Gabi Garcia returns to MMA action at ROAD FC show in May
(https:)Gabi Garcia’s MMA journey continues.
Fighting outside of Japan’s Rizin Fighting Federation promotion for the first time, the 32-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace will look to remain undefeated in her MMA career when she fights Veronika Futina at ROAD FC 047 on May 12 at the Cadillac Arena in Beijing, China, the South Korea-based promotion announced on Sunday.
Invicta FC 29 fight card announced, including a quick turnaround for Pearl Gonzalez at flyweight
(https:)Invicta Fighting Championship has officially announced the complete fight card for its upcoming edition, scheduled for May 4 in Kansas City, and the event will feature the second promotional appearance of Pearl Gonzalez.
Invicta FC 29 will be headlined by Sarah Kaufman vs. Katharina Lehner for the vacant bantamweight championship. In the co-main event, former Cage Warriors champion Pannie Kianzad looks to snap a three-fight losing streak as she faces promotional newcomer Bianca Daimoni.
Video: Drew Chatman flips off of KO’d opponent’s back, gets disqualified at LFA 36
(https:)This is a new one.
Following the main event of Legacy Fighting Alliance 36 on Friday, one of the amateur “postlims” saw heavyweight Irvins Ayala knock himself out by attempting to land a hammerfist on grounded opponent Drew Chatman.
And yet that isn’t the strangest part of this story.
For some reason, Chatman decided to celebrate the dubious win by standing on Ayala’s back and doing a front flip that ended with him landing partially on his opponent and partially with his butt on the canvas:
Per the LFA Twitter account, Ayala KO’d himself by slamming his own chin into Chatman’s knee and Chatman was subsequently disqualified for his post-match antics,
Diego Nunes booked to face Yusuke Yachi at RIZIN 10
(mma-in-asia.com)RIZIN has made announced two additional fights for its RIZIN 10 event, set for Sunday 6 May at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan.
Headlining the event is former UFC contenders Kyoji Horiguchi and Ian McCall, who will fight under special RIZIN MMA rules at 61kg. Super atomweight queen Kanna Asakarura is set to face Canada’s Melissa Karagianis.
Will Brooks announces he was cut by the UFC, is entering PFL’s $1 million tournament
(https:)A former Bellator lightweight champion has been cut by the UFC — but has a chance to make big money fighting elsewhere.
Will Brooks announced Wednesday on social media that he was released by the UFC and has now signed with the Professional Fighters League. Brooks wrote that he has entered into the PFL’s $1 million tournament, presumably in the lightweight division.
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Ian McCall set for Rizin FF 9
(https:)Two of the top flyweights in the world will meet later this year and it won’t be in the UFC.
Kyoji Horiguchi will take on Ian McCall at Rizin FF 9 on May 6 in Fukuoka, Japan, the promotion announced Tuesday. The bout will be contested at 61kg or about 134 pounds
Seven fights announced for Invicta FC 28, including debut of Pearl Gonzalez
(https:)Invicta FC has announced the complete fight card for its event March 24.
Headlined by the previously announced clash between Janaisa Morandin and Virna Jandiroba for the vacant strawweight belt, Invicta FC 28 will be co-headlined by Mizuki Inoue vs. Milana Dudieva.
The Invicta card will take place at the Union Event Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Gabi Garcia badly misses weight for Rizin fight with 53-year-old Shinobu Kandori
(https:)The controversial fight between Gabi Garcia and Shinobu Kandori took an odd twist on Thursday.
The six-time jiu-jitsu world champion stepped on the scale to take on 53-year-old Kandori, who hasn’t competed in mixed martial arts in 17 years. News broke that Garcia had missed weight by 12kg (26.4 pounds) for their 95kg-fight (209.4 pounds) and the bout was off of the Dec. 29 card.
Speaking with MMA Fighting hours after, Garcia said that she only got to Japan a day before the official weigh-ins, and claims that she missed weight by 8.8 pounds.
The promotion has yet to make an official announcement if the bout will in fact be cancelled.
Invicta FC 27 fight card announced
(https:)Invicta Fighting Championship has officially announced the full card for its Jan. 13 event in Kansas City. Sarah Kaufman will be making her return to the promotion in the main event at the Scottish Rite Temple, taking on Pannie Kianzad.
ONE Championship 67 set for Jan. 20 with inaugural women's title fight, title eliminator
(mmajunkie.com)ONE Championship kicks off its 2018 campaign on Jan. 20 with an inaugural title fight, as well as a title eliminator.
“ONE Championship 67: Kings of Courage” takes place at Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the main card streams as an online pay-per-view in North America following prelims on Facebook.
In the main event, Tiffany Teo (7-0) takes on Xiong Jing Nan (10-1) for the inaugural women’s strawweight title.
Brave champ Carlston Harris welcomes Al-Selawe as challenger, willing to fight in Jordan
(arabsmma.com)Brave Welterweight champion Carlston Harris wants to fight outside of Brazil and defend his title in a foreign country. Even though he’s from Guyana, “Moçambique” has spent his entire career fighting in Brazil, a place he calls home for nearly eight years now. And he knows his next opponent could very well be Jarrah Al-Selawe, who moved to 3-0 with Brave Combat Federation after shutting down Carl Booth at Brave 9: The Kingdom of Champions.
And with “The Jordanian Lion” campaigning for a Brave fight card in his home country, after claiming H.H Sheikh Khalid made him a promise, Harris isn’t opposed to defending his belt at his opponent’s home turf. Actually, the Welterweight champion relishes the challenge.
Shane Campbell Aiming For Flawless Victory In Unified MMA 33 Title Fight
(mmaweekly.com)Heading into 2017, lightweight Shane Campbell was in need of a rebound, coming off of four losses in five UFC fights. Luckily, Campbell was able to bounce back in the United MMA promotion in Canada.
In three fights for United, Campbell has managed to finish all three bouts, and claim the promotion’s lightweight title in the process.
“These three wins were not the caliber of what I was fighting in 2016, but they were still all game opponents,” Campbell told MMAWeekly.com. “I didn’t take any one of them lightly.
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