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.
Schneider used her size and strength advantage to control the fight on the ground and she dominated the action with strikes and submission attempts. Sučević did well in defence, but Schneider continued to wear her down and eventually secured the fight-ending keylock midway through round three.
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.
Featherweight standout Julia “The Jewel” Budd has a new opponent for her main card bout at Invicta Fighting Championships 5 on April 5th in Kansas City, Missouri. After two opponent changes, Budd faces off against veteran “Miss” Mollie Estes, who makes her second appearance for the promotion.
Three more fights and a one-day grappling tournament have been added to this Saturday’s Jewels: “23rd Ring” event at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. In amateur kickboxing matches, teen prospect Miiri Sasaki takes on Moga, and 16-year-old J-Girls veteran Mao Muronaga battles Ayumi Otaki.
Top-ranked flyweight Jessica “Evil” Eye has sustained a serious back injury and has been forced to withdraw from her fight against Munah “The Perfect Storm” Holland at Bellator 95 on April 4th in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Eye discussed details of the injury with MMARising.com this weekend.
Stepping in on two days’ notice, Norma Rueda Center made a successful pro debut on Saturday night at MEZ Sports: “Pandemonium 8” in Pomona, California. The Jackson’s MMA fighter edged out Tuff-N-Uff veteran Rachael “The Panther” Cummins in a bout much closer than the scores suggested.
Highly-touted judoka Marina Shafir picked up her third first-round submission victory on Saturday night at Tuff-N-Uff: “Mayhem In Mesquite 2” in Mesquite, Nevada. Shafir submitted Danielle “The Executioner” Mack with an armbar just 59 seconds into round one of their 150-pound co-main event matchup.