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Around 50 female fighters showed up in Vegas Monday to be a part of MMA history.

For the first time in the series history, UFC’s reality show “The Ultimate Fighter” will feature women competing for a UFC contract. It will also be the first season of female coaches in UFC champ Ronda Rousey and #1 contender Cat Zingano.

Among those trying out were veteran fighter Tara LaRosa, Tonya Evinger, and Shayna Baszler. InvictaFC fighters Jessamyn Duke, Sarah Moras, and Jocelyn Lybarger were also hoping to make the cut. Also, fighters from Canada, England, and Japan also made the long journey to be a part of the tryouts. 24 fighters will fight it out in the first episode to see who will make it on the season.

LaRosa and Kim Couture

After grappling and striking evaluations, those who were still in the running did interviews to hopefully make the show. The UFC stated they will not announce who made the show until they start shooting this summer.

“The Ultimate Fighter” will air on the new FoxSports1 network in September.

Muay Thai specialist Alex Chambers has made a successful InvictaFC 5 debut after getting a rear naked choke submission over Jodie Esquibel.

Chambers had made her MMA debut in 2010 in her home country of Australia, and had the privileged of training and fighting in Japan.

We talked to Chambers about making a successful U.S. debut and the growing WMMA trend in the “Land Down Under”.

Boxing champ Holly Holm has decided to permanently make the switch to MMA.

Holm (32-2-3 boxing; 3-0 MMA) announced the decision to drop out of boxing Monday at a media luncheon at the Albuquerque International Airport. The official switch will happen after her final boxing match with Mary McGee May 11 at the Route 66 Casino in Albuquerque, NM.

Holm currently holds the IBA and WBF boxing titles and was looking to face WBO/WBA/WBC champ Cecilia Braekhus this fall. The announcement put the kibosh on the epic encounter. Braekhus told a Norwegian website that a rematch with Anne Sophie Mathis would most likely be the next fight for her.

Holm’s transition to MMA has been relatively smooth with three TKO’s to her credit. Her latest outing at Bellator saw her outstrike Katie Merrill to a second round win. The publicity for the fight and social media reaction may have been a big part of the swtich, as well as fighting more often, and doing the switch while the 31 year old is still in her prime.

InvictaFC has shown interest in Holm, and a possible slot for her to fight on the InvictaFC 6 card is a great possibility. Her management team has also held MMA cards in the past, so don’t expect Holm to wait for a fight.

On a side not, Holm would be inducted into the New Mexico Boxing Hall of Fame in June.

After a split decision in their bout at Brace for War MMA in December, bantamweights Lana Kate and Amy Adam are ready for another go around, this time at the Australian Fighting Championships in Melbourne May 10th.

Both having a win and a loss on their record, it was Kate who took the decision the first time around. In Adam’s most recent fight, she got a 77 second TKO win over Belinda Sedgwick to even her record.

No word on if the fight will be streamed.

Courtesy All Elbows

This has been a long week for the WMMA world, seeing the amount of talent in once place for the Ultimate Fighter Tryouts in Las Vegas. Although we can’t say who is officially still in the running, you can conjecture who is out and who is still in Vegas. (The tryouts end Friday, and we won’t know the cast until this summer.)

MMAFighting sent the MMA’s visual powerhouse couple Ester Lin and E. Casy Leydon  to take pictures and video of the first ever female tryout. The list is basically a who’s who of the 125, 135, and 145 divisions.

You can watch the video here.

De Randamie

Kedzie

The UFC is being aggressive in their campaign to build their new women’s bantamweight division, as they set another match-up for July.

Veteran fighter Julie Kedzie (16-11) will take on Muay Thai champion Germaine de Randamie (3-2) at “UFC on Fox 8″ in Seattle, WA. The ,match was announced Wednesday.

Kedzie lost her last two matches to two of the top six in the division, Miesha Tate and Alexis Davis, and is looking to get back on the winning track. She would be submitted by Tate in her last fight in August at Strikeforce; while taking Davis the distance.

De Randamie is once again dropping to 135 after getting a win over ranked featherweight Hiroko Yamanaka this past August.  She lost to current InvictaFC 145 title contender Julia Budd in June. She has found better success at 135, going 2-1.

The match will most likely be relegated to the preliminary card, which will be broadcast on FX.

