Popular strawweight star “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant seeks her biggest victory to date when she competes on December 17th at UFC on FOX 22 in Sacramento, California. VanZant battles the returning Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson, a former Invicta FC champion, in the night’s main event.

UFC President Dana White announced the healiner tonight. VanZant is coming off of a sensational highlight-reel knockout victory over “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings at UFC on FOX 21. Waterson competes for the first time since her July 2015 Octagon debut after fully recovering from multiple injuries.

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Amanda “Lioness” Nunes makes the first defence of her title on December 30th at UFC 207 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nunes is set to face off against former long-time champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey, who makes her return to action in the main event matchup.

UFC President Dana White announced the fight tonight. Nunes captured the title in July with a dominant first-round submission victory over then-champ Miesha “Cupcake” Tate. Rousey steps back into the Octagon for the first time since suffering a brutal loss to Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm.

A total of eight fights are now official for Deep Jewels 14, which takes place on November 3rd in Tokyo, Japan. The all-female card is headlined by a pair of previously announced atomweight bouts pitting Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka against Mina Kurobe, and Emi Tomimatsu against Tomo Maesawa.

Among the latest additions to the event is a flyweight matchup between former boxing champion Emiko “Fujin” Raika and 17-year-old South Korean newcomer Jin Hee Gan. Strawweight prospects Sachiko Fujimori and Ayaka Miura will clash in featured action as each fighter looks for a key victory.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to Manchester Arena in Manchester, England tonight for UFC 204: “Bisping vs Henderson 2.” The card was headlined by a UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between champion Michael “The Count” Bisping and Dan “Hendo” Henderson.

In tonight’s middleweight co-feature, Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort took on Gegard “The Dreamcatcher” Mousasi. Ovince “OSP” St. Preux battled Jimi “The Poster Boy” Manuwa at 205, and Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve met Daniel Omielanczuk. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the card.

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Strawweight contender Juliana “Ju Thai” Lima steps back into the Octagon in search of her third UFC victory on December 9th at UFC Fight Night 102: “Lewis vs Abdurakhimov” in Albany, New York. Lima is expected to face off against undefeated TUF 23 winner Tatiana Suarez Padilla on the card.

MMAFighting.com first reported on plans for the matchup today. Lima had a two-fight winning streak snapped at the hands of former UFC champion Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza at UFC 197 in April. Suarez tore through the competition en route to winning The Ultimate Fighter 23 in July.

Former strawweight title challenger Valérie “Trouble” Létourneau looks to return to championship contention when she competes in her home country on December 10th at UFC 206 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Létourneau is set to face former XFC champ Poliana Botelho, who makes her UFC debut.

UFC officials announced the strawweight matchup today. Létourneau drops back down to 115 pounds after suffering a third-round TKO loss to Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood in a one-off flyweight bout at UFC Fight Night 89 in June. Botelho has finished three straight foes, and last fought in September 2015.

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Brazilian rising star Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade took another step closer to the top of the women’s strawweight division with a quick and decisive win on September 10th at UFC 203: “Miocic vs Overeem” in Cleveland, Ohio. Andrade submitted Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood and vaults up the rankings.

Also at UFC 205, heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic retained his title with a first-round knockout victory over Alistair Overeem. In championship action at Invicta FC 19, reigning titleholders Jennifer Maia and Ayaka Hamasaki each retained gold with hard-fought wins in the night’s featured main events.

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Bantamweight prospect Ketlen “Fenômeno” Vieira kept her perfect record intact with a hard-fought Split Decision victory tonight at UFC Fight Night 96: “Lineker vs Dodson” in Portland, Oregon. The unbeaten Brazilian edged out Kelly Faszholz in a competitive matchup on the preliminary card.

Vieira controlled the positional battles on the ground in rounds one and two after catching her opponent’s kicks, but Faszholz was active from her back and she rocked Vieira on the feet in round three. Faszholz’s rally was too little, too late, however, and Vieira walked away with her first UFC win.

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