A featured flyweight bout between one of the division’s fastest rising stars, Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak, and unbeaten prospect Bethany Marshall is the latest addition to Invicta Fighting Championships 2 on July 28th in Kansas City, Kansas. The bout was officially announced today.

In other action on the main card, Strikeforce veteran Julia “The Jewel” Budd competes for the first time since a November bout with current Strikeforce champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. Budd faces off against Sweden’s Elina Nilsson in the lone featherweight matchup on the Invicta FC 2 card.

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An atomweight matchup between Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix winner Kikuyo Ishikawa and “South Valley’s Own” Angelica Chavez headlines the preliminary portion of Invicta Fighting Championships 2 on July 28th in Kansas City, Kansas. The bout was one of many announced today.

Also confirmed for the event is a bantamweight bout between B.C. native Sarah “Cheesecake” Moras and Colorado’s Raquel “Rocky” Pennington. Rounding out the preliminary card, two-time amateur champ Jessamyn “The Gun” Duke makes her pro debut against Suzie Montero at 135 pounds.

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“How do you eat an elephant?” “One bite at a time.” Friday was my last hard day of training for my CWFC 47 fight with Aisling Daly. It started out with my last strength and conditioning session down at S&P gym. Power endurance intervals, 35 seconds all-out work and 10 seconds of rest for ten sets. Twice.

I waited for Sean to tell me that he was joking, but as it turned out, he wasn’t. We’ve been building up to this for months now, starting from just 10 seconds of work and 50 seconds of rest back at the beginning of the fight camp. In theory, I should be able to nail this…

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 146: “Dos Santos vs Mir.” The all-heavyweight main card featured UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior “Cigano” dos Santos defending his title against former champ Frank Mir.

Also on tonight’s card, Cain Velasquez returned to action for the first time since November when he faced Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Roy “Big Country” Nelson looked to rebound from a loss in February when he battled Dave Herman. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 146 card.

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Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki retained her title in dominant fashion tonight at Jewels: “19th Ring” in Osaka, Japan. Hamasaki stayed unbeaten by submitting legendary foe Yuka “Vale Tudo Queen” Tsuji with a first-round Kimura in the main event of the inaugural Osaka card.

Elsewhere on the card tonight, Jewels Featherweight Queen Champion Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama took a narrow Majority Decision win over rival Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada. The promotion plans to stage its next card in July and may showcase its first event in a cage at Differ Ariake in December.

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Japan’s all-female Jewels promotion held its first event outside of Tokyo tonight at Jewels: “19th Ring.” The card took place at Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka and was headlined by a Jewels Lightweight Queen Championship battle between Ayaka Hamasaki and Yuka “Vale Tudo Queen” Tsuji.

In tonight’s MMA co-feature, Jewels Featherweight Queen Champion Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama faced Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada in a non-title rematch from 2010, while Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto took on Sadae “Manhoef” Suzumura. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card from Osaka.

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In just 64 seconds, Kaiyana Rain spoiled opponent Jordan Nicole Gaza’s final amateur bout tonight at Tuff-N-Uff: “Festibrawl” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rain submitted her 19-year-old adversary with a first-round guillotine choke to claim the newly vacated Tuff-N-Uff 115-pound women’s championship.

The 115-pound title was initially slated to be up for grabs in a different fight on the card, but a planned championship bout between titleholder Jillian “Justice” Lybarger and Stephanie “The Shark” Gonzalez was cancelled for the second consecutive time after Lybarger was unable to make weight.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship showcases its first all-heavyweight main card tomorrow night at UFC 146: “Dos Santos vs Mir” in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the night’s main event, UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior “Cigano” dos Santos puts his title on the line against Frank Mir.

Also on the main card, former UFC champion Cain Velasquez looks to get himself back into title contention when he takes on Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Roy Nelson battles Dave Herman and Lavar Johnson faces Stefan Struve. MMAGirls’ Joanne Spracklen previews tomorrow’s UFC 146 main card.

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