This week on ”Women’s Fight Night” on JanetTV.com, we talk to UFC signee Alexis Davis about her June match; an Interview with Stephanie Eggink about her match this upcoming Friday at XFC; information on “The Ultimate Fighter” tryouts, match results, and more news from the world of women’s combat sports

Watch the show on JanetTV.com.

Holm at Tuesday’s Press Conference

With the announcement of Holly Holm leaving boxing for the greener pastures of MMA, there is some worry that many in the sweet science may jump ship. While Holm is a unique case (she trains at one of the best MMA gyms on the planet), boxer Jessica Rakoczy is looking to get back in the MMA game, and while Stacey Reile is looking into MMA training.

As we look into the sport of women’s boxing, it still has a legacy. It’s more international now, with countries like Mexico and Germany having female matches four to six times a month. It has been a while since we have seen a televised female fight in the states. Major boxing cards rarely have a female undercard bout that is aired on pay-per-view or cable channels. In contrast, women’s division in MMA has seen increased coverage, with many organizations having at least one female match on their cards. The UFC has stepped up with getting a slot once a month to their growing women’s divisions.

A lot of female boxers are frustrated and for good reason. Promoters in the U.S. have been neglecting who could be a valuable resource in terms of making the sport popular again. The rise of women’s boxing in the Olympics has seen stars such as Marlen Esparza and Mikaela Mayer getting deals with Cover Girl and Dr. Pepper respectively. Both are still perusing amateur careers and hope for 2016 Olympic slots. Yet the pros aren’t getting great sponsorship deals, and not being profiled as they should.

Why? One reason is that promoters are still stuck in the “One or two match” model of marketing cards, which is so 20th century. The MMA model makes sure that undercard fighters get announced as a part of the card. Besides the fact the people feel they are getting more bang for their ppv buck, they get more fighters interesting in self promotion.

On the boxers’ end, they are starting to find out the secret about getting some promotion as a fighter – the use of social media. Many have taken to twitter to start rallying the fans and getting their fights on TV. This is something female MMA fighters have learned over the past three years, and it has been success. Ronda Rousey’s rocketship to stardom wouldn’t have been as fast if it weren’t for her twitter account.

A good portion of women’s MMA popularity is the MMA media community in general. Many of the top sites were based on homegrown journalists in the digital age. Boxing sites are less relevant with them focusing on only the top fighters in the divisions and televised fights. Little coverage is given to those working their way up. The notable exception is WBAN.com, which has been a leader in women’s boxing coverage.

Boxing as a whole needs to change with the times, and look into making superstars out of more than just a relegated few. Female fighters especially have a marketable edge if Esparza and Mayer have any indication. Besides the marketing, “the fairer sex” are just as aggressive in a boxing ring as they are in a cage.

We can only hope the boxing promoters and media evolve with the times and give these fighters an opportunity to shine,

Miscellaneous News

Our weekly video show is up with it’s second episode. We talked to UFC’s Alexis Davis and and XFC’s Stephanie Eggink, plus some coverage of “The Ultimate Fighter” tryouts. You can see the show on JanetTV.com.

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Van Buren & Eggink

Friday night sees Stephanie Eggink and Brianna VanBuren in a featured bout at XFC in Louisville, KY live on AXS TV. Eggink is looking for win #2 at strawweight, while Van Buren looks for her second pro win and the upset. Van Buren came in at 116.2 pounds, and Eggink came in a pound over.

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George & Bernick

Also Friday night, a heavyweight contest between Heather George and Jenna Bernick is set for Steelfist Fights in Salt Lake City, Utah. George is coming off her first pro win, a TKO over Rachel Kemker. Bernick is seeking her first pro win.

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CFA has announced that Fallon Fox versus Allanna Jones will be co-main eventing their May 24th card, and it will air on AXS TV.

Transgender fighter Fox has been cleared by the Florida State Boxing Commission to fight Jones. The fight is set to be one half of the semi-finals for the CFA featherweight tournament. However, the other semi-final is still in jeopardy as Peggy Morgan and Ashlee Evans-Smith status is still in the air, due to both trying out for “The Ultimate Fighter”.

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The California State Athletic Commission is under fire once again as top boxer Sonya Lamonakis is seeking a “No contest” in her bout with Martha Salazar. Lamonakis would lose by unanimous decision.

