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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Former Valkyrie champion Rin Nakai and Mayumi “Super Benkei” Aoki are set to face off again in the opening round of the Bantamweight Queen of Pancrase tournament at Pancrase Progress Tour 10 on September 1st in Tokyo, Japan. The rematch was officially announced on Thursday.

Nakai picked up a first-round submission victory over Aoki at Valkyrie 7 in September 2010 and went on to win the promotion’s open-weight title two months later. She remains unbeaten in her mixed martial arts career. Aoki returned to MMA action with a quick win at Jewels: “19th Ring” in May.

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Two of MMA’s premier lightweights will face off for a second time tomorrow night at UFC 150: “Henderson vs Edgar 2” at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. UFC Lightweight Champion Benson “Smooth” Henderson makes the first defence of his title against ex-champ Frankie “The Answer” Edgar.

Also on the card, former teammates Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard square off in a lightweight contender’s bout. Jake Shields battles Ed “Short Fuse” Herman in a featured middleweight matchup. MMAGirls’ Joanne Spracklen previews the UFC 150 main card.

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Having recovered from a training injury in June, Sofia Bagherdai competes under the Xtreme Fighting Championships banner for the first time when she faces Sarah “KO Kid” Maloy at XFC 20: “High Octane” on September 28th in Knoxville, Tennessee. The flyweight matchup was announced today.

Bagherdai had been scheduled to make her XFC debut against “Hurricane” Heather Clark on June 22nd, but was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. She now returns to her former home at 125 pounds to face Maloy, who is coming off of a Unanimous Decision win at Invicta FC 1 in April.

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Russian featherweight prospect Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya will be watching from the sidelines until the summer of 2013. The 22-year-old striker, who has won six straight fights, announced today that she is one month pregnant with her first child and will be taking a year off from MMA competition.

Kunitskaya has dominated all recent challengers in Europe, but visa issues have prevented her from travelling abroad to face some of the division’s top talent. With the featherweight ranks dwindling as fighters drop down to 135, Kunitskaya’s absence in the division will be noticeable for the next year.

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With Josh Koscheck sidelined due to a back injury, Jay “The Thoroughbred” Hieron returns to the Octagon to face Jake “The Juggernaut” Ellenberger for a second time at UFC 151 on September 1st in Las Vegas, Nevada. The welterweight matchup was first reported by MMAjunkie.com today.

Hieron handed Ellenberger the first defeat of his pro career at an IFL event in June 2006. He went on to become IFL Welterweight Champion and nearly defeated Bellator champ “Funky” Ben Askren this past year. Ellenberger sports a 6-2 UFC record and has finished 22 of his career opponents.

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