Kaufman and Eye
Miscellaneous news
Jessica Eye versus Sarah Kaufman has a date. They will square off at UFC 166 October 19th in Houston, Texas.
Eye (10-1), who just signed with the UFC, is on a seven fight win streak, while Kaufman (16-2) is coming off a split decision win over Leslie Smith at Invicta. No word on if they will be on the televised undercard or the PPV card.
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Marloes Conenen is having surgery over the weekend to repair her knee. She injured it before her fight with Cyborg Justino at InvictaFC 6. We wish her a speedy recovery.
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A documentary on former WIBA light middleweight boxing champ Maria Lindberg is set to debut September 17 with a screening in Malmo, Sweden. The documentary follows her career from being an amateur in the 90′s to going 8-1 as a pro.
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Heather Bassett is getting ready for her pro debut at King of the Cage next week and has been documenting her experience. You can watch her first vlog here.
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Undefeated MMA fighter Joanna Jedrzejczyk will have a K-1 kickboxinbg match against Lisa Schewe September 7th at KampfSport Nacht Restart in Leverkusen, Germany.
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There is an ammy Muay Thai card in the works, featuring mostly female fighters Sept. 28 in Chantilly, VA. OOFights MMA and Thai Boxing Championships will be doing a co-promoted event. The only match announced has been Kalyn Lee versus Kristan Childress; with fighters at all weight classes looking for opponents.
You can sign-up for matches at the Thai Boxing Championship website.
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The Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio will once again have an MMA card, this time having a new promotional partner in the newly created Absolute Cage Fighting. Among the matches announced for the September 14th event is a battle of undefeated fighters as Vanessa Demopoulos (3-0) takes on Brittany Williams (2-0).
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Buckhead Fight Club announced they will have a female-only boxing seminar in the Atlanta area September 13-15. World champion and coach Terri Moss will head the clinic, with her crack team of trainers and fitness expects helping you improve you game and diet.
The seminar includes instruction in sparring techniques, defensive techniques, mental conditioning,effective floor routines, weight manipulation techniques nutrition, and pad techniques. This with a Mayweather-Canaelo viewing party Saturday night.
Cost for participation is $350 before September 10, and $400 after that date. Overnight stay is included in this price. For more information, contact Buckhead Fight Club, 678-322-7511.
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Reid
Fissori
We will have two podcast this weekend, which will feature two of the participants in the Tuff-n-uff featherweight tournament.
On Saturday at 1 p.m. pacific/4 p.m. eastern, we will talk to Shannon Reid, who trains at Drydale’s MMA in Vegas. The KOTC vet is currently 1-1 in her career. You can listen to the podcast here.
On Sunday at 1 p.m. pacific/4 p.m. eastern, undefeated fighter and top prospect Bryanna Fissori will be on the show. Currently at 6-0, the Hawaiian is looking to make waves in the mainland U.S. You can listen to the podcast here.
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Rumors
We are expecting some announcements for InvictaFC in the next week or so about their 7th event. The date will be either in early October or late November, as they don’t want to counter program against the UFC or Bellator. Both promotions which will have the run of weekends from October 19 to November 16. Most likely date would be November 23 (weekend before the TUF finale) or October 12.
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Among those expected to fight is Felice Herrig, who has been hiniting she may have an opponent for the card.
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Roxanne Modafferi is tight lipped on where she is moving to when she returns to the U.S. She has promised to reveal it September 1. We can tell you, however, it will be West Coast.
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Scheduled Fights
Pro MMA
Michele Gutierrez will make her return to cage as she will take on Tyra Parker at Dakoka Fighting Championships Fall Brawl Friday night. The match will stream on Midwestfightshop.com for $5.
Gutierrez (3-3) is looking to to snap a two fight win streak, while Tyra Parker (2-3) is looking to even her record.
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In Hawaii, InvictaFC vet Raquel Pa’aluhi is looking to snap her 3 fight losing streak facing Prescilla White at Destiny MMA. White is looking for her first pro win.
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At Pocos Fight 2 in Monas Gervis, Brazil, Margarete Soares (0-2) looks to get her first pro win as she takes on debuter Mariana Morais
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Ammy MMA
Top strawweight prospects Roya Darvishian (5-2) and Jen Lopez (4-1) will rematch for the EFC strawweight title in Atlantic City, NJ Saturday, which will stream on GFL.tv for $10. Darvishian won their first match by split decision.
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Fan favorite fighter Rachel Wray will be fighting for Kingdom MMA in Little Rock, AR against Bobbie Jenee Bedard, which will stream on GFL.tv for $10.
Wray (2-1) got her first loss to Nadia Nixon by decision. Bedard (3-3) is making a quick turnaround, having lost via submission to Hannah McNitt this past weekend.
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A pair of bouts are set for Rumble at the Roseland 73 in Portland, OR.
- Katie Howard looks to avenge a loss to Emily Corso and gain the flyweight title.
- Anna Chouinard will take on Veronica Wickersham
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At WCFL 6 in Tampa, FL, two bouts are set:
- Migdalia Acevedo vs. Jessica Branco
- Cheyanne Vlismas vs. Saha Brown
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In other ammy bouts:
- Autumn Norton and Brieta Carpenter will square off for the first ever Ultimate Reno Combat 135 title
- At U of MMA in Hollywood, CA, Yumi Matsumoto faces Jessica Pryor
- Mia Avila will take on Jeana Pinelli at Dragon House MMA in San Francisco, CA
- Dynasty Sports MMA in Omaha, Neb sees Rebecca Wells battle Casi Jo Lee
- Selina Montoya will face Heather Smith at Fight Brigade MMA in Pueblo, CO
- At Fight Brigade MMA in Pueblo, CO, Heather Smith will take on Selina Valdez-Montoya
- In New Orleans as RMMA 28, Laura Uyeda will face Natalie Figueroa
- At Xtreme Fighting Championships in Ponchatoula, LA, Annaliesha Smith battles Faith Charfauros
- Elisabeth Couch will take on Veronica Luna at 559 Fights in Visalia, CA
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Kickboxing
InvictaFC star Miriam Nakamoto will defend her WBC Muay Thai title against Aleide Lawant in Temecula, CA. Nakamoto defeated top fighter Julie Kitchen in her last Muay Thai bout last year. Lawant is coming off a loss to Kitchen.
Also on the card, Super Fight League vet Lena Ovchynnikova will face Emily Bearden.
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Boxing
MMA fighter Jennifer Tate will make her boxing debut as she takes on Laura Deanovic in Fresno, California. Tate had taken some time off of MMA to raise a family, and fought in some kickboxing matches earlier this year in Thailand.
Deanovic (1-4) is seeking her second win, having only been KOed once on her career.
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Three bouts are set for Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany which will air on EuroSport. Ina Menzer (30-1) will take on Goda Dailydaite (8-0) for the interim WBF featherweight title and the vacant WIBA featherweight title. Also on the card, Delfine Persoon faces Galina Gumliiska, while Elfi Philipps battles Talitha Groot.
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Tomoko Kawanishi (7-1) will defend her OPBF super flyweight title against Tamao Ozawa (5-0) in Osaka, Japan.
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