The major points of contention is Salazar was able to weigh-in day of the fight, unsupervised hand wraps on Salazar’s part, no drug testing, and the timekeeper mistiming the match for 3 minutes rounds when it was agreed to be 2 minute rounds.

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Australian world champion super featherweight Diana Prazak will finally get her shot at Swedish champion Frida Wallberg on June 14 in in Stockholm, Sweden. The WIBA super featherweight champion was set to face Wallberg last year, but the Wallberg pulled out due to injure. Prazak lost to Holly Holm by unanimous in December. Wallberg defeated Amanda Serrano by unanimous decision a year ago ton win the WBC crown.

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Around 40 girls from round the country gathered to participate in the inaugural Western Junior Regional Women’s Freestyle wrestling competition in Vegas this past weekend. Among the standouts are freshman Teshya Alo of Hawaii, who took the 130 pound crown, and senior Kaylee Chevez taking home the 105 pound title.

You can see complete results at TheMat.com.

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The New York PSAL women’s wrestling season has started this month, with two tournaments. 123 wrestlers competed at Townsend Harris High School and Hunter High School in what has been a huge expansion of the women’s wrestling program in the New York City area. The turnout was more than twice of last year’s “Mayor’s Cup” tournament.

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Nicdali Rivera-Colonac is auctioning off her signed hand wraps from InvictaFC 2 to benefit The Gotitas de Miel. Childrens Orphanage in Mexico. You can place your bid here.

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Rumors

The UFC currently has a “don’t ask, don’t tell policy” when it comes to those still in the running for being on “Tough Enough”. Although we can’t conjecture on who made the cast, we can easily conjecture who isn’t depending on the booking of fighters in the next few months. Best example is Allanna Jones, who we announced earlier is going to fight Fallon Fox as scheduled. We will have some more names next week.

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Scheduled Matches

MMA

Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark, Maria Hougaard (3-4) takes on Jorina Baars (1-2) at the European MMA 3  card. Both featherweight fights are looking to even their record and climb the ladder back into the top 10.

Saturday sees strawweight action in Glena Avila and Amber Stautzenberger at DakotaFC in Fargo. Both are 2-1 as pros, with Avila coming off her first loss, and Stautzenberger winning her last two fights. The fight will be streamed live at DaCast.com for $5.

In Argentina Saturday, Paloma Fabrykant takes on Silvana Peralta at  Real World Fights. Fabrykant has finished both of her opponents, and Peralta is making her pro debut.

#7 featherweight Tamikka Brents looks for her third straight win as she takes on  Holly Bartley at Freedom Fight Series in Springfield, IL. Bartley is making her pro debut. In an amateur bout, Ashley Taylor will take on Michelle Pearce.

Nadia Nixon defends her ammy atomweight title at Titan MMA on Kansas City, MO against Molly Welsh.

Sunday sees two pro bouts internationally. At Pancrase in Japan, #4 ranked Kikuyo Ishikawa battles Miyoko Kusaka. AT Start MMA 1 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Herica Tiburcio faces Aline Sattelmayer.

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Boxing

Friday

Champion Enis Pacheco faces Francia Elena Bravo for the WBO female lightweight title in Barranquilla, Colombia.

In Jujuy, Argentina, Maria Eugenia Lopez takes on Silvia Fernanda Zacarias

Saturday

Alicia Ashley defends her WBC super bantamweight title against Chanttall Martinez in Panama City, Panama. Also, Sayda Mosquera faces Veronica Taylor.

In Managua, Nicaragua, Juseth Arauz takes on Vanesa Santiago

Namajunas

Torres

A third strawweight match has been announced for the upcoming InvictaFC 6 card this summer in Kansas City, MO.

Rising stars Rose Namajunas and Tecia Torres will duke it out at the card. AXS TV’s Inside MMA announced the match Friday.

Namajunas (2-0) is coming off the fastest armbar in the history of the women’s division, only taking 12 seconds to submit Kathina Catron at InvictaFC 5. She has yet to taste defeat in any of her ammy or pro fights.

Same can be said about Torres (2-0) who has always got her hand raised. She had a dominate performance over the tough to finish Paige Van Zant, getting the decision win. Torres will be fighting in a K-1 rules kickboxing encounter May 4.

