Sarah “The Monster” D’Alelio and Amanda “Lioness of the Ring” Nunes will face off in a pivotal bantamweight bout at Invicta Fighting Championships 4 on January 5th in Kansas City, Kansas. The featured main card fight was one of a series of bouts officially announced for the event today.

Also confirmed for the card is a featherweight contender’s battle between Brazil’s Ediene “India” Gomes and Japan’s Hiroko “Cat’s Eye” Yamanaka. MMAjunkie.com first reported on plans for the Gomes-Yamanaka matchup in late October and the bout is now official for the Invicta FC 4 main card.

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Fresh off of a quick submission victory in October, Stephanie “Macaquinha” Frausto returns to the Invicta FC cage to face “Sassy” Cassie Rodish at Invicta Fighting Championships 4 on January 5th in Kansas City, Kansas. The atomweight matchup was officially announced for the card today.

The preliminary card features a pair of featherweight bouts. Knockout artists Veronica “The Heartbreaker” Rothenhausler and Katalina Malungahu face off in one. Tamikka “Boom Boom” Brents faces Amanda “The Lady Killer” Bell in another. Rose “The Riveter” Namajunas battles Emily Kagan at 115.

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Tuff-N-Uff Women’s Flyweight Champion Cortney “Cast Iron” Casey earned another impressive win in the Tuff-N-Uff: “Feastibrawl” co-main event tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Casey submitted Rachael “The Panther” Cummins with a flying armbar in a non-title rematch from early in September.

Also tonight, former Tuff-N-Uff 115-pound champ Jillian “Justice” Lybarger rebounded from a submission setback in August by defeating Stephanie “The Shark” Gonzalez in a flyweight matchup. Lybarger overwhelmed the smaller Gonzalez with big power punches en route to a quick TKO victory.

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Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki will put her title on the line against Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino at Jewels: “22nd Ring” on December 15th in Tokyo, Japan. The three-round title fight was officially announced for the card today along with two additional matchups.

Jewels producer Yasuko Mogi makes her return to action for the first time since April 2010 when she takes on Keiko Tomita. Also confirmed for the December card is a kickboxing match between veteran Mayumi “Super Benkei” Aoki and Satoko Ozawa, who is 2-1 under the Jewels banner.

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NAAFS champ Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly will compete in her hometown of Dublin, Ireland when she faces Finnish prospect Katja Kankaanpää at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 51 on December 31st. The 120-pound catchweight bout was officially announced by the promotion today.

Daly looks to rebound from a decision loss to top flyweight contender Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak at Invicta FC 3 and is now considering a return to the strawweight division. Kankaanpää has yet to taste defeat and is coming off of her closest bout to date against Simona Soukupova in September.

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Invicta Fighting Championships will crown its inaugural 115-pound champion when standout wrestler Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza faces BJJ black belt Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha at Invicta Fighting Championships 4. The event takes place on January 5th at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.

MMARising.com has confirmed plans for the title fight with multiple sources close to the negotiations. Esparza was originally expected to face Ayaka Hamasaki on the card, but Hamasaki will instead defend her Jewels title in December. Gadelha remains unbeaten and makes her Invicta FC debut.

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UFC Welterweight Champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre made a successful return from a serious knee injury tonight at UFC 154: “St. Pierre vs Condit” in Montréal, Québec, Canada. St. Pierre held off the challenge of interim UFC champion “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit in the main event.

In tonight’s co-main event, hard-hitting wrestler Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks made a strong case for a UFC welterweight title shot by stopping veteran contender Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann in just 46 seconds. Hendricks has won five straight fights and could be St. Pierre’s next opponent in 2013.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Bell Centre in Montréal, Québec, Canada tonight for UFC 154: “St. Pierre vs Condit.” The event was headlined by a UFC Welterweight Championship unification bout between Georges “Rush” St. Pierre and “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit.

Also on the card, Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann looked to continue his climb back into title contention when he faced rising star Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks in a welterweight bout. Francis “Limitless” Carmont faced “Filthy” Tom Lawlor at 185. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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