Grappling sensation Demian Maia made a strong case for a welterweight title shot with a big victory on August 27th at UFC on FOX 21 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Maia quickly submitted former interim UFC champ “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit and vaults up the rankings.

Elsewhere at UFC on FOX 21, former UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis made a successful featherweight debut by submitting Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira. In welterweight action, Lorenz “The Monsoon” Larkin moved up in the rankings by destroying Neil Magny at UFC 202.

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With six new additions this week, eight bouts are now official for Invicta Fighting Championships 19 on September 23rd in Kansas City, Missouri. Bantamweight standout Irene Aldana takes on Faith “The Immortal” Van Duin in featured action on the card, which is headlined by two title fights.

Also confirmed for the event is the promotional debut of two-division Lion Fight Muay Thai champion Tiffany “Timebomb” Van Soest, who faces undefeated amateur standout Kalyn “.50 Kal” Schwartz. Manjit Kolekar battles Kaline “The Dark Angel” Medeiros in a 115-pound contender’s bout.

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Deep Jewels Strawweight Champion Mizuki Inoue was denied a victory in her return to kickboxing competition on Sunday night at “J-Fight & J-Girls 2016 5th” in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue fought to a closely-contested three-round Majority Draw against J-Girls veteran “Crusher” Keiko Matsukawa.

Matsukawa was aggressive with punch-kick combos throughout the fight and she appeared to hold a speed advantage over Inoue, who moved up in weight for the 55kg matchup. Inoue landed hard right hands and finished strong with combinations, but only one judge scored the bout in her favour.

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Strawweight star “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant made a triumphant return to the Octagon tonight with a highlight-reel knockout victory at UFC on FOX 21: “Maia vs Condit” in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. VanZant finished “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings with a jumping switch kick early in round two.

VanZant kept her distance and struck with a variety of kicks in the opening round, but Rawlings got the better of the exchanges with power punches and knees. Against her corner’s wishes, VanZant continued to throw flashy kicks in round two including the vicious strike that floored Rawlings for good.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada tonight for UFC on FOX 21: “Maia vs Condit.” The event was headlined by a welterweight contender’s bout between Demian Maia and former interim champion “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit.

In tonight’s featherweight co-main event, Anthony “Showtime” Pettis battled Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira. Popular strawweight “12 Gauge” Paige VanZant took on “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings, and Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon met Jim Miller at lightweight. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the main card.

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Competing for the first time in nearly three years, top Deep Jewels star Mika “Future Princess” Nagano made a successful return to MMA competition tonight at Deep Jewels 13 in Tokyo, Japan. Nagano rallied from the brink of defeat and finished Sachiko Fujimori in the strawweight main event.

Nagano, who took a lengthy hiatus from fighting after giving birth to her first child, got off to a rocky start against Fujimori but battled back to secure a come-from-behind victory. In tonight’s atomweight co-feature, Mina Kurobe eked out a contentious Unanimous Decision win over Tomo Maesawa.

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Deep Jewels showcased its 13th all-female fight card tonight at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Deep Jewels 13 was headlined by a thrilling strawweight contender’s bout between the returning Mika “Future Princess” Nagano and once-beaten prospect Sachiko Fujimori, who was coming off of a quick win.

In tonight’s atomweight co-feature, Mina Kurobe and Tomo Maesawa met in a battle that could determine a future title challenger. Also at atomweight, highly-touted teen prospect Kanna Asakura squared off against Yoon Ha Hong. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the Deep Jewels 13 card.

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Bantamweight contender Raquel “Rocky” Pennington extended her winning streak to three with a hard-fought decision victory tonight at UFC 202: “Diaz vs McGregor” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pennington defeated Elizabeth Phillips in a competitive back-and-forth matchup on tonight’s preliminary card.

In featured strawweight action tonight, Cortney “Cast Iron” Casey earned her second straight first-round finish in a span of just six weeks. Casey, who destroyed Cristina “Barbie” Stanciu this past month, picked up the biggest victory of her career by submitting Randa “Quiet Storm” Markos tonight.

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