InvictaFC 6 will be headlined by Malores Coenen vs. Cyborg Justino for the initial featherweight title, while champion Carla Esparza will take on Ayaka Hamasaki for the strawweight title. Also Bec Hyatt takes on Mizuki Inoue.

The event will be in Kansas City, MO, tentatively set for July 13 at the Ameristar Casino.

It is the goal for InvictaFC to bring the best female fighters to their cards, and their sixth outing will not disappoint.

Besides the two title matches and two strawweight bouts already announced, eight more bouts were announced Friday with one match still pending.

Gomes

Budd

In what could find the next challenger for the featherweight title, #2 Unified ranked Ediane Gomes (10-2) faces #3 ranked Julia Budd (5-2). Both lost to UFC champion Ronda Rousey before turning their records around with win streaks; Gomes with four wins since and Budd with three. The winner will most likely face the winner of the title match between #1 ranked Marloes Coenen and Cyborg Justino.

Other matches at featherweight includes knockout artist Veronica Rothenhausler taking on Mollie Estes.

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Colonac

Penne

Fan favorite Nicdali Rivera-Colonac hopes to enter the top 10 and a possible title shot with a win over the former atomweight champion Jessica Penne. Colonac (8-6) defeated Angelica Chavez by decision at InvictaFC 2, while Penne (10-2) is coming off her first loss in the 105 division, losing the title to Michelle Waterson. A win will get Penne back in the title hunt.

Also in the atomweight division, 1-0 Laura Sanko takes on 1-1 Livia Von Plettenberg.

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Calderwood

Gadelha

Five strawweight matches are set including the previously announced title bout between Carla Esparza and #3 ranked Ayaka Hamsaski, Bec Hyatt versus #10 ranked Mizuki Inoue, and Rose Namajunas versus Tecia Torres.

Added Friday was striking queen Joanne Calderwood against undefeated Brazilian Claudia Gadelha, and Ashley Cummins taking on Emily Kagan.

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D’Alelio

Taylor

Although the “Ultimate Fighter” series has taken some of the bantamweights off the table this summer, Invicta has managed to get in two 135 pound matched, with a third to be booked. InvictaFC staple Sarah D’Alelio will take on the undefeated Lauren Taylor. Both are coming off decision wins.

Top Muay Thai fighter Miriam Nakamoto will welcome former boxing champ turned MMA fighter Duda Yanovhich. Both are coming off KO wins.

#10 ranked Leslie Smith will face a yet to be named opponent.

InvictaFC 6 will be held at the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, MO on July 13th. It will be either streamed or televised.

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Updated Card (Subject to change)

Main Event

• Marlose Coenen vs. Cyborg Justino – vacant Featherweight title

Co-main Event

• Carla Espara (champion) vs. Ayaka Hamasaki – strawweight title

Main Card

• Sarah D’Alelio vs. Lauren Taylor
• Leslie Smith vs. TBA
• Jessica Penne vs. Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc
• Joanne Calderwood vs. Claudia Gadelha
• Ediane Gomes vs. Julia Budd
• Bec Hyatt vs. Mizuki Inoue
• Miriam Nakamoto vs. Duda Yankovich

Preliminary card

• Rose Namajunas vs.Tecia Torres
• Ashley Cummins vs. Emily Kagan
• Mollie Estes vs. Veronica Rothenhausler
• Laura Sanko vs. Livia Von Plettenberg

MMA

Eggink Courtesy Janet Hutchinson Wohler

Stephanie Eggink gets a hard fought decision win over Brianna Van Buren at XFC 23 in Louisville, KY. Van Buren was no push over by any means, as she was able to take Eggink down and used her strength to escape a triangle attempt using a slam. Body shots and a knee helped Van Buren control the clinch later in the round. She fended off a guillotine attempt by Eggink at the end of the round.

Eggink fared better in round two with submission attempts off her back. It would be a back and forth third round as Van Buren and Eggink slugged it out to start out. Van Buren would get another takedown, but Eggink again worked towards submissions. Eggink was able to take Van Buren’s back and attempted a rear named choke as the final bell rang. Eggink would take the unanimous decision.

XFC will return June 14th in Tampa, FL with a strawweight bout rumored for the telecast.

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Amber Stautzenberger get her third straight win in a hard fought battle against late replacement Glena Avila at Dakota Fighting Championships “Spring Brawl”. Avila has lost her second in a row by decision, but still is one of the toughest stars in the division.

