Seika Izawa Quickly Submits Claire Lopez At Rizin FF: Super Rizin 2Rizin FF Women’s Super Atomweight Champion Seika Izawa needed just 64 seconds to retain her title tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation: “Super Rizin 2” in Saitama, Japan. Izawa finished challenger Claire Lopez with a tight ninja choke in one of her most impressive performances thus far.

Izawa, whose previous appearance for Rizin ended in a contentious Split Decision victory over Si Woo Park on New Year’s Eve, was back to her dominant self tonight. The undefeated 25-year-old has now secured finishes in four of her six Rizin FF wins, with tonight’s being her quickest to date.

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UFC 291: “Poirier vs Gaethje 2” Live Play-By-Play & ResultsThe Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah tonight for UFC 291: “Poirier vs Gaethje 2.” The event featured a lightweight rematch between standouts Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier and Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje, with the vacant BMF title on the line.

In the light heavyweight co-feature, former UFC champion Jan Blachowicz took on former middleweight champ Alex “Poatan” Pereira. Also on the main card, Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis faced Marcos Rogério “Pezão” de Lima at heavyweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for UFC 291.

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UFC Fight Night 224: "Aspinall vs Tybura" Play-By-Play & ResultsThe Ultimate Fighting Championship came to O2 Arena in London, England today for UFC Fight Night 224: “Aspinall vs Tybura.” The card was headlined by a heavyweight showdown between Tom Aspinall, returning from a one-year layoff due to injury, and veteran contender Marcin “Tybur” Tybura.

In the flyweight co-main event, “Meatball” Molly McCann took on Julija Stoliarenko. Elsewhere on the main card today, Nathaniel “The Prospect” Wood squared off against Andre “Touchy” Fili in a featured featherweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for today’s UFC main card.

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UFC On ESPN 49: "Holm vs Bueno Silva" Live Play-By-Play & ResultsThe Ultimate Fighting Championship headed back to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 49: “Holm vs Bueno Silva.” The event was headlined by a bantamweight bout between former UFC champ Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mayra “Sheetara” Bueno Silva.

In the welterweight co-main event, Jack Della Maddalena took on UFC newcomer Bassil “Padre” Hafez. Elsewhere on the card tonight, Ottman “Bulldozer” Azaitar battled Francisco Prado in a featured lightweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ESPN 49 card.

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Microweight Title Bout Headlines Deep Jewels 42 On September 10Deep Jewels has announced a strong lineup for its 10th anniversary event, which will take place on September 10th at New Pier Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 42 is headlined by a 44kg microweight title bout between Suwanan “Amp The Rocket” Boonsorn and challenger Aya Murakami.

In the 49kg super atomweight co-main event, Rizin FF contender Si Woo “Korean Queen Bee” Park returns to Deep Jewels to battle Namiko “Hime” Kawabata. Also in the growing super atomweight division, Moeri Suda and Kate “Lotus” Oyama will face off in a key matchup between prospects.

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UFC 290: "Volkanovski vs Rodriguez" Live Play-By-Play & ResultsThe Ultimate Fighting Championship headed back to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC 290: “Volkanovski vs Rodriguez.” The event featured a UFC Featherweight Championship showdown between Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski and interim titleholder Yair “El Pantera” Rodriguez.

In the co-main event, Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno put his UFC Flyweight Championship on the line against long-time rival Alexandre “The Cannibal” Pantoja, who twice bested him in the pair’s first two meetings. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 290 card tonight.

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Top 10 Fighter Rankings Update For July 2023In what was likely her final MMA fight, two-division UFC champion Amanda “Lioness” Nunes retained her UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship with a lopsided Unanimous Decision victory on June 10th at UFC 289. Nunes easily defeated Mexican challenger Irene Aldana in the main event.

On the same UFC 289 card, Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira earned a key win over Beneil Dariush in the lightweight co-main event to remain at #2 in the stacked division. At UFC on ESPN 47, Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier defeated Marvin “The Italian Dream” Vettori in the middleweight headliner.

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UFC On ESPN 48: "Strickland vs Magomedov" Play-By-Play & ResultsThe Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada today for UFC on ESPN 48: “Strickland vs Magomedov.” The event featured a middleweight matchup between Sean “Tarzan” Strickland and Abusupiyan “Abus” Magomedov, as both aimed to get into title contention.

In the lightweight co-main event, Damir Ismagulov faced off against rising star Grant “KGD” Dawson. Elsewhere on the main card today, Max “Pain” Griffin battled undefeated prospect Michael Morales in a welterweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ESPN 48 card.

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