BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » julianna lima https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ‘Invicta FC: Phoenix Rising Series 1′ video highlights: Brianna Van Buren’s journey to gold https://www.badmma.com/invicta-fc-phoenix-rising-series-1-video-highlights-brianna-van-burens-journey-to-gold.html https://www.badmma.com/invicta-fc-phoenix-rising-series-1-video-highlights-brianna-van-burens-journey-to-gold.html#comments Sat, 04 May 2019 19:44:25 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/invicta-fc-phoenix-rising-series-1-video-highlights-brianna-van-burens-journey-to-gold.html Brianna Van Buren was a woman possessed in Friday’s “Invicta FC: Phoenix Rising Series 1” one-night tournament.  The 28-year-old from Gilroy, Calif., was bold from the get-go in the eight-woman, single-elimination tournament, which crowned a new strawweight champion at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. Along the way to claiming the title, Van Buren (10-2) scored the only finish of the quarterfinal round with an armbar of Manjit Kolekar , called out and defeated the tourney’s biggest name in the semifinals in Julianna Lima , then ended an inspired underdog in Kailin Curran via second-round submission to claim the championship .  Watch the tournament highlights in the video above to see Van Buren’s journey to the title. “Invicta FC: Phoenix Rising Series 1” results: Brianna Van Buren def.  Kailin Curran via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:49 – strawweight tournament final Magdalena Sormova def. Kay Hansen via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) Kailin Curran def.

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]]> https://www.badmma.com/invicta-fc-phoenix-rising-series-1-video-highlights-brianna-van-burens-journey-to-gold.html/feed 0 TUF 25 Finale results: Tecia Torres chokes out Juliana Lima for first stoppage win of career https://www.badmma.com/tuf-25-finale-results-tecia-torres-chokes-out-juliana-lima-for-first-stoppage-win-of-career.html https://www.badmma.com/tuf-25-finale-results-tecia-torres-chokes-out-juliana-lima-for-first-stoppage-win-of-career.html#comments Fri, 07 Jul 2017 23:41:25 +0000 BAD MMA News http://www.badmma.com/tuf-25-finale-results-tecia-torres-chokes-out-juliana-lima-for-first-stoppage-win-of-career.html When Tecia Torres couldn’t inflict her ground game on Juliana Lima , she had to settle for letting Lima’s ground game come to her. That paid off early in the second round, as Torres (9-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) pivoted off a Lima (9-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC) takedown attempt to take the back and sink the rear-naked choke, forcing the tap at the 0:53 mark of Round 2.

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