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Women’s MMA Report: Calderwood wins homecoming, Holm improves to 9-0

BAD MMA News — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:21:55 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC Scottish star Joanne Calderwood rebounded from the first loss of her career with a thrilling victory in front of her hometown fans this past Saturday at “UFC Fight Night 72: Bisping vs. Leites” in Glasgow, Glasgow. Calderwood survived a rough opening minute of the fight and walked away with a well-deserved unanimous-decision win over late replacement Cortney Casey , who took the fight on just 10 days’ notice. Calderwood (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) was originally slated to face “The Ultimate Fighter 20” competitor Bec Rawlings, but the bout was scrapped for a second time when Rawlings suffered a training injury.

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Women’s MMA Report: Joanna Jedrzejczyk keeps UFC strawweight belt

BAD MMA News — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:06:46 +0000

Filed under: News , UFC Fresh off of her dominant title victory in March, undefeated UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk successfully retained her new belt in a violent and bloody battle on June 20 at “UFC Fight Night 69: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne” in Berlin, Germany. The Polish star crushed former Invicta FC champ Jessica Penne on the feet en route to a third-round TKO win. Jedrzejczyk (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) made a big statement to the rest of the strawweight division in March when she brutally knocked out then-champion Carla Esparza at UFC 185, and her victory over the well-rounded Penne (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was arguably even more impressive. In Round 1, Jedrzejczyk fought off Penne’s takedown attempts and created space on the feet that allowed her to land a devastating right hand that dropped Penne

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Women’s MMA Report: UFC adds seven female fights, Budd dominant in Bellator debut

BAD MMA News — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 01:31:24 +0000

Filed under: Bellator , News , UFC Alexis Davis Since the inception of its inaugural women’s division in early 2013, the UFC has often faced criticism for a lack of female fights on its cards. In recent weeks, however, UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby has put together seven new bouts that will help to develop new contenders at both 115 and 135 pounds. In arguably the highest-profile addition, former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Sarah Kaufman (17-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Alexis Davis (16-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) meet for a third time when they meet at UFC 186 on April 25

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Women’s MMA Report: Jessica Penne defeats Aisling Daly, advances to ‘TUF 20′ semis

BAD MMA News — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 20:33:32 +0000

Jessica Penne Former Invicta FC atomweight champion Jessica Penne became the second semifinalist on “The Ultimate Fighter 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned” with a hard-fought decision victory this past week during episode No. 10 of the all-female competition. Penne edged out Team Pettis ally Aisling Daly to advance on to the next round of the single-elimination strawweight title tournament. Penne (the show’s No.

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