With Anthony Pettis out due to injury, Jessica Eye versus Miesha Tate has been pushed to co-main event status at UFC on FOX 16 July 25th in Chicago. The match will are on Fox.
Rothenhausler
Veronica Rothenhausler has announced her retirement.
The knockout specialist had stated a series of concussions in her career has forced her to hang up the gloves. After several spectaculiar first round KOs, Rothenhausler had her first loss of her career to Charmaine Tweet at InvictaFC 8.
We wish her the best in her retirement.
Undefeated Tennessee featherweight Hannah Rogers has to InvictaFC. The promotion announced the signing this past week.
Rogers (4-0) has finished in three of her wins.
No word on when she will debut with the promotion.
A pair of bouts have been announced for Immortal FC in Curitiba, Brazil on June 13.
InvictaFC vet Jennifer Maia will take on Peru’s Stephanie Bragayrac. Maia (9-4-1) is coming off a loss to DeAnna Bennett. The Brazilian had back to back wins going into that fight.
Bragayrac (5-2) is one of the top prospects out of Peru, having finished in all but one of her wins.
In the other match, Isabelly Varela is set to face Priscila Ferreira in a battle of unbeaten flyweights.
No word on if there will be a stream.
Fissouri
Hawaii’s Bryanna Fissori has signed to Bellator.
Fissori won her pro debut last October with a 33 second TKO. She went 6-2 as an amateur with three finishes.
No word on when she will debut with Bellator.
After missing weight at Invicta, Jenny Liou-Shriver has decided to go up to flyweight. With the move, she won’t be fighting Glena Avila at King of the Cage in early June.
However, Avila will now take on Cheryl Chan June 27th in Oregon at KOTC.
We ❤ MMA has announced a match between bantamweights Katharina Lehner and Camilla Hinze in Berlin, Germany on July 4
Finnish star Suvi Salmimies (3-0-1) will face Belorussian Liliya Kazak (3-3) at Cage 30 in Helsinki, Finland on May 16.
Alexis Davis needs your help to support her niece’s battle with cancer.
The Hayden’s Hugs Campaign is help 5 year old Hayden, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma Cancer a day after Davis’s win over Sarah Kaufman.
Tuesday morning, InvictaFC released the rest of the matches for their upcoming 10th card in Houston, TX December 5.
In what will be a flyweight contender’s match, #3 Unified ranked Jennifer Maia will face #5 ranked DeAnna Bennett.
Maia (9-3-1) has back to back wins in Brazil this year, and will make her return to the promotion. Her last fight in Invicta saw her lose a decision to current UFC fighter Leslie Smith in a title eliminator. A win will get her back in consideration for a title fight.
The undefeated Bennett (5-0) got her biggest win of her career with a TKO win over Michelle Ould at InvictaFC 8. She has finished all but one of her pro opponents.
After a successful debut at lightweight, Charmaine Tweet will return to featherweight to take on #4 ranked Faith Van Duin.
#8 ranked Tweet (6-4) has won 5 of her last 6 fights, with those 5 wins being finishes. In her last outing at InvictaFC 8, Tweet handed Veronica Rothenhausler her first defeat.
New Zealand’s Van Duin (4-1) made her mark winning the Storm Damage one night tournament last August in Australia. She is coming off a loss to Arlene Blenclowe.
After impressive debuts at InvictaFC 8, Mexico’s Irene Aldana and Alexa Grasso will return to action in separate matches against Marion Reneau and Alida Gray respectfully. Also announced, Peggy Morgan, who will be returning to featherweight, will take on promotional debuter Andria Wawro; InvictaFC vets Jinh Yu Frey and Cassie Robb will face off in an atomweight encounter; and Rachael Ostovich and Evva Johnson will make their promotional debuts.
The main event will feature Michelle Waterson defending her atomweight title for the second time as she faces Brazilian Hérica Tibúrcio. The co-main event will see Tonya Evinger and Cindy Dandois in a bantamweight match; and the featured bout will see Roxanne Modafferi versuses Vanessa Porto in a rematch of their 2008 encounter.