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Hougaard Victorious in Europe

After a two year absence, Maria Hougaard Djursaa made a successful return to MMA, getting the doctor’s stoppage at the end of round 2. Hougard is now 4-4 in her career.

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In what has become a KO of the year contender, Vanessa Guimaraes used her knees effectively to take out Bruna Paiffer at 1:44 of round 1 at Striker’s House Cup 25 in Curitiba, Brazil. You can see the KO here courtesy of MiddleEasy.

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Among other fights this past weekend:

Pro

• #4 Unified ranked atomweight Kikuyo Ishikawa defeated Miyoko Kusaka by TKO round 1 at Pancrase MMA in Tokyo, Japan
• Heather George defeats Jenna Bernick by TKO in 0:24 of round 1 at Steelfist Fights in Salt Lake City, UT.
• Paloma Fabrykant defeats Silvana Peralta by submission (armbar) round 1 at Real World Fights in Caleta Olivia, Argentina

Ammy

• Michelle Pearce def. Ashley Taylor by TKO round 2 at the Freedom Fight Series in Springfield, IL
• Nadia Nixon def. Molly Welsh by TKO round 1 to win the atomweight title at Titan MMA in Kansas City, MO

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Boxing

Alicia Ashley successfully defended her WBC super bantamweight title this past Saturday over Chanttall Martinez by unanimous decision on Panama City, Panama. This gives Ashley her fifth straight victory.

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Paceco vs. Florez

On Barranquilla, Colombia, Enis Pacheco fought to a second straight draw as she took Lely Luz Florez the distance. Pacheco’s WBO lightwaight title wasn’t on the line, but will be in June when she defends it against Maria Elena Maderna.

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In other boxing action this weekend:

Friday

• Katia Gutierrez defeats Kareli Lopez by unanimous decision in Sinaloa, Mexico
• Karina Hernandez defeats Lupita Lopez by unanimous decision and Angelica Dominguez defeats Veronica Rodriguez by unanimous decision in Mexico City, Mexico
• Alejandra Marina Oliveras defeats Calixta Silgado by KO in round 5 and Alejandra Maria de Lujan Rios draws Soledad del Valle Frias in Jujuy, Argentina

Saturday

• Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes defeats Kita Watkins by unanimous decision in Derry, New Hampshire
• Plumes Anahi Yolanda Salles defeats Ivonne Anahi Cordoba by TKO (retirement) round 4 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Rosilette Dos Santos defeats Carina Maria Britos by un unanimous decision in Hauts-de-Seine, France
• Fatima Adib defeats Karina Kopinska by unanimous decision in Parana, Brasil
• Xochilt Barquero def. Celia Roman by majority decision in Managua, Nicaragua

Paes Courtesy Barbara Santana

After an eight year absence from MMA, Erica Paes will be returning this Saturday taking on Gisele Maciel at Gringo Super Fight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Paes (1-1) is best known for being the first and only woman ever to stop Cyborg Justino in her pro MMA career. Paes would submit Cyborg via kneebar in what was Cyborg’s pro debut in 2005. (You can see video of the fight here). Paes would lose her second bout in 2005 to Dina Van den Hooven via KO and hasn’t been in a MMA match since.

Maciel (1-1) is coming off a submission loss last year to Luciana dos Passos Pereira.

In an interesting twist, Cyborg will be the special referee for the bout.

No word on a stream for the contest, but follow @WombatSports on twitter for the results this weekend.

Carmouche

Tate

Miesha Tate versus Liz Carmouche is currently in the works for UFC on Fox 8 July 27 in Seattle, WA. This according to Ariel Helwani of UFC Tonight.

The match hinges on if Tate will be able to get a doctor’s clearance. Tate is on a medical suspension after her loss to Cat Zingano a few weeks ago, sustaining an injured nose. If cleared, she could be back in training as early as June.

Carmouche is coming off a loss to champion Ronda Rousey this past February.

Tate would be fighting in her home state, and if it makes it to the main card, would be the first female bout in Fox Network TV history.

We’ll keep you posted.

In what was a solid main event for the atomweight title, Michelle Waterson shocked the world and took home some gold as she defeated Jessica Penne at InvictaFC 5 in April.

