Talented kickboxer Felice “Lil’ Bulldog” Herrig put her improving wrestling skills to good use tonight in a featured women’s bout at Xtreme Fighting Championships 17: “Apocalypse” in Jackson, Tennessee. Herrig earned a clear-cut Unanimous Decision victory over “Little” Patricia Vidonic.

With takedowns in all three rounds, Herrig was able to keep her opponent pinned down on the mat for prolonged stretches and she was effective with short strikes from the top. Vidonic pulled off an impressive sweep in round one, but Herrig controlled the remainder of the bout to take the decision.

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Top Jewels star Mika “Future Princess” Nagano will look to get back on the winning track when she returns to action on May 26th. Nagano is set to face off with journeywoman Anna Saito at Jewels: “19th Ring” in Osaka, Japan. The 53kg bout was officially announced by the promotion earlier today.

Also added to the card today was a 48kg featherweight matchup between Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto and Sadae “Manhoef” Suzumura. Yamamoto is coming off of a big win over former Valkyrie champ Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada at “17th Ring.” Suzumura earned a first-round stoppage win in September.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its way to Stockholm, Sweden for the first time this Saturday at UFC on Fuel TV 2: “Gustafsson vs Silva.” The event is headlined by a light heavyweight matchup between Sweden’s own Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson and the returning Thiago Silva.

Also on the card, hard-hitting middleweight strikers will face off when former WEC champion “All American” Brian Stann takes on Alessio “Legionarius” Sakara. Siyar Bahadurzada makes his Octagon debut against Paulo Thiago. MMAGirls’ Joanne Spracklen previews Saturday’s UFC on Fuel TV 2 card.

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An ear infection has forced NAAFS champion Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly out of a planned title defence against Jessica “Evil” Eye at Bellator Fighting Championships 66 on April 20th in Cleveland, Ohio. Eye will now face Anita “El Tigre” Rodriguez in a 131-pound catchweight bout on the card.

MMARising.com confirmed Daly’s illness with multiple sources this week. She is still expected to face Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton in a Cage Warriors 125-pound women’s tournament bout on June 2nd. Rodriguez makes her Bellator debut on short notice after her Invicta FC 1 bout was scrapped.

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Ukrainian prospect Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova looks to rebound from her first professional setback when she faces Scotland’s Joanne Calderwood at Super Fight League 3 on May 6th in New Delhi, India. The featured bout was officially announced earlier today and will be contested at 125 pounds.

Ovchynnikova brought an unblemished record into her SFL debut at the promotion’s inaugural event in March, but succumbed to a second-round rear-naked choke from Serbia’s Sanja Sučević. Calderwood earned a quick TKO victory in February in Scotland’s first professional female MMA bout.

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Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña returns to action in her home state of Washington later this month in the main event of Conquest of the Cage 11. The unbeaten 22-year-old faces off against Sarah “Cheesecake” Moras on the April 19th card in Airway Heights. The bout was announced today.

Peña was originally in talks to face Brazilian prospect Claudia Gadelha for Freedom Fight on April 21st, but that event was scrapped this week. Peña will likely battle Gadelha at an event to be determined later this year, but must first get past Moras, who has won both of her MMA bouts to date.

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Reign Training Center representative Ashlee “The Terminator” Evans-Smith improved to 5-3 as an amateur and claimed the vacant Tuff-N-Uff 140-pound women’s title Saturday at Tuff-N-Uff: “The Fist-ival” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Evans-Smith took a clear-cut decision over Bridgette “Black Wolf” Batch.

Jocelyn “Lights Out” Lybarger captured the Tuff-N-Uff 125-pound women’s title by edging out Ashley Yoder via Split Decision. Lybarger’s twin sister, Jillian, withdrew due to an injury that prevented her from making weight and her 115-pound title was awarded to Stephanie “The Shark” Gonzalez.

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Strikeforce tournament veteran Colleen “The Beautiful Disaster” Schneider earned her second win as a professional tonight at Super Fight League 2 in Chandigarh, India. Schneider stopped England’s Cherie Buck with a barrage of punches and elbows midway through round two of the night’s co-feature.

While both fighters took the bout on short notice, Schneider appeared to be well-prepared right from the opening bell and she controlled much of round one on the ground. Schneider wasted little time in taking Buck down again in the second round before finishing her off with strikes from the top.

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