A lightweight bout between former two-time title challenger Gray “The Bully” Maynard and Clay “The Carpenter” Guida headlines UFC on FX 4 on June 22nd in Atlantic City, New Jersey. UFC officials announced the targeted matchup earlier this evening. Verbal agreements are currently in place.
Maynard will look to rebound from his first defeat in the June headliner. He was most recently knocked out by then-UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie “The Answer” Edgar in an October trilogy bout. Guida dropped a Unanimous Decision to current champion Benson “Smooth” Henderson in November.
Rising star Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff earned another lightning-fast knockout victory tonight at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship: Fight Night 4 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Gaff blitzed Brazilian prospect Jennifer Maia in just ten seconds to move to 3-0 at 125 pounds.
A planned rematch between Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler and fellow EliteXC veteran Kelly “Blood Red” Kobold will have to wait. The bout had been scheduled to take place at Cage Fighting Xtreme and Crowbar MMA’s co-promoted “Spring Brawl” on April 21st in Fargo, North Dakota.
For the first time, heavyweight bouts will comprise an entire UFC main card at UFC 146: “Dos Santos vs Overeem” on May 26th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The latest addition to the main card pits former K-1 Grand Prix Champion Mark Hunt against 6’11” Dutch prospect Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve.
A second women’s matchup has been added to the April 1st Pancrase Progress Tour 4 card in Tokyo, Japan. Pro wrestler Kyoko Kimura returns to the promotion for her third mixed martial arts bout and faces South Korean kickboxer Sung Eun Kim. The fight was officially announced on Monday.
Competing on less than two weeks’ notice, Serbia’s Sanja Sučević made the most of a big opportunity tonight at Super Fight League 1 in Mumbai, India. Sučević submitted previously unbeaten Ukrainian prospect Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova in the second round of the night’s co-main event.
Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka was victorious in her Pancrase debut tonight at Pancrase Progress Tour 3 in Tokyo, Japan. The Jewels star submitted long-time veteran striker “Windy” Tomomi Sunaba early in the second round of Sunaba’s retirement bout following a 13-year combat sports career.
Brazilian star Vanessa Porto needed a mere 41 seconds to knock out late replacement opponent Luana Teixeira in the main event of the all-female Pink Fight MMA 2 card on Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The quick victory earned Porto the vacant Pink Fight 132-pound women’s title.