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The MRS – May 10
Miscellaneous News The Ronda Rousey main stream media train went full bore in the past few weeks. Besides making the cover of “ESPN the Magazine’s” 15th anniversary issue, she was also named one of...
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OpEd – Marketing will be the Savior of Female Sports
A recent article by NPR’s Frank Deford has gotten a lot of response from the female athletic community. The article talks about why female team sports leagues are failing and what needs to be done in...
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Munah Holland vs. Camila Lima Planned for June
Lima Holland Bellator vet Munah Holland will be making her way back to her old stomping grounds of Ring of Combat to take on Brazilian Camila Lima at the promotion’s June 14th in Atlantic City, NJ. ROC...
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Podcast – Amateur Atomweight Shasta McMurry
Amateur fighter Shasta McMurry is coming off a 36 second submission, and is looking to make her mark in the 105 division. We talk to McMurry about her rising career, training in Arizona, and learning...
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Barone vs. Evans-Smith Semi-final Added to CFA 11
Barone Smith Ashlee Evans-Smith and Anna Barone will be duking it out in the semi-finals of the CFA featherweight tournament May 24 in Miami, FL, which will air on AXS TV. The other semi-final will be...
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Cassie Robb to Replace Laura Sanko at InvictaFC 6
Plettenberg Robb Laura Sanko has had to drop out of InvictaFC 6 for a happy reason. Sanko announced she was pregnant a few weeks back and will most likely be out of action for the coming year. She was...
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Weekend Results – Gadelha Stays Perfect; Holm Ends Boxing Career With Win
Gadleha (White) Remains Undefeated Strawweight Brazilian Claudia Gadelha took her record to 9-0 this past weekend getting the unanimous decision win over Herica Tiburcio at Max Fights in Brazil....
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Catron vs. Sakai Planned for June’s C3 Fights
Sakai Catron InvictaFC vet Kathina Catron will hope to get back on the winning track as she faces Japanese fighter Sumie Sakai at C3 Fights June 6 in Newkirk, OK. Catron (2-2) is coming off back to...
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Missouri State Athletic Commissions Overturns Duke’s Loss
Courtesy Ester Lin Jessamyn Duke can now state she is still undefeated. The Missouri State Athletic Commission has changed her loss to a “No-contest” after a controversial knee landed on her during her...
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Eggink vs. Magana Title Match Signed for September XFC Event
The Stephanie Eggink versus Angela Magana strawweight title match is back on for XFC 25 on September 6th in Albuquerque. The match was announced by the promotion today. The match was supposed to...
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Brazilian Fighter Jéssica Andrade Plans for Busy Summer
Courtesy Sherdog Coming off two wins in 2013, Brazil’s Jéssica Andrade is planning on taking four more fights throughout the summer and fall of this year according to an article on MMARising.com....
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Podcast – Oregon Fighter Hillary Van Ornum
Judo brown belt Hillary Van Ornum is undefeated and is looking for some gold at Rumble at the Roseland in Portland, OR. We will talk to her about training at Impact BJJ, and the development of the...
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England’s Stacy Hayes Announced Back to Back Fights in July
English pro prospect Stacy Hayes is wanting to show she is one of the best up and comers in the featherweight division, and will face the world to do it. Hayes (0-1; 1 NC) has had a pretty rocky start...
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Olympic Wrestling Getting a MMA Retrofit; Women Get More Weight Classes
Amateur wrestling will soon be getting a showmanship makeover. According to an article on MMAJunkie.com, UFC president Dana White and Bellator’s Bjorn Rebney met with former world wrestling champion...
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Undefeated Brazilian Ericka Almeida Signs Multi-Fight Deal with InvictaFC
In a press release by her management company, MMA University, Brazilian flyweight prospect Ericka Almeida has signed a multi-fight deal with InvictaFC. She joins fellow South Americans Vanessa Porto,...
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The MRS – May 17
Miscellaneous News This week’s “Women’s Fight Night” show is up and features news from the past week and an interview with Heraea Marketing’s Gigi Rock. We give you some insights on how marketing and...
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Weekend Results – MMA’s Nakai Remains Undefeated; Vincent Gets First Boxing...
Courtesy Pancrase Japan’s Rin Nakai got her 14th win of her career as she was able to submit American Brenda Gonzales at Pancrase MMA Sunday. Nakai (now 14-0-1) was tentative early on before trying to...
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Wrestling Month Heats-up with Bi-costal Events
Maroulis vs. Kisel Courtesy Aimee Berg/Team USA FILA made May “International Wrestling Month” and two big events happen this past week on both ends of the United States. Last Wednesday, “Rumble on the...
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Wrestling Rules Change After FILA Congress 2013
Courtesy FILA/Alexander Oreshnikov Over the weekend, wrestling’s top officials met at the FILA Extraordinary Congress in Moscow to vote on major changes in wrestling, so it makes it more exciting for...
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JEWELS 24th Adds Two More MMA Fights
After previously announcing #3 Unified ranked Naho Sugiyama versus Seo Hee Ham for the 106 pound title last month and #8 ranked Mei Yamaguchi faces Seo Ye Jung last week, JEWELS MMA Japan released it’s...
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