Shoot Boxing Japan Women’s Flyweight Champion Ai Takahashi looks to rebound from a non-title defeat in February when she returns to action at Shoot Boxing 2012: “Road To S-Cup, Act.3” on June 3rd in Tokyo, Japan. Takahashi faces off against Rio Kamikaze in a matchup announced today. The bout between Takahashi and Kamikaze is the [...]

Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres ran her amateur MMA record to 5-0 with an impressive Unanimous Decision victory tonight at MMA Solutions Global: “Bone Island Fights” in Key West, Florida. Torres defeated the previously unbeaten Jamie Moyle to capture the promotion’s 115-pound women’s title. Despite giving up a size advantage to her opponent, Torres held [...]

Tomorrow night in Lake Charles, Louisiana, rising star Jessica “Jag” Aguilar will have her wish granted. After years of waiting, Aguilar is set to challenge pound-for-pound standout Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii in a featured bout at 115 pounds on the Bellator Fighting Championships 69 main card. Aguilar and Fujii had been on a collision course [...]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship came to the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia tonight for UFC on Fuel TV 3: “Korean Zombie vs Poirier.” The event was headlined by a featherweight bout between “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and fellow contender Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier. Also on the card, TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah faced [...]

The fight with Aisling Daly at CWFC 47 is just 18 days away. As it gets closer, it always gets progressively harder to put my thoughts into any kind of coherent order. So this may or may not make sense to anyone else. A decent poker player I know once told me, “Anyone can play [...]

In what was easily her most impressive performance to date, Stephanie “Macaquinha” Frausto captured her first MMA title belt on Saturday night at Women’s Fighting Championship 1 in Casper, Wyoming. Frausto submitted Diana “Dynamite” Rael to become WFC Atomweight Champion. In the co-main event of the all-female WFC card, Darla “Train Wreck” Harris kept her [...]

In her final fight as an amateur, Jessica Philippus added another title belt to her collection tonight at Kansas Super Fights: “My Battle, My Belt” in McPherson, Kansas. Philippus submitted Amanda Hein with a first-round arm-triangle choke to capture the KSF amateur women’s championship. Philippus had originally planned to turn pro two weeks ago at [...]

Talented striker Heather “Hurricane” Clark returns to action for one of her toughest tests to date at Xtreme Fighting Championships 18: “Music City Mayhem” on June 22nd in Nashville, Tennessee. Clark is set to face off against Sofia Bagherdai in a featured 120-pound bout announced today. Clark debuted for XFC in February against Marianna Kheyfets [...]

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones will put his title on the line against former PRIDE and Strikeforce champ Dan “Hendo” Henderson at UFC 151 on September 1st. The bout is set to take place at a venue to be determined in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to UFC President Dana White. Jones is coming [...]

Bellator women’s champion Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Gurgel enjoyed a rapid rise to stardom in 2010, but her newfound fame did not come without a price. Drastic weight cuts, coupled with harsh comments from critics who challenged her biggest victories, took a physical and emotional toll. Gurgel is currently on the road to recovery after [...]