aguilar narrowly outpointed submission specialist “Little” Patricia Vidonic in a rematch from the pair’s first fight back in February 2012.
Another week of training has passed. I love it. I am feeling pretty good right now, the weight is great and everything is going according to plan. I’ve had great training sessions at the Ettl-Bros Team in Graz and at MMA-Vienna, which are two of the best gyms in Austria. I also did some fun training with M-1 Champion Beckan Taisumov, which helped me to improve a lot.