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Women’s MMA Report: UFC books Kaufman vs. Eye, Sexton vs. Andrade for October

BAD MMA News — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 02:15:00 +0000

Former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Sarah Kaufman didn’t get to compete as planned Wednesday night at UFC Fight Night 27, but the Canadian standout’s long-awaited octagon debut will still take place before the end of 2013.

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Women’s MMA Report: Alexis Davis wins UFC debut, Megumi Fujii set to retire

BAD MMA News — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:30:00 +0000

Highly touted Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis made a successful UFC debut earlier this month, but her victory didn’t come as easily as some had predicted. Davis narrowly outpointed Rosi “The Surgeon” Sexton in a main-card bout at UFC 161, which took place June 15 in Winnipeg. Davis (14-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) got off to a strong start in Round 1 and landed some nice knees in the clinch. Sexton (13-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) reversed a takedown and wound up in Davis’ guard. Davis trapped the British veteran in a tight triangle choke, but Sexton refused to submit and landed some hard right hands in the final minute. Sexton secured a takedown in the second round and landed ground and pound until Davis kicked off of the cage and took top position

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From Humble Beginnings to Pro Fighter, Kamal Shalorus Calls Out One FC Champ Shinya Aoki

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:08:37 +0000

Kamal Shalorus established himself as an immediate contender for Shinya Aoki’s ONE FC lightweight belt with a decision win over Eduard Folayang last month and the Iranian wasted no time in calling out the reigning 155-pound champion. “I would love to fight with Shinya Aoki and honestly I think it’s a good match-up because he’s a grappler, but I’m a wrestler, he cannot take me down and I can strike with him. I competed 16 minutes with Saulo Ribeiro and he couldn’t submit me, so Aoki’s not going to do anything to me. That’s a very good match-up for me; Eduard Folayang is a harder fight for me than Aoki.” It’s fighting talk from a man who finds himself back in Asia fighting for ONE FC, after a career that had been spent competing exclusively in his adopted home of America. There is no question that the recent win over Folayang has thrust him immediately into the title picture in a division that is also home to Lowen Tynanes, Ariel Sexton and Caros Fodor.

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Alexis Davis Could Be the Biggest Threat to Ronda Rousey’s UFC Title Reign

BAD MMA News — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:00:55 +0000

Courtesy of Damon Martin and official MMAWeekly.com content partner Bleacher Report . Ever since the UFC announced that women’s fighters were coming to compete in the Octagon, the bouts that have taken place in the division have all felt like something special was happening. For years and years, UFC president Dana White said that women’s fighting just wasn’t evolved yet, with enough stars to promote an entire division in his organization. White gladly ate his words with the emergence of current women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey , and now with the entire division thriving, it appears women’s MMA is here to stay in the UFC. From Rousey’s debut against Liz Carmouche, to the epic back and forth battle between Cat Zingano and Miesha Tate, to the debut of former Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann—the women have arrived in a big, big way. UFC 161 fighter Alexis Davis has been watching this show the entire time because she was one of the first fighters the promotion signed after entering the women’s MMA fray. She was front and center for Rousey’s debut win while headlining a pay-per-view card, and this weekend she will be part of the first international UFC event with women on the main card. As much as the spotlight has been shone down on the women’s fighters, Davis refuses to look at her upcoming bout against Rosi Sexton as anything more than just another trip to the cage. “This just feels like another fight,” Davis told Bleacher Report, an official MMAWeekly.com content partner. “Even when they sent us out to watch (Ronda) Rousey and (Liz) Carmouche, and we got to go behind the scenes, I felt like I was back at Strikeforce. It could be different by the time I get there, but I don’t think the nerves will get to me quite as much.” The attention and the reception of women’s fighting in the UFC has been nothing less than positive. Each bout has almost been treated like a main event of its own, and there always seems to be something extra on the line every time a woman steps foot in the Octagon. There was some worry when White said that the promotion was getting into women’s MMA solely because of Rousey’s star power and skill in the cage, that the other fighters would basically act as a feeder system into her title fights. Davis says the hype surrounding women’s MMA in the UFC has been nothing less than fantastic, and it hasn’t circled around only one fighter thus far

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