The Ultimate Fighting Championship began its doubleheader of events tonight at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland with UFC Fight Night 99: “Mousasi vs Hall 2.” The event was headlined by a middleweight rematch between Gegard “The Dreamcatcher” Mousasi and Uriah “Primetime” Hall.

In the lightweight co-feature, Steven “Braveheart” Ray faced Ross “The Real Deal” Pearson. Alexander “Drago” Volkov battled Timothy Johnson at heavyweight, and Artem “The Russian Hammer” Lobov met Teruto “Yashabo” Ishihara at featherweight. MMARising.com has full results for the card.

Newly-crowned Invicta FC bantamweight champ Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya was one of four women to earn a Performance of the Night bonus tonight at Invicta Fighting Championships 20 in Kansas City, Missouri. Kunitskaya submitted former champ Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger in the main event.

In one of her most impressive performances to date, former atomweight titleholder Hérica Tibúrcio took a convincing Unanimous Decision win over Simona “Lil’ Evil” Soukupova tonight. Other key winners on the Invicta FC 20 card were strawweight J.J. Aldrich and bantamweight Alexa Conners.

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Veteran Russian contender Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya made the most of a big opportunity and shocked the MMA world at Invicta Fighting Championships 20 tonight in Kansas City, Missouri. Kunitskaya submitted Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger to become the new Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion.

Evinger entered tonight’s championship main event as a heavy favourite, but Kunitskaya secured a first-round armbar for the upset victory. In the Invicta FC 20 co-main event, strawweight champion Angela “Overkill” Hill retained her title with a decision win over Kaline “The Dark Angel” Medeiros.

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Invicta Fighting Championships showcased its 20th all-female card tonight at the Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Missouri. Invicta FC 20 was headlined by a bantamweight championship bout between champion Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger and challenger Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya.

In the co-feature, Angela “Overkill” Hill defended her Invicta FC Strawweight Championship against Kaline “The Dark Angel” Medeiros. Atomweight prospect Simona “Lil’ Evil” Soukupova took on former Invicta FC champion Hérica Tibúrcio. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for Invicta FC 20.

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Public weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships 20 took place tonight at the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. A bantamweight title bout between champion Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger and Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya headlines Friday’s eight-fight all-female card.

In Invicta FC 20’s co-feature, Angela “Overkill” Hill defends her strawweight title against Kaline “The Dark Angel” Medeiros. Former atomweight champ Hérica Tibúrcio takes on veteran contender Simona “Lil’ Evil” Soukupova in featured action. MMARising.com has full Invicta FC 20 weigh-in results.

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“The Notorious” Conor McGregor made MMA history on November 12th by becoming the first man to simultaneously hold two UFC championship titles. The reigning featherweight king knocked out Eddie Alvarez in the night’s one-sided main event to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion.

Also at UFC 205, Joanna Jędrzejczyk retained her strawweight title and her spot atop the 115-pound rankings with a hard-fought victory over Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Bantamweight rising star Raquel “Rocky” Pennington upset former UFC champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate, who abruptly retired.

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In spite of a late opponent change, Bantamweight Queen of Pancrase Rin Nakai cruised to a one-sided victory in flyweight action tonight at Pancrase 282 in Tokyo, Japan. Nakai dominated Charlene “The Machine” Watt en route to a second-round TKO stoppage in tonight’s co-main event.

Nakai took Watt down in both rounds and battered her opponent with strikes from the top until the bout was finally waved off. Elsewhere on the card, Krush kickboxing champion Syuri Kondo kept her perfect MMA record intact with a first-round TKO win over short-notice replacement Sharmah Devaiah.

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UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk successfully retained her title with a hard-fought victory tonight at UFC 205: “Alvarez vs McGregor” in New York City, New York. Jędrzejczyk took a Unanimous Decision win over challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz in a rematch from 2012.

Tonight’s card also featured a pair of bouts in the women’s bantamweight division. Raquel “Rocky” Pennington defeated former UFC champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate, who retired after the fight, and Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche edged out the previously unbeaten Katlyn “Blonde Fighter” Chookagian.

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