Fresh off of a dominant stoppage victory in her July pro debut, Jessamyn “The Gun” Duke faces off against fellow bantamweight prospect Marciea “Black Widow” Allen at Invicta Fighting Championships 3 on October 6th in Kansas City, Kansas. MMARising.com confirmed plans for the fight today.

Duke’s Muay Thai skills were on full display at Invicta FC 2 in July as she wore down opponent Suzie “La China” Montero with knees before finishing her with ground and pound in the third round. Allen made a successful pro debut by submitting Chandra Engel in quick fashion this past weekend.

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Multi-time amateur champs Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres and Kaiyana Rain are set to make their pro debuts in a featured strawweight matchup at Invicta Fighting Championships 3 on October 6th in Kansas City, Kansas. MMARising.com confirmed plans for the 115-pound bout earlier today.

Torres has amassed one of the most impressive amateur careers of any female mixed martial artist to date, with seven wins and three championship titles in a span of just ten months. Rain has captured titles for Tuff-N-Uff and Momentum FC and she avenged her lone career defeat this past month.

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Top-ranked amateur champion Taylor “No Mercy” Stratford makes her long-awaited pro debut against unbeaten knockout artist Katalina Malungahu at Invicta Fighting Championships 3 on October 6th in Kansas City, Kansas. MMARising.com confirmed plans for the featherweight matchup today.

Stratford has tasted defeat only once in her ten-fight MMA career and she is widely seen as the number one amateur female fighter in the United States. Malungahu has knocked out all five of her pro and amateur opponents to date and she is coming off of a 36-second KO victory this past month.

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Montréal native Valérie “Trouble” Létourneau looks to pick up one of her biggest wins to date at Freedom Fight: “Caged Combat” on October 27th in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The talented striker is set to battle Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt Vanessa Mariscal in a featured bout on the main card.

Freedom Fight officials confirmed plans for the fight today. Létourneau has won three of her past four fights, but she is coming off of a narrow Split Decision loss to unbeaten prospect Claudia Gadelha in April. Mariscal also looks to get back on track after suffering her first defeat at Invicta FC 1.

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Unbeaten strawweight prospect Glena “Heartless” Avila returns to action on October 13th at Dakota Fighting Championships 13: “Coming Home” in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Avila faces off with former Tuff-N-Uff champion Jordan Nicole “Ninja Princess” Gaza in the night’s co-main event.

Avila has earned submission victories in each of her two pro fights to date and she most recently captured the Budo Fights 120-pound women’s title in December. Gaza looks to get back on the winning track after suffering a razor-thin Split Decision setback in her June professional debut.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado tonight for UFC 150: “Henderson vs Edgar 2.” The event featured a UFC Lightweight Championship rematch between reigning champ Benson “Smooth” Henderson and former titleholder Frankie “The Answer” Edgar.

In tonight’s lightweight co-main event, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone battled former teammate Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard. Former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields took on Ed “Short Fuse” Herman at 185 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 150 card.

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The Tuff-N-Uff 110-pound women’s championship will once again be up for grabs on September 2nd when amateur prospects Jordan McDonald and Jinh Yu face off at Tuff-N-Uff: “Festibrawl 3” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tuff-N-Uff officials confirmed plans for the featured matchup earlier this week.

McDonald challenged for the title in her August 2011 promotional debut, but succumbed to a flying triangle choke from “Lightning” Liz McCarthy, who vacated the belt prior to her pro debut this past month. Yu will give up an experience edge to McDonald, but she is coming off of a win in October.

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Seven of the eight participants in the 2012 Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup have now been named. Three-time Girls S-Cup competitor “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi and Muay Thai champ Namtarn Por Munagpetch are the latest additions to the August 25th tournament, which takes place in Tokyo, Japan.

Also confirmed for the card this week was a non-tournament bantamweight matchup between J-Girls and two-division M-1 kickboxing champion Seira Aragaki and Rio Kamikaze. Aragaki earned a decision victory at Jewels “20th Ring” in July. Kamikaze was defeated by Ai Takahashi in June.

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