Legend Fighting Championship 6 took place on Sunday night at the City of Dreams Grand Hyatt Ballroom in Cotai, Macau. The event was headlined by an LFC Lightweight Championship bout pitting defending champion Adrian “The Hunter” Pang against Sengoku veteran Jadamba Narantungalag.

In other action on Sunday’s card, New Zealand’s Sam “Striker” Brown faced China’s Wenbo Liu in a light heavyweight battle, while Cage Force veteran Koji Ando took on unbeaten Chinese prospect Guan Wang in the lightweight division. MMARising.com has play-by-play and results for Legend FC 6.

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Fresh off of his dominant decision victory over “The Prodigy” B.J. Penn on Saturday night, former Strikeforce titleholder Nick Diaz has vaulted back into the number one contender spot at 170 pounds. Diaz will now challenge UFC Welterweight Champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre on February 4, 2012.

UFC President Dana White announced the change following UFC 137 last night. Carlos Condit, who was originally set to face St. Pierre on Saturday’s card, has agreed to step aside to allow Diaz to get the next shot at the title. Diaz and St. Pierre, themselves, were first set to face off at UFC 137.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 137: “Penn vs Diaz.” Despite late changes to the card, the event was headlined by a welterweight bout between former UFC champion “The Prodigy” B.J. Penn and Nick Diaz.

In the co-main event, Matt “Meathead” Mitrione looked to keep his unbeaten record intact when he faced Cheick Kongo, while Japanese featherweight star Hatsu Hioki made his long-awaited Octagon debut against George Roop. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s UFC card.

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Amanda “Powerhouse” Lucas picked up her second straight win for DEEP on Saturday night in Tokyo, Japan. Lucas defeated veteran journeywoman Mika “Hari” Harigai with a rear-naked choke at DEEP: “Cage Impact 2011 in Tokyo.” The end came just 4:32 into the opening round of the fight.

Lucas secured a similarly quick submission win in her August DEEP debut when she armbarred Hikaru Shinohara at “55 Impact.” Saturday’s victory came five seconds faster than the win over Shinohara. Lucas, the adopted daughter of Star Wars creator George Lucas, has won three straight.

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Xtreme Fighting League women’s champion Chelsea “The Italian Princess” Colarelli will defend her 115-pound title against unbeaten prospect Ashley “Smashley” Cummins at Xtreme Fight Night 5 on November 18th in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The promotion announced the planned bout earlier today.

Colarelli has won two of three fights since her last appearance inside the XFL cage in July 2010 and has never gone to a decision in her professional career. Cummins won all eight of her amateur bouts and is regarded as one of MMA’s top female prospects. She makes her pro debut in the fight.

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Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki will make her first title defence against a familiar foe at Jewels: “17th Ring” on December 17th in Tokyo, Japan. Hamasaki will battle kickboxing ace Seo Hee Ham in a rematch from the pair’s hotly-contested tournament final last year.

Also announced was a bout between final Valkyrie Featherweight Champion “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi and Jewels postergirl Mika “Future Princess” Nagano. Another former Valkyrie champion, Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada, will also be in action at 17th Ring when she takes on Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto.

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Less than two months before she will compete in the finals of the inaugural Jewels Under-15 kickboxing tournament, 12-year-old “Muay Thai Genius” Saya Ito added another title to her résumé this past weekend. Ito outlasted five others in a one-day competition at Top Run 2 in Osaka, Japan.

After receiving a bye into the semi-finals, Ito posted back-to-back decision victories to become Top Run Queen at 45 kilograms. Ito began training in kickboxing at the age of four and has now won over 60 times in her amateur career. She will compete again at Jewels: “17th Ring” on December 17th.

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Fan favourite Jessica “Evil” Eye will return to her roots in the North American Allied Fight Series when she takes on Jennifer “Superstar” Scott at NAAFS: “Night of Champions 2011” on November 23rd in Canton, Ohio. The bout was announced by the promotion today and takes place at 125 pounds.

Eye is coming off of a well-earned decision victory in her Bellator Fighting Championships debut last month and has tasted defeat just one time as a professional. Scott opened her career with a pair of victories and she now looks to rebound from her first professional setback in April of this year.

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