Four years after it was first booked by the now-defunct EliteXC promotion, a bout between bantamweight strikers Sarah Kaufman and Kaitlin Young will take place at Invicta Fighting Championships 3 on October 6th in Kansas City, Kansas. MMARising.com confirmed plans for the fight on Sunday.
Kaufman and Young were set to face off at EliteXC: “A Night of Champions” in November 2008, but the event was scrapped when the promotion folded one month earlier. Both fighters will be looking to get back on the winning track after suffering submission setbacks in their most recent fights.
Japanese superstar Rena Kubota captured her third Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup title tonight at Yamano Hall in Tokyo. The 21-year-old outlasted three opponents to become the first three-time S-Cup winner. Kubota will undergo surgery for a nagging injury and hopes to return in the coming months.
Shoot Boxing showcased its annual Girls S-Cup tournament tonight from Yamano Hall in the Yoyogi district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. This year’s edition included past winners Rena Kubota and Erika Kamimura, as well as MMA veterans Seo Hee Ham, “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi and Lisa Ellis.
Top flyweight prospect Munah Holland will make her return to the Bellator cage on September 28th at Bellator Fighting Championships 74 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The hard-hitting boxer is expected to face off against grappling specialist Michelle Ould on the event’s preliminary card.
Mixed martial arts veteran Lisa Ellis has stepped in on just two days’ notice to compete in tomorrow’s Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Ellis replaces Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova, who was removed from the card this week due to problems between SB and Ovchynnikova’s team.
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones will not compete in a rematch with Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida at UFC 152 on September 22nd in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As first reported by 
A partially torn MCL has forced former Strikeforce and PRIDE champ Dan “Hendo” Henderson out of his main event bout with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones at UFC 151. The event, which was set to take place on September 1st in Las Vegas, Nevada, has now been cancelled.
Finnish prospect Katja Kankaanpää will look to keep her unbeaten record intact when she faces England’s Simona Soukupova at Botnia Punishment 12 on September 14th in Seinäjoki, Finland. The featured bout is expected to be contested at 115 pounds and will serve as the night’s co-main event.