Deep 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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The 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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In 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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The 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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The Ultimate Fighting Championship travelled to VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida today for UFC on ABC 5: “Emmett vs Topuria.” The event was headlined by a featherweight showdown between veteran contender Josh Emmett and undefeated finisher Ilia “El Matador” Topuria.

In the flyweight co-main event, Amanda Ribas battled Maycee “The Future” Barber in a bout to determine a future contender. Elsewhere on the main card, Austen Lane faced off against Justin “Bad Man” Tafa in a featured heavyweight matchup. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Saori Oshima wasted no time in securing her third Rizin FF victory tonight at Rizin Fighting Federation 43 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The two-division Deep and Deep Jewels champion quickly submitted Strawweight Queen of Pancrase Haruka “Salt” Hasegawa with a first-round scarf hold armlock.

Despite giving up seven inches in height and ten pounds to Hasegawa, the smaller Oshima steamrolled her opponent in their brief strawweight bout. Also on the Rizin FF 43 card tonight, Aoi Kuriyama earned a devastating first-round knockout victory over Marina Kumagai in bantamweight action.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight for UFC on ESPN 47: “Vettori vs Cannonier.” The event was headlined by a middleweight matchup between veteran contenders Marvin “The Italian Dream” Vettori and Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier.

In the lightweight co-main event, Arman “Ahalkalakets” Tsarukyan took on Joaquim “Netto BJJ” Silva. Elsewhere on the main card, Armen “Superman” Petrosyan battled Christian Leroy Duncan in a featured middleweight bout. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC on ESPN 47 card.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada tonight for UFC 289: “Nunes vs Aldana.” The card was headlined by a UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship matchup between champion Amanda “Lioness” Nunes and challenger Irene Aldana.

In the lightweight co-main event, former champ Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira squared off against Beneil Dariush, who had won eight straight bouts. Also on the main card tonight, “Proper” Mike Malott took on Adam Fugitt at welterweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the UFC 289 card.

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