Long-time contender Miesha “Cupcake” Tate made her dream of becoming a UFC champion a reality on March 5th at UFC 196: “McGregor vs Diaz” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tate choked out Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm to become the new UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion.

Also at UFC 196, Amanda “Lioness” Nunes moved up in the bantamweight rankings by defeating Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko. At Invicta FC 16, Ayaka Hamasaki retained her atomweight title, while Jennifer Maia defeated Vanessa Porto to become the Invicta FC Interim Flyweight Champion.

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Former Strikeforce champ Marloes “Rumina” Coenen hopes to add another title to her collection when she competes on May 20th at Bellator 155: “Carvalho vs Manhoef” in Boise, Idaho. Coenen battles Julia “The Jewel” Budd for the inaugural Bellator Women’s Featherweight Championship.

Bleacher Report first reported on plans for the title fight, which will be a part of the non-televised Bellator 155 preliminary card. Coenen and Budd were initially set to meet in late 2014. Both women have won two fights inside the Bellator cage leading up to their upcoming 145-pound title tilt in May.

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Undefeated rising star Angela “Unstoppable” Lee competes in her biggest fight to date on May 6th at ONE Championship 41: “Ascent To Power” in Kallang, Singapore. Lee faces Deep Jewels Atomweight Champion “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi for the inaugural ONE women’s atomweight title belt.

Singapore’s The New Paper Online reported on plans for the championship fight today. Lee has won all five of her fights inside the ONE cage and she is now one of the promotion’s top stars. Yamaguchi captured Deep Jewels gold in May and she brings a three-fight winning streak into her ONE debut.

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Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion Tonya “Triple Threat” Evinger makes her first official title defence on May 7th at Invicta Fighting Championships 17 in Costa Mesa, California. Evinger is set to face off against challenger Colleen “The Thoroughbred” Schneider in the 135-pound main event.

Invicta FC officials formally announced the title fight today. Evinger has won eight straight fights and she most recently stopped an overweight Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad at Invicta FC 14. Schneider ran her winning streak to four when she narrowly edged out Raquel “Lionheart” Pa’aluhi at Invicta FC 15.

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Multi-time Muay Thai champ Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie looks for her third UFC victory when she competes at home on May 8th at UFC Fight Night 87: “Overeem vs Arlovski” in Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands. The Dutch star meets UFC newcomer Anna “Panda” Elmose.

UFC officials announced the bantamweight battle early this morning. De Randamie is coming off of an impressive second-round stoppage win over Jungle Fight champion Larissa Moreira Pacheco at UFC 185. Denmark’s Elmose has knocked out all three of her professional opponents to date.

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Former UFC women’s strawweight champ Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza makes her long-awaited return to action on April 23rd at UFC 197: “Cormier vs Jones 2” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Esparza steps in on short notice to face Juliana “Ju Thai” Lima. The L.A. Daily News confirmed the matchup today.

Lima was originally slated to face Jessica “Jag” Aguilar on the card, but Aguilar was forced to withdraw from the fight after suffering a torn ACL in training. Lima has won back-to-back UFC bouts, while Esparza competes for the first time since losing her UFC title more than one year ago.

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Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino makes her Octagon debut on May 14th at UFC 198: “Werdum vs Miocic” in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Justino is set to face off against former Invicta FC flyweight title challenger Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith at 140 pounds.

UFC officials announced the catchweight contest earlier today. Justino has campaigned for a spot on the UFC roster for many years, but her inability to make 135 pounds repeatedly scrapped plans for a fight against “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. She now competes in her hometown against Smith in April.

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Former UFC title challenger Sara McMann looks to rebound from a pair of tough defeats when she returns to the Octagon on May 29th at UFC Fight Night 88: “Almeida vs Garbrandt” in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Olympic silver medallist squares off against Jessica “Evil” Eye in a bantamweight bout.

UFC officials confirmed the fight earlier today following an initial report from MMAFighting.com. McMann suffered a first-round submission loss to top contender Amanda “Lioness” Nunes in her most recent fight in August. Eye also seeks redemption after dropping back-to-back decisions this past year.

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