The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana tonight for UFC Fight Night 25: “Battle on the Bayou.” The card was headlined by a welterweight battle between contenders Jake Shields and Jake “The Juggernaut” Ellenberger.
Also on the card, Court “The Crusher” McGee looked for his third straight UFC victory when he faced Dongi “The Ox” Yang, while TUF 12 winner Jonathan Brookins took on top featherweight contender Erik “New Breed” Koch. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s UFC card.
Canadian striker Mark “The Machine” Hominick will return to action for the first time since the tragic loss of trainer and mentor Shawn Tompkins at UFC 140 on December 10th in Toronto, Ontario. Hominick will face “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in a featured featherweight matchup on the card.
Legacy Fighting Championship returned to HDNet today for Legacy Fighting Championship 8 at the Houston Arena Theatre in Houston, Texas. The card was headlined by an LFC Welterweight Championship bout between Jorge “Macaco” Patino and fellow UFC veteran “The Secret Weapon” Pete Spratt.
A total of eight women’s bouts are now booked for BlackEye Promotions 5: “Breast Cancer Beatdown” on October 1st in Fletcher, North Carolina. The card is headlined by a previously announced matchup between Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi and Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak.
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch will return to the Octagon at UFC 141 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The American Kickboxing Academy star faces fellow wrestler Johny Hendricks on the December 30th card. Verbal agreements are in place for the fight, which was first reported by ESPN.
The semi-final matchups in the inaugural Jewels Featherweight Queen tournament are now set. A drawing held following tonight’s Jewels: “16th Ring” event in Tokyo, Japan determined the second-round pairings for the tournament, which concludes at Jewels: “17th Ring” on December 17th.
Leading all-female promotion Jewels began its inaugural Featherweight Queen tournament at Jewels: “16th Ring” from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. Tonight’s card featured a non-title bout between Jewels Lightweight Queen Champion Ayaka Hamasaki and teen prodigy Mizuki Inoue.
Strikeforce came to the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio tonight for the second round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix. The stacked card was headlined by a grand prix semi-final bout between former UFC champ Josh “The Warmaster” Barnett and one-time PRIDE star Sergei Kharitonov.