The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC Fight Night 227: “Grasso vs Shevchenko 2.” The Noche UFC card featured a UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship rematch between Alexa Grasso and Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko.

In the welterweight co-feature, Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland looked to halt the momentum of Jack Della Maddalena, who had won 15 straight fights. Raul “El Niño Problema” Rosas Jr. faced Terrence “Terr-Bear” Mitchell in bantamweight action. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Pancrase is set to crown its inaugural Atomweight Queen of Pancrase Champion in a four-woman tournament that kicks off on December 24th at Pancrase 340 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The tournament was officially announced during a press conference this afternoon in Shinjuku.

Pancrase Chief Yasushi Sakamoto was accompanied by three tournament participants – Satomi “Sarami” Takano, Sayako Fujita and Zenny “Lady Gogo” Huang – at the press conference, where it was also revealed that the plan is to bring in a foreign fighter as the fourth and final competitor.

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Aya Murakami scored one of her biggest victories to date and captured her first championship title tonight at Deep Jewels 42: “10th Anniversary” in Tokyo, Japan. The skilled grappler outpointed Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn to win the 44kg Deep Jewels Microweight Championship.

Another key winner on the Deep Jewels 42 card was recent Rizin FF title challenger Si Woo “Korean Queen Bee” Park, who took a clear Unanimous Decision victory over Namiko “Hime” Kawabata in the super atomweight co-main event. Park has now earned victories in five of her past six fights.

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Deep Jewels celebrated its 10th anniversary with its latest all-female fight card tonight at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 42 featured a microweight championship bout between Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn, making her first title defence, and challenger Aya Murakami.

In the 49kg super atomweight co-main event, recent Rizin title challenger Si Woo “Korean Queen Bee” Park took on Namiko “Hime” Kawabata. Also at 49kg, teen standout Moeri Suda faced off against fan favourite Kate “Lotus” Oyama. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for Deep Jewels 42.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Sunday for UFC 293: “Adesanya vs Strickland.” The card featured a UFC Middleweight Championship bout as Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya faces Sean “Tarzan” Strickland.

In the heavyweight co-main event, Tai “Bam Bam” Tuivasa battled Alexander “Drago” Volkov. Elsewhere on the main card, Manel “Starboy” Kape faced off against UFC newcomer Felipe “Lipe Detona” dos Santos in a flyweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 293 main card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Accor Arena in Paris, France tonight for UFC Fight Night 226: “Gane vs Spivak.” The card was headlined by a heavyweight contender’s showdown between recent title challenger Ciryl “Bon Gamin” Gane and rising star Sergey “The Polar Bear” Spivak.

In the flyweight co-main event, Manon “The Beast” Fiorot looked to secure a title shot when she faced former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion “Thug” Rose Namajunas. Elsewhere, Benoit “God of War” St. Denis met Thiago Moises at 155. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Weili “Magnum” Zhang’s latest title defence ended in a lopsided Unanimous Decision victory on August 19th at UFC 292 in Boston, Massachusetts. Zhang easily dominated challenger Amanda “Amandinha” Lemos to remain atop the 115-pound women’s ranks.

Also at UFC 292, “Sugar” Sean O’Malley captured the UFC Bantamweight Championship and the top spot at 135 pounds by stopping Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling. In other action in August, strawweight Tatiana Suarez and flyweight contender Erin “Cold Blooded” Blanchfield both earned big wins.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore tonight for UFC Fight Night 225: “Holloway vs Korean Zombie.” The card was headlined by a featherweight bout between former champ Max “Blessed” Holloway and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung.

In the light heavyweight co-main event, Anthony “Lionheart” Smith took on Ryan “Superman” Spann. Elsewhere on tonight’s main card, Giga “Ninja” Chikadze faced Alex “Bruce Leeroy” Caceres in a featured battle at 145 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC Fight Night 225.

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