InvictaFC 10 will emanate from Houston, Texas December 5th and will stream on UFC Fight Pass.
WSOF vet Alida Gray (4-1) is the newest edition to the strawweight division. Having scored a 5 second award winning knockout last year, Gray suffered her first loss as a pro to champion WSOF Jessica Aguilar.
Bantamweight Evva Johnson (1-0) is also looking to make some waves. Going 8-1 as an amateur with 6 submission, she is coming off a second round win over Priscilla Brownfield.
Ediane Gomes also announced she has renewed her contract with Invicta this week.
DEEP-JEWELS announced four more fights for their November 2 card.
Besides the atomweight title bout between atomweight Seo Hee Ham and Saori Ishioka, former WSOF title challenger Emi Fujino (13-8) will face Ayaka Miura (1-0). Bantamweight Shizuka Sugiyama (11-4-1) looks to get back on the winning track taking on Yurika Nakakura (3-1).
Also Tomo Maesawa (3-4) faces Yuko “Amiba” Oya (8-3) and Satomi “Sarami” Takano (3-4) takes on Mina Kurobe (3-0).
InvictaFC flyweight contender Jennifer Maia will be back in action November 15 as she takes on Paraguay’s Stephanie Bragayrack in Curitiba, Brazil. DaMadeFerroMMA reported the match Friday.
Maia (9-3-1) has won back to back outside of Invicta this past year. He last loss was to the UFC’s Leslie Smith. She has wins over Zoila Frausto and Jessica Andrade.
Bragayrack (3-1) could make a quick name for herself over the top ten ranked Maia. She has two TKO wins to her credit.
Colleen Schneider has a new opponent for fighter October 4th in Tacoma, WA.
Brenda Gonzalez (5-1) will challenge Schneider for her Super Fight League flyweight title as the Indian promotion will make its US debut.
Gonzales finished in all but one of her wins, with her lone loss coming from UFC fighter Rina Nakai. The New Mexico native trains with InvictaFC signee Amber Brown and UFC fighter Tim Means.
Schneider won the SFL title last year in Mumbai, India with a keylock submission over Sanja Sucevic. She won four straight before losing to InvictaFC fighter DeAnne Bennett. She is training under UFC fighters Josh Barnett and Shayna Baszler.
Also added to the card, Cheryl Chan will take on Hadley Griffith.
The event will stream live and free on the SFL Youtube page October 4th.
The IMMAF will be compiling a list of amateur fights and fighters for global database in the coming months.
The group plans on contacting promoters and industry professionals to get updated stats in order help their cause of making amateur MMA a world wide option for the sport.
We will have more details on how to help in the upcoming weeks.
Tina Lähdemäki was to face Juliana de Lima Carneiro in November but has sustained an eye injury and will be out until early 2015.
We did another article for MMA Jam, this time tackling promotions commitment (or lack of) in their women’s divisions. You can read it here.
Lee
On the podcast Sunday at 1 pm. pst/4 p.m. est, we will talk to Andrea Lee about her InvictaFC signing, the freak incident in her pro debut last weekend, and staying busy.
Gina Carano versus Ronda Rousey isn’t happening anytime soon.
Carano is currently booked for two movies at the end of this his year and the January 3 bout won’t be possible. UFC President Dana White stated he couldn’t believe how much she wanted to face Rousey, but it only makes sense because it’s very unlikely Carano would win.
Scheduled Fights
Pro MMA
In a fight that could determine Ronda Rousey’s next opponet will happen in Vegas Saturday as Cat Zingano will return from a year and a half absence to face Amanda Nunes. Both Zingano and Nunes came in at 135.
Zingano (8-0) defeated Miesha Tate in a title eliminator last year, but a knee injury sidelined her. She has yet to taste defeat and has only went to decision once in her pro career.
Nunes (9-3) is looking for her third UFC win, having had back to back TKOs. She has finished in all her wins with a 14 second knockout.
