Multi-time Shoot Boxing Girls S-Cup Champion Rena Kubota faces one of her toughest MMA opponents to date on September 27th at Rizin Fighting Federation 24 in Saitama, Japan. Kubota will square off against former Jewels titleholder Emi Tomimatsu, a 31-fight veteran, in a 53kg matchup.

Rizin FF officials announced the fight today. Kubota capped off 2019 with back-to-back TKO victories including a third-round stoppage of Lindsey “Damsel” VanZandt in the pair’s Rizin FF 20 rematch on New Year’s Eve. Tomimatsu looks to rebound from a decision setback at Road FC 57.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship remained at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 177: “Waterson vs Hill.” The card was headlined by a strawweight contender’s bout between former Invicta FC titleholders Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson and Angela “Overkill” Hill.

In the lightweight co-main event, Ottman “Bulldozer” Azaitar squared off against Khama “The Deathstar” Worthy. Elsewhere on tonight’s main card, Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi took on Andrea “KGB” Lee in a flyweight rematch. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship staged its latest event tonight at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Fight Night 176: “Overeem vs Sakai” was headlined by a heavyweight matchup between veteran contender Alistair “Demolition Man” Overeem and Brazilian rising star Augusto Sakai.

In the light heavyweight co-main event, Ovince “OSP” St. Preux squared off against Alonzo Menifield. Elsewhere on the main card, Michel “Demolidor” Pereira faced off against Zelim Imadaev in a featured welterweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s abbreviated UFC card.

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Former strawweight contender Alexa Grasso made a successful flyweight debut in her featured matchup tonight at UFC Fight Night 175: “Smith vs Rakić” in Las Vegas, Nevada. The standout striker put forth an excellent showing en route to a Unanimous Decision win over Ji Yeon “Firefist” Kim.

In addition to Grasso’s impressive performance, UFC Fight Night 175 also featured a pair of women’s strawweight bouts. Polyana “Dama de Ferro” Viana quickly submitted Emily “Spitfire” Whitmire, while Mallory Martin rallied back from a rough first round to submit Hannah “Shockwave” Cifers.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship remained at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 175: “Smith vs Rakić.” The event was headlined by a light heavyweight matchup between former title challenger Anthony “Lionheart” Smith and fellow contender Aleksandar “Rocket” Rakić.

In the welterweight co-main event, former UFC champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler battled Neil Magny. Elsewhere on the main card, Ji Yeon “Firefist” Kim squared off against Alexa Grasso in a featured flyweight showdown. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC Fight Night 175 card.

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UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic retained his title and his spot atop the division with a Unanimous Decision victory on August 15th at UFC 252 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Miocic defeated rival Daniel “D.C.” Cormier in the pair’s trilogy bout, leading Cormier to confirm his retirement from the sport.

Also at UFC 252, Jiarzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik earned a first-round TKO stoppage of former UFC champion Junior “Cigano” dos Santos, and Frankie “The Answer” Edgar cracked the bantamweight top ten with a Split Decision victory over Pedro “The Young Punisher” Munhoz at UFC on ESPN 15.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship staged its latest event tonight at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC on ESPN 15: “Munhoz vs Edgar” featured a bantamweight showdown between Pedro “The Young Punisher” Munhoz and former 155-pound champion Frankie “The Answer” Edgar.

In the light heavyweight co-main event, Marcin Prachnio battled “Slow” Mike Rodriguez. Elsewhere on the main card, Austin “Thud” Hubbard took on Joe Solecki at 155, and Mariya Agapova faced Shana “Danger” Dobson at strawweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship stayed at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 252: “Miocic vs Cormier 3.” The card was headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship trilogy matchup between defending champ Stipe Miocic and former titleholder Daniel “D.C.” Cormier.

In the bantamweight co-main event, “Sugar” Sean O’Malley squared off against Marlon “Chito” Vera. Former heavyweight champion Junior “Cigano” dos Santos battled fellow contender Jairzinho “Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik in a featured bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 252 card.

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