Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino made a successful Octagon debut in front of hometown fans and supporters tonight at UFC 198: “Werdum vs Miocic” in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Justino quickly stopped Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith in a 140-pound catchweight bout.

Tonight’s UFC debut was a long time coming for Justino, who had been campaigning for a fight in the UFC for more than two years. She towered over Smith, a one-time Invicta FC flyweight title challenger, and battered the Californian with heavy punches en route to a first-round TKO stoppage.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil tonight for UFC 198: “Werdum vs Miocic.” The event was headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between reigning champion Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum and challenger Stipe Miocic.

Also on the card tonight, Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza faced former UFC champ Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort in the middleweight co-main event. Invicta FC titleholder Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino met Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith at 140 pounds. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for tonight’s card.

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Bantamweight Queen of Pancrase Rin Nakai drops down to the flyweight division for her return to Pancrase on July 24th at Pancrase 279 in Tokyo, Japan. Nakai is set to face off against multi-time boxing world champion Emiko “Fujin” Raika in a featured matchup on the event’s main card.

Nakai recently completed a two-fight stint with the UFC, which saw her drop decisions to current UFC champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate and Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith. Raika looks to rebound from a decision defeat against Brogan “Killer Bee” Walker at Pacific Xtreme Combat 50 in December.

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Deep Jewels Bantamweight Champion Ji Yeon Kim competes in one of her most high-profile bouts to date on May 22nd at Top Fighting Championship 11: “Top FC vs Kunlun Fight” in Seoul, South Korea. Kim faces China’s top-ranked female fighter Jin “The Fighting Rose” Tang at 130 pounds.

Top FC officials announced the co-main event matchup this past week. Kim, who also holds the Gladiator women’s bantamweight title, captured Deep Jewels gold in August by defeating veteran Takayo Hashi. Tang, a top star for Kunlun Fight, has tasted defeat just two times in her past 13 bouts.

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Competing in front of a partisan crowd in her home country, Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie earned a devastating knockout win tonight at UFC Fight Night 87: “Overeem vs Arlovski” in Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands. The elite bantamweight striker finished Anna “Panda” Elmose.

De Randamie received a tremendous ovation from the fans in attendance, who looked on intently as she ended Elmose’s night with a first-round knee to the body. In strawweight action, Polish star Karolina Kowalkiewicz picked up an impressive Unanimous Decision win over “Hurricane” Heather Clark.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands tonight for UFC Fight Night 87: “Overeem vs Arlovski.” The event was headlined by a heavyweight bout between Alistair Overeem and former champ Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski.

In tonight’s heavyweight co-main event, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva took on Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve. Albert “Einstein” Tumenov battled Gunnar “Gunni” Nelson, and Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie faced Anna “Panda” Elmose. MMARising.com has live play-by-play for the main card.

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Flyweight prospect Rachael Ostovich earned a key victory on Saturday night at Invicta Fighting Championships 17 in Costa Mesa, California. The Hawaiian edged out Ariel Beck on the preliminary card, and both Ostovich and Beck took home an additional $1500 for Fight of the Night honours.

MMARising.com confirmed the bonus with Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp, along with two Performance of the Night winners. Newly-crowned Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Angela “Overkill” Hill and featherweight contender Megan Anderson earned an additional $1000 for their wins.

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Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger retained her 135-pound title with a dominant decision win tonight at Invicta Fighting Championships 17 in Costa Mesa, California. Evinger defeated a game but overmatched Colleen “The Thoroughbred” Schneider in the main event.

Tonight’s card also featured a second title fight. In the 115-pound co-feature, Angela “Overkill” Hill earned her third straight win and captured the Invicta FC Strawweight Championship by edging out the previously unbeaten Livia Renata “Livinha” Souza in an entertaining, back-and-forth five-round battle.

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