All Elbows was there covering the event, and gives you a second look at the match, plus insight from the new champ.

Watch below

Kansas fighter Nadia Nixon got another win under her belt and gain a title as she defeated on Molly Walsh at Titan Fighting April 20.

We will talk to Nixon about getting back on the winning track and her bloody battle with Rachel Wray.

Listen to the Podcast here

Miscellaneous News

In an update to our story on Wednesday, Miesha Tate and Liz Carmouche are officially going to duke it out at UFC on Fox 8 July 27 in Seattle. It will be on the main card that will air on Fox. On the preliminary card which will air on FX, Julie Kedzie will take on Germaine de Randamie.

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Pancrase Japan will start streaming their cards from time to time, starting with their May 19th card, which includes the Rin Nakai versus Brenda Gonzales and Emi Fujino versus Amber Brown. You can watch at Ustream.tv/channel/pancrase-mma.

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Cage Warriors did a great behind the scenes piece on strawweight contender Joanne Calderwood as she fought in her hometown of Glasgow Scotland earlier this month. You can watch it here.

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Our partners over at JanetTV.com has given us a twitter account with some content we will tweet out form time to time plus live results. It’s @JanetTVMMA.

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Added to our female fighter twitter list include:

• Erica Paes - @EricaPaesMMA
• Courtney Belcher - @DamnedQueenMMA
• Thea Wolfe - @TheaWolfe
• Miriam Nakamoto - @MiriamNakamoto
• Lauren Taylor - @LaurenT907
• DeAnna Bennett - @DeAnnaDBennett
• Cheyenne Jewel - @Cheyenne_Jewel
• Stephanie Alba - @TheCYCLONE_Alba
• Lana Kate - @LanaKateMMA

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Rumors

A bit of a ruckus happened behind the scenes of InvictaFC 5 involving Fallon Fox. We didn’t witness anything while we were there, but MiddleEasy.com has the 4-1-1. Bec Hyatt posted her own story involving Fox on her Facebook page.

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Cassie Crisano is going to face a yet to be named opponent at a CFA card in July.

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Scheduled Matches

Olympic wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann will make her octagon debut Saturday as she takes on Sheila Gaff at UFC 159 in Newark, NJ. The match will be televised as a part of the preliminary card on the FX Network in the U.S.

McMann has a perfect record of 6-0, having recently gotten a decision win over Shayna Baszler at InvictaFC 2.

Gaff (10-4) will also be making her UFC debut, coming off three straight KO’s under 94 seconds. Gaff is moving from flyweight to bantamweight for the fight.

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After an eight year absence from MMA, Erica Paes will be returning this Saturday taking on Gisele Maciel at Gringo Super Fight in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. InvictaFC featherweight title contender Cyborg Santos will be the special guest referee.

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In other pro MMA action

• On Friday in Mumbai, India, Lena Ovchynnikova takes on Lina Eklund at Super Fight League.
• Satruday in Katowice, Poland at MMA Attack 3 Agnieszka Niedzwiedz faces Klaudia Apenit

In ammy MMA action

• Friday at Absolute Action MMA in Florence, KY, Maddy Simmons takes on Vanessa Demopoulos.
• Saturday sees two female bouts at ShoFights in Branson, MO, which will stream on GFL.tv for $10. Brittany Dugas will defend her bantamweight title against Edwina White, while Katie Collins takes on Sharita Davis.
• Also Saturday, Shannon Reed faces Nicole Sontag WFC 5 in Laughlin, NV.

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Boxing

Saturday, Claudia Andrea Lopez will defend her IBF featherweight title against Dahiana Santana in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Both Lopez and Santana are riding four fight winning streaks.

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In other boxing action

Saturday

• In Queretaro, Mexico, Ana Arrazola faces Nancy Franco for thew vacant IBF minimumweight title
• Mariana Juarez takes on Riyo Togo in Mexico City, Mexico
• London, England sees Marianne Marston taking on Aleksandra Jasjukevica

Schuckman

Davis

Spartan Combat League is looking to feature more female fights on their June 8th card in Denver, CO. A pair of pro atomweight matches plus several amateur bouts are in store for their “Thunderdome 2″ event, reported by MMARising.com.

In the pro bouts, InvictaFC fighter Lacey Schukman will take on pro debuter Jody Lynn Reicher, while Darla Harris will face Amy Davis.

