Krush women’s kickboxing champion Syuri Kondo is set to make her mixed martial arts debut on April 24th at Pancrase 277 in Tokyo, Japan. The popular striker and pro wrestler squares off against unbeaten teen prospect Kanna Asakura in a featured strawweight matchup on the main card.
Pancrase officials announced the bout this past week. Kondo, who is one of Japan’s most successful female kickboxers, has set her sights on one day becoming a Pancrase champion. Asakura cracked the atomweight top ten with a win over ex-Valkyrie champ Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada in September.
Brazilian standout Jennifer Maia scored the biggest victory of her MMA career in the co-main event of Invicta Fighting Championships 16 tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Maia avenged a past loss by defeating countrywoman Vanessa Porto for the Invicta FC Interim Flyweight Championship.
Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Ayaka Hamasaki made a successful first defence of her 105-pound title in the main event of tonight’s Invicta Fighting Championships 16 card in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hamasaki survived a series of submission scares and finished Amber “The Bully” Brown in round three.
Invicta Fighting Championships showcased its 16th all-female fight card tonight at Trinidad Pavilion at Tropicana Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. Invicta FC 16 was headlined by an atomweight championship bout between champion Ayaka Hamasaki and challenger Amber “The Bully” Brown.
Weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships 16 took place this evening at Tropicana Lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada. Atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki makes the first defence of her 105-pound title against challenger Amber “The Bully” Brown in the main event of Friday’s all-female fight card.
An injury in training has forced Deep Jewels Atomweight Champion “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi out of her upcoming bout at Pacific Xtreme Combat 52 on March 18th in Mangilao, Guam. In her place, Satomi “Sarami” Takano has stepped in to face off against Tessa “The Typhoon” Simpson on the card.
Ukrainian prospect Maryna “The Iron Woman” Moroz looks to rebound from the first loss of her career when she returns to the Octagon on April 10th at UFC Fight Night 86: “Rothwell vs Dos Santos” in Zagreb, Croatia. Moroz faces UFC newcomer Cristina “Barbie” Stanciu in a strawweight bout.
Former Deep Jewels Interim Strawweight Champion Emi Tomimatsu earned one of the biggest victories of her career this afternoon at Deep Jewels 11 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomimatsu submitted popular contender Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka in round two of the Deep Jewels 11 atomweight main event.