The fight will be a part of the main card and will air on pay per view.
XFCi is back Saturday with the opening round of their flyweight tournament and the finals of their strawweight tounament.
In the battle of the Vanessa’s, Guimaraes (3-2) will face Melo (3-2) in the finals of the strawweight grand prix that started this past spring.
The flyweight grand proix opening round will feature Brazil taking on the world.
American Rachael Cummins (2-1) will battle Brazil’s Taila Santos (3-0)
Mexico’s Karina Rodrigues (3-1) takes on Brazilian Poliana Botelho (2-1)
Russian Julia Borisova (3-0) faces Brazilian Debora Ferreira (3-0)
The fight will stream live and free on XFCMMA.com.
In other pro bouts:
At Triple A MMA in Santa Fe, NM, Natalie Roy takes on Nohime Dennison
Roberta Paim faces Tais Machado at Duel of the Titans in Brazil
At Eternal MMA 7 in Australia Tam Taylor battles Zoie Shreiweis
Aline Cruz fights Naiara “Guerreira” Pereira at Federal Fight in Brazil
At We Love MMA in Germany, Anne Merkt takes on Katharina Lehner
Ammy MMA
In amateur bouts:
At British Challenge MMA in Colchester, England, Monica Nix faces Wendy McKenna
Veronica Muller takes in Caroline Cornell at Glory Fights in Woodbridge, Virginia
In a pair of bouts at Aggressive Combat in Jamaica, NY, Destiny Quinones battles Jillian DeCoursey and Katalina Morales fights Sarah Thomas
Jasmine Crawford takes on Samantha Harris at Cage Combat in Humble, Texas
In a pair of bouts at King of the Cage in Carlton, Minnesota Sarah Jacobson faces Hope Sanftner and Missy Pontbriand battles Elizabeth McKenzie
At Fists of Fury in Lawton, Oklahoma, Wendy Simmons fights Stephanie Hull (115)
Boxing
Tori Nelson looks to defend her WIBA welterweight title for a fouth time as she takes on the former WBF welterweight champion Arlene Blencowe in Springfield, Virginia.
Nelson (10-0-3) was the WIBA and WBC middleweight champion before winning the title last September.
Australian’s Blenclowe (2-2) will be fight for the first time in the US and will look to turn some heads. She also fights in MMA.
Also on the card, Tyrieshia Douglas faces Whitney Gunter.
In Moscow, Russia, Svetlana Kulakova will face Ana Laura Esteche to unify the WBA World light welterweight titles in a rematch. The two battled on June to a split draw.
Kulakova (9-0-1) is unbeaten and won the interim title this past November.
Esteche (10-3-2) won the WBA championship in January, her first world title.
A tri of bouts will happen in Whitehall, New York, featuring a fight for the interim WIBA lightweight title.
Melissa St Vil and Nicole Woods will battle for the championship. St Vil is the current vacant IWBF welterweight champion and will be looking for her first world title.
In the other two bouts are the card, Ronica Jeffrey takes on Stacey Reile and Sarah Kuhn battles Olivia Fonseca
In other pro boxing action:
In Buenos Aires, Argentina Sabrina Maribel Perez defends her WBC Silver super bantamweight title against Florencia Roxana Canteros
Carleans Rivas faces Lady Love Sampiton for the initial Philippines GAB flyweight title in Manila, Philippines
In a trio of bouts in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Zulina Munoz battles Karina Hernandez, Yesenia Gomez fights Anely Hernandez, and Yareli Larios dukes it out with Gloria Romero (126)
Delfine Persoon faces Judy Waguthii in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
In Skopje, Macedonia, Maria Semertzoglou takes on Galina Gumliiska
Naroyuki Koasicha battles Araceli Gualito in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Laura Soledad Griffa fights Norma Elizabeth Diaz Caucota
Alicia Melina Kummer dukes it out with Roxana Tenea in Berlin, Germany
In Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Bintou Schmill faces. Mirjana Vujic
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