Schuckman (8-6) is coming off a decision win over Harris this past February, and has found success at atomweight. She lost a split decision to current InvictaFC champ Michelle Waterson, and is looking to work her way back to Invicta.

She will have a huge experience advantage over Reicher (2-7 ammy) who is coming off two straight losses as she turns pro.

Davis (3-4-1) is coming off losses to Lisa Ellis and Stephanie Frausto, but has key wins over Nicdali Rivera-Colonac and Meghan Wright. A win will get her back in the title hunt.

She will have a tough task in Harris (3-2) who won three straight before dropping her last two to Schuckman and Diane Rael.

Several amateur matches are still to be announced.

The event will be streamed on TheBeatdownMMA.com.

Courtesy UFC

Olympic silver medalist wrestler Sara McMann stated she didn’t have any nerves going into her debut UFC match with Sheila Gaff, and it showed in her first round TKO win.

Gaff would charge towards McMann as the match started, but McMann got the takedown. Gaff held on to McMann, while McMann pepered punches to Gaff’;s body. The referee would stand them up after a few minutes, with Gaff trying to work knees in the clinch. McMann would get a single leg takedown and gain side control. After crusifixing Gaff’s arms, McMann landed shots to a helpless Gaff’s head and the referee had no choice but to stop it at 4:06.

McMann is now 7-0 in the division.

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Courtesy PlayBack

Erica Paes made a successful return after an eight year absence by getting a triangle submission victory over Gisele Maciel at 1:46 of round 1. Cyborg Santos was the guest referee in the match. Paes has been working with UFC champ Anderson Silva on her return to MMA.

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Courtesy Look Pro Australia

In Australia, Jessy Rose was able to get the unanimous decision in what was a three round war with  Eileen Forrest at Combat 8 MMA in Sydney, Australia. Rose goes 2-0 at bantamweight.

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In other pro MMA action, Lena Ovchynnikova got back on the winning track by getting a first round guillotine submission win over Fathia Mostafa at Super Fight League 16 in Mumbai, India.

At MMA Attack 3 in Katowice, Poland, Agnieszka Niedzwiedz defeated Klaudia Apenit by TKO 4:02 round 2.

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Courtesy Ed Morgan Photography

In amateur action, Katy Collins win the ShoFights 125 title with a 27 secinbd rear naked choke win over Sharita Davis. She evens her record to 3-3.

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Courtesy The Butler Brothers

In Laughlin, NV, Shannon Reid improves her record to 2-1 with a TKO win over Nicole Sontag at World Fighting Championships.

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At Premier FC 13 in Holyoke, MA, Sarah Payant defeats Heather Lefevre by submission (guillotine) 2:53 of round 1 to win their initial ammy flyweight title.

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Courtesy Diariodominicano.com

In boxing action, Dahiana Santana retained her IBF featherweight title with a unanimous decision win over Claudia Andrea Lopez in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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In Mexico City, Mexico Riyo Togo defeated Mariana Juarez by TKO of round 1 to win the vacant WBC International super flyweight title.

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In other action…

• In Paju City, South Korea, Ji-Hye Woo defeats Xu Chun Yan by majority decision to retain IFBA featherweight title
• Razvan Cojanu defeated Paula Mataele by TKO round 3 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• In Pyrénées-Orientales, France Angelique Duchemin defeated Lourdes Nunez Garcia by points
• Natalia Smirnova defeated Alexandra Gorog by TKO round 2 in Hamburg, Germany
• in San Juan, Argentina Leonela Paola Yudica Andino defeated Alejandra Soledad Morales by unanimous decision

Two Australian featherweights are looking to gain some momentum in their careers as Kerry Barrett will take on Arlene Blencowe at BRACE 20 on Brisbane, Australia May 25.

Barrett (1-0) made her pro debut at the all female BRACE card this past October getting the decision win over Brettlyn Neal. Blencowe (0-1) lost in her debut this past month, losing to Kyra Purcell via second round armbar.

BRACE also announced a new partnership with OneFC in Singapore, which will see talent exhcnages between the two promotions. Currently the only fighter signed to OneFC is atomweight Nicole Chua. Currently, InvictaFC vet Danielle West is looking to help develop more female talent under the OneFC banner.

No word on if BRACE will stream the event.