Miscellaneous News
This week’s “Women’s Fight Night” is posted. It includes a summary this weeks news plus an in depth look at the Atchley Gate Scandal featuring InvictaFC fighter Jess Philippus and WMMA matchmaker Sam Wilson.
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Kedzie
Julie Kedzie has started a web series to update her training and give the fans a chance to ask questions. You can see episode 1 here.
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Editor Cynthia Vance has a new tribute video out, this time it’s women’s boxing. It features pro fighters Ana Julaton, Ava Knight and Kaliesha West. You can check it out here.
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The Sunday in the Wombat Sports Podcast, we will talk to InvictaFC vet Marciea Allen, who talks trying out for “The Ultimate Fighter”, working with Fallon Fox, and her prospects in 2013.
You can listen here at 1 p.m. pacific/4 p.m. eastern.
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Rumors
Knapp
Word is getting around that InvictaFC president Shannon Knapp took some meetings with Showtime Sports in New York in the past few weeks. As MMAFighting.com reported a few weeks ago, Showtime Sports Stephen Espinoza stated he would like to see InvictaFC on the network.
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Megumi Fujii was set to take on a yet to be named opponent at Vale Tudo Japan this month, but decided to bow out due to “injures that occured over her career” according to an article on DamadeFerroMMA.com. Fujii for the past few years was looking to retire from the sport, and by the looks of it, she is about ready to make that announcement.
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A major part of the new DEEP JEWELS is to have their own kickboxing S-cup one night tournaments with foreign fighters being flown in to take on Japanese talent. This could happen later this year and InvictaFC fighters will most likely take part. Many have shown interest in fighting in Japan.
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Word is getting around that Bellator MMA has decided to freeze their female divisions for the foreseeable future. We can only hope these fighters can get fights at Invicta.
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Scheduled Fights
Eye and Damm
#2 ranked flyweight Jessica Eye will return to her home state of Ohio to take on veteran fighter Carina Damm at NAAFS this weeknd.
Eye (9-1) got the first round technical submission over Bellator strawweight tournament champ Zolia Gurgel in December. Eye was supposed to face Munah Holland in March, but a back injury sidelined her. She is on a six fight win streak.
Damm (17-8) has been in the sport for over eight years, and is looking to climb back into the top ten. She is coming off back to back losses to Munah Holland (KO) and Tonya Evinger (split decision) respectfully.
This will air live and free on NAAFS.tv.
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In Cranbrook, Canada, Charmaine Tweet will take on Amanda Bell on the Battle at the Border card.
Bell is coming off a pro debut loss to Tammika Brents at InvictaFC 4 this past January. In her amateur career, she went 7-1, including a win over Jessamyn Duke.
Tweet (3-3) is currently on a two fight win streak coming off a first round rear naked choke victory over Sy Jewett.
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Patricia Vidonic is stepping up last minute to take on Alida Gray at Sugar Creek Showdown in Hinton, OK June 1. The match will be for their inaugural strawweight title.
Vidonic got her win over Jessica Doerner just a few weeks ago via first round armbar. She lost to #1 ranked Jessica Aguilar via decision earlier this year at Bellator MMA.
Gray will make her pro debut after going 3-1 and an amateur. She had first round finishes in all of her wins.
In an amateur bout on the card, Madison Dodd will face Nicole Duffy.
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In other pro MMA bouts:
- At Legacy Fighting in Corpus Christi, TX, Paulina Granados faces Maria Lopez
- In Malmø, Sweden at Trophy MMA, Maria Houggard takes on Lina Lansberg
- Vanessa Guimaraes and Laura Balin duke it out at 360 ProFight in Corrientes, Argentina
- At WCombat 17 in Amapa, Brazil, Bethe Correia faces Juliete de Souza Silva
- In Grunsfeld, Germany at Gladiators FC 2 , Jannie Schmits takes on Tanja Hoffmann
- Linn Wennergren faces Vuokko Kaitainen at Cage Challenge in Sweden
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In Ammy MMA action:
- Brittany Dugas defends her 125 pound title against Jessica Laubacker at Cage of Honor in Scott City, MO
- At UCMMA in London, England, Grace Anderson faces Grace Spicer
- In Gatineau, Quebec, Canada at Hybred Fighting, Éloise Picard take on Anita Baroud
- In two bouts at Steel Fist Fight Night in Farmington, UT, Aubree Thompson faces Amanda Campbell, and Michelle Marshall take on Jesse Engler
- At HoosierFC in Valparaiso, Indiana, Summer Asbury and Anne Malinoff duke it out
- In Chester, PA at Xtreme Fight Events Cage Wars, Katie Taylor faces Viktoria Makarova
- Blair Patton takes on Christina Fulton at Brawl Inc. in Branson, MO
- In a pair of matche sat Ultimate Reno Combat in Reno, NV, Nikole Meath takes on Brieta Carpenter, and Autumn Norton faces Amber Leibrock
- In Oregon at Knucklehead Fight Promotions, Amy Croghan takes on Laurell Rieger
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Herandez and Mrdjenovich
In boxing, WBC champion Melissa Herandez will rematch Jelena Mrdjenovich for the third time in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Mrdjenovich has lost the past two outings with Herandez, first by a split decision in 2011, and the a unanimous decision this past September. Mrdjenovich was coming off a four fight win streak before facing Herandez last year. Herandez is looking for her third straight win.
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Anne Sophie Mathis will face Yahaira Hernandez for the vacant WBF light middleweight title in France. Mathis is coming off back to back decision loses to two of the sports top stars in Holly Holm and Cecilia Braekhus. She will be moving up in weight to take on Hernadez, who has TKOed her last three opponents within two rounds.
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The undefeated Yesica Yolanda Bopp will try to take away the WBC silver light flyweight title away from Jessica Chavez in Panama City, Panama Saturday. Bopp has an impressive 24-0 record having finished her last three opponents. She is also the current WBA and WBO flyweight champion.
Chavez is looking tp retain her title with seven straight wins to her credit. She is also the current interim WBF light flyweight champion.
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In other boxing action:
- In Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Elina Tissen defends her GBC/WIBF/GBU featherweight titles against Doris Koehler
- Irma Balijagic-Adler and Jane Kavulani duke it out for the vacant WBF featherweight title in Medjugorje, Bosnia And Herzegovina
- In Stockholm, Sweden, Mikaela Lauren and Jennifer Retzke face off for the vacant IBF female light middleweight title
- Anahi Torres defends her WBC Youth minimumweight title against Lorena Mendoza in Mexico City, Mexico
- In two bouts in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Mirjana Vujic faces Nicole Wesner and Luiciel Quiel take on Zuliana Mendoza
- In Rio Negro, Argentina, Victoria Noelia Bustos faces Natalia Vanesa Aguirre
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