Deep Jewels kicks off its flyweight grand prix tournament on March 12th at Deep Jewels 36 in Tokyo, Japan, and all eight participants in the quarterfinal matchups have been announced. Among them, former Pancrase champion Rin Nakai brings an impressive six-fight winning streak into the tournament.
Also scheduled to compete in the grand prix is one of the promotion’s biggest stars, Shizuka Sugiyama, who has not lost under the Deep Jewels banner since her May 2014 bantamweight title bout against Takayo Hashi. The winner of the grand prix will become Deep Jewels Flyweight Champion.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed to Honda Center in Anaheim, California tonight for UFC 270: “Ngannou vs Gane.” The card was headlined by a UFC Undisputed Heavyweight Championship bout between Francis “The Predator” Ngannou and interim titleholder Ciryl “Bon Gamin” Gane.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex today for UFC on ESPN 32: “Kattar vs Chikadze.” The first UFC card of 2022 featured a featherweight headliner between Calvin “The Boston Finisher” Kattar and Giga “Ninja” Chikadze, as both men looked to move closer to a title shot.
Invicta Fighting Championships kicked off 2022 with its latest all-female fight card tonight at the Police Athletic League in Kansas City, Kansas. Invicta FC 45: “Zappitella vs Delboni 2” featured an atomweight championship rematch between Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella and Jéssica Correa Delboni.
Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña shocked the world by defeating one of MMA’s most dominant champions on December 11th at UFC 269 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Peña submitted UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda “Lioness” Nunes, resulting in some major rankings shakeups.
Two-division Deep and Deep Jewels champ Saori Oshima will next compete on March 12, 2022 at Deep Jewels 36 in Tokyo, Japan. Oshima, who is coming off of a big victory at Rizin FF 31 in October, will face off against Namiko “Hime” Kawabata in a 49kg super atomweight matchup on the card.
Undefeated Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Seika Izawa scored the biggest victory of her young MMA career tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 33 in Saitama, Japan. Izawa stopped Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Ayaka Hamasaki in round two of their non-title 49kg matchup.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship held its final event of 2021 tonight at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Fight Night 199: “Lewis vs Daukaus” was headlined by a heavyweight matchup between recent interim UFC title challenger Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis and rising star Chris Daukaus.