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.
In the co-main event, UFC Flyweight Champion Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno faced off against former champ Deiveson “Deus da Guerra” Figueiredo for a third time. Michel “Demolidor” Pereira met Andre Fialho at welterweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 270 card.
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.
Fresh off of her impressive stoppage victory this past month, Rena Kubota will make a quick return to action on New Year’s Eve at Rizin Fighting Federation 33 in Saitama, Japan. Kubota is scheduled to face off against Deep Jewels contender Si Woo Park in a featured 50kg bout on the card.