The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore tonight for UFC 275: “Teixeira vs Procházka.” The event was headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between champion Glover Teixeira and challenger Jiří “Denisa” Procházka.
In the co-main event, UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko defended her title against Taila Santos. Also on the main card, former champs Weili “Magnum” Zhang and Joanna Jędrzejczyk faced off in a strawweight rematch. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 275.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship concluded its latest series of events at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada today with UFC Fight Night 207: “Volkov vs Rozenstruik.” The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Alexander “Drago” Volkov and Jairzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik.
In the featherweight co-main event, Dan “50K” Ige took on Movsar Evloev. Michael “The Lone Wolf” Trizano met Lucas Almeida at 145 pounds, and “Killer” Karine Silva faced Poliana Botelho in a featured women’s flyweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 207.
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Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza’s seven-year campaign to regain the UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship culminated with a Split Decision win on May 7th at UFC 274 in Phoenix, Arizona. Esparza defeated “Thug” Rose Namajunas for a second time to retake the top spot at 115 pounds.
Also at UFC 274, Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira retained his UFC lightweight title by submitting Justin “The Highlight” Garthje. “Iron” Michael Chandler knocked out Tony “El Cucuy” Ferguson. Elsewhere, Ketlen “Fenômeno” Vieira upset Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm at UFC Fight Night 206.
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Two-division Deep and Deep Jewels champion Saori Oshima will make her second Rizin FF appearance on July 2nd at Rizin Fighting Federation 36 in Okinawa, Japan. Oshima is set to face former Rizin title challenger Miyuu Yamamoto in one of two women’s super atomweight bouts on the card.
Oshima is coming off of a successful atomweight title defence this past month at Deep Jewels 37, while Yamamoto looks to rebound from her loss to Rena Kubota at Rizin FF 32. Also on next month’s card, Mizuki “Nisse” Oshiro takes on 17-year-old Deep Jewels title contender Moeri Suda.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship stayed at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 206: “Holm vs Vieira.” The event was headlined by a women’s bantamweight bout between former UFC champ Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Ketlen “Fenômeno” Vieira.
In the welterweight co-main event, Santiago “Argentine Dagger” Ponzinibbio took on Michel “Demolidor” Pereira. Elsewhere on the main card, Chidi “Bang Bang” Njokuani met Duško “Thunder” Todorović in middleweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 206.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 36: “Blachowicz vs Rakić.” The event was headlined by a light heavyweight matchup between former 205-pound UFC champion Jan Blachowicz and top contender Aleksandar “Rocket” Rakić.
In the co-main event, also at light heavyweight, Ryan “Superman” Spann took on Ion “The Hulk” Cutelaba. Elsewhere on the main card tonight, “Dangerous” Davey Grant battled Louis “Da Last Samurai” Smolka at bantamweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC on ESPN 36.
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Invicta Fighting Championships showcased its latest all-female fight card at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas tonight. Invicta FC 47 was headlined by a strawweight title bout between new champ Emily “Gordinha” Ducote and former 105-pound atomweight titleholder Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella.
In the co-main event, Courtney “The Lion” King faced off against Chelsea Chandler at featherweight. Also on the card, Lindsey “Damsel” VanZandt took on Jillian “Lionheart” DeCoursey in an atomweight contender’s bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s Invicta FC 47 event.
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Rin Nakai continued her career resurgence with two victories in one day at Deep Jewels 37 today in Tokyo, Japan. Competing at the famed Korakuen Hall, Nakai defeated Tae “Te-a” Murayama and Shizuka Sugiyama in grand prix bouts to become the inaugural Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion.
Today’s Deep Jewels 37 card featured two additional title fights. Atomweight champion Saori Oshima made a successful defence against 17-year-old Moeri Suda, and Yoko Higashi became the first Deep Jewels Featherweight Champion by defeating “King” Reina Miura in their championship rematch.
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