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Ronda Rousey Preparing for the Best Miesha Tate She Can Imagine, Not Crossing Her Fingers

BAD MMA News — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 02:59:49 +0000

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has skyrocketed to the fringes of superstardom, breaking down barriers that separated men from women in combat sports. She’s ushered in a new era of awareness about female mixed martial artists. Rivalries sell fights and build legacies, and her rise to prominence will forever be linked to her bitter rivalry with Miesha Tate . Tate captured the Strikeforce women’s 135-pound title by submitting Marloes Coenen in July 2011. Rousey was an up-and-comer who had only fought in Strikeforce’s farm league Challengers Series at the time. Rousey relentlessly called out the champion and was eventually granted the opportunity to fight for the title. Tate felt that Rousey’s tactics to obtain the title bout were disrespectful. Rousey defeated Tate in the first round by arm bar, dislocating Tate’s left arm at the elbow

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Video: Behind the scenes as Cris ‘Cyborg’ tops Marloes Coenen for Invicta title

BAD MMA News — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:15:00 +0000

Marloes Coenen (21-6) is a remarkable MMA fighter and one of the few female competitors with more than 20 wins. The fact Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (12-1) so easily dismantled her served as a bit of a wakeup call this past weekend. Following the Invicta FC 6 pay-per-view headliner, where Justino claimed the organization’s inaugural featherweight title, Invicta has released “All Angles: Cris Cyborg.” The video, produced by the AllElbows.com team, takes readers behind the scenes and into the cage for the lopsided July 13 title fight, where Santos, a former Strikeforce champion, picked up her 12th straight win and her second major championship. Check out the video above. And for more on Invicta FC 6 , including an event recap , check out the MMA Events section of the site. Edit this article

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Women’s MMA Report: ‘Cyborg’ wins Invicta title, women featured at UFC on FOX 8

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Former Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino captured her second major title on Saturday night in the main event of Invicta FC 6 in Kansas City, Mo. Justino stopped Marloes “Rumina” Coenen for the second time to claim the inaugural Invicta FC 145-pound championship. Justino (12-1) was in complete control of Saturday’s rematch and pay-per-view headliner from start to finish. She battered Coenen (21-6) with punches, knees and brutal slams that kept the Dutch standout on the defensive throughout the one-sided fight. Coenen did threaten with a kneebar in Round 2, but Justino easily escaped and she scored with more big punches on the feet

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Cris “Cyborg” Expects to Knockout Marloes Coenen at Invicta FC 6

BAD MMA News — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:05:52 +0000

function not found Following her suspension for testing positive for banned substances, former Strikeforce women’s 145lb champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino made her successful return to MMA this past April at Invicta FC 5, defeating Fiona Muxlow via TKO half way through the first round. “I trained hard for many months, training paid off in the cage,” said Justino. “I love to fight and knock people out.” Looking back over her year and a half layoff, Justino told MMAWeekly.com that she never once stopped thinking about her return or preparing for it. “I thought a lot about my return and I thought about everything,” she said. “I love to fight, fighting is my life.

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Invicta FC 6 Fighter Workouts Video

BAD MMA News — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:00:32 +0000

function not found Invicta Fighting Championships returns for its sixth event and first on cable/satellite TV pay-per-view with Invicta FC 6. The main event features a rematch between former Strikeforce champions Cris Cyborg Justino and Marloes Coenen for the inaugural Invicta featherweight championship. Invicta FC 6 takes place Saturday at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City and airs live on PPV. The fighters took part in workouts that the promotion recorded and you check them out below, sizing up the fighters in Saturday’s match-ups. Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen II Fight Card: -Marloes Coenen (21-5) vs. Cris Cyborg (11-1) -Ayakia Hamasaki (9-0) vs.

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Is UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz Stepping Out of Retirement to Fight Again?

BAD MMA News — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:00:34 +0000

Is former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz on the comeback trail? It certainly sounds as if he’s at least considering it. Ortiz was in Las Vegas for the UFC Fan Expo over the weekend, and perhaps he just caught the fight bug from all the excitement, but he has started tweeting some messages about a comeback. “Fighting is starting to sound fun again. #Peopleschamp #comeback #Positive body is almost healed,” he wrote on Saturday. But even after the Expo fervor died down and Ortiz had to get back into manager mode for his client Cris “Cyborg” Justino ’s upcoming Invicta FC 6 headlining bout with Marloes Coenen , he didn’t relent

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‘Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen 2′ full fight card and extended video preview

BAD MMA News — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:30:00 +0000

Invicta Fighting Championships returns on Saturday with a rematch between a pair of former Strikeforce champions. “Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen 2″ takes place Saturday at Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., and airs on pay-per-view. In the main event, Marloes Coenen (21-5) meets Cristiane Santos (11-1) for the organization’s first featherweight title. The two fighters first met in January 2010, when Santos defended her Strikeforce featherweight title with a third-round TKO victory.

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Invicta FC Adds DirecTV to North American Pay-Per-View Providers for Coenen vs. Cyborg

BAD MMA News — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 21:58:35 +0000

Invicta Fighting Championships recently announced that its next event, Invicta FC 6: Coenen vs. Cyborg II , would be available live on pay-per-view in North America. Company president Shannon Knapp on Monday told MMAWeekly.com that they had just added DirecTV to its list of pay-per-view providers in North America. Invicta FC 6 was already set for pay-per-view in the U.S. via iN Demand, DISH, and Avail-TVN, and on Bell TV in Canada. The addition of DirecTV puts the event on all the major pay-per-view carriers in the U.S., marking a significant step forward for the all-women’s fight promotion. Invicta FC 6 features Marloes Coenen and Cris “Cyborg” Justino rematching in the main event with the promotion’s inaugural featherweight championship on the line. It is slated for the July 13 at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City

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Invicta FC 6 Fight Card Loses Julia Budd and Sarah Schneider to Injury Bug

BAD MMA News — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:17:17 +0000

Invicta FC 6 has been bitten again by the injury bug. Featherweight Julia Budd and strawweight Sarah Schneider have been forced off of the July 13 fight card due to injuries. Invicta officials moved swiftly, however, and already have replacements in place for both fighters. Charmaine Tweet has stepped up to in place of Budd against Ediane Gomes, and Norma Center has agreed to take Schneider’s spot opposite Joanne Calderwood. Invicta FC 6 is slated for July 13 at Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City. It features a rematch between Cris Cyborg Justino and Marloes Coenen in the main event. The two will battle for the inaugural Invicta featherweight championship

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Invicta FC 6 to air on cable and satellite pay-per-view in U.S. and Canada

BAD MMA News — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:10:00 +0000

All-women’s MMA promotion Invicta Fighting Championships will take its product to television for July’s “Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen 2″ event. Invicta FC officials today announced the company’s July 13 event will be available on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DISH and Avail-TVN in the U.S., as well as Bell TV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of $14.95. The night’s main-card broadcast is scheduled for a four-hour slot. Past Invicta FC events have streamed online. “We are excited about bringing the Invicta FC brand of women’s world championship mixed martial arts to television for the first time with this tremendous rematch between two of the world’s top women fighters,” Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp stated

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