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UFC 163 results and photos: Amanda Nunes elbows way to TKO of Sheila Gaff

BAD MMA News — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 05:12:00 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO – Amanda Nunes apparently had little interest in finding out what it would feel like to see Round 2 in her UFC debut. Against Sheila Gaff, the Brazilian bantamweight started fast and ended fast, earning a TKO stoppage via elbow strikes at 2:08 of the first round. The women’s bantamweight bout took place today at UFC 163 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. It aired on FX ahead of the pay-per-view main card. Nunes and Gaff signaled right away that theirs was not the kind of business that would likely take long to resolve. The two women met in the center of the cage and traded heavy leather in the opening seconds, though it was Gaff who initially tried to get the action to the mat. Nunes shrugged off an early attempt at a rear-naked choke, then muscled Gaff back to the floor moments later before unloading with a barrage of elbow strikes from inside the German’s guard that forced referee Herb Dean to call a stop to the bout.

UFC 163 results and photos: Amanda Nunes elbows way to TKO of Sheila Gaff – MMA Junkie

Women’s MMA Report: Carmouche, de Randamie earn key victories at UFC on FOX 8

BAD MMA News — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 23:15:00 +0000

On Feb. 23, the UFC showcased its first female fight. This past Saturday night at UFC on FOX 8 in Seattle, history was made again when the UFC promoted two women’s bouts on one card. Bantamweights Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche and Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie were both victorious in televised matchups.

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Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate II slated for year-end UFC 168 pay-per-view

BAD MMA News — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:45:00 +0000

LAS VEGAS – The UFC’s annual year-end pay-per-view event will have at least one title fight. On Monday UFC President Dana White said the rematch between women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and challenger Miesha Tate (13-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) will be part of the card. Additional sources told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the event will take place Dec. 28, in Las Vegas, as UFC 168. “Ronda and Miesha is just – leading up to that fight, that’s going to be nasty,” White said. The two women currently serve are serving as head coaches on the 18th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, which also tapes in Las Vegas and features both male and female bantamweights vying for UFC contracts.

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Liz Carmouche Draws Octagon Newcomer Jessica Andrade at UFC on Fox 8

BAD MMA News — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:00:21 +0000

Liz Carmouche has already been part of a lot of firsts in UFC history, and she’s only one fight into her tenure with the promotion. She was in the first women’s title fight, the first women’s bout to headline a pay-per-view, and the first women’s bout to take place in the Octagon. Now that she’s fought current UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey , she’s moving on to become one of the first two women to fight on Fox. Carmouche was originally slated to face Miesha Tate at UFC on Fox 8 on July 27 in Seattle, but Tate was called on to coach opposite Rousey on TUF 18 when Cat Zingano had to withdraw from the job due to a severe knee injury. Carmouche will now face promotional newcomer Jessica Andrade at UFC on Fox 8. The new bout was first reported by MMAFighting.com . She (8-3) may have failed in her bid to wrest the belt from Rousey, but Carmouche came as close as anyone ever has to derailing the Rousey train. She eventually succumbed to the same submission as the rest of the UFC women’s bantamweight champion’s opponents, but she’ll get the opportunity to redeem herself in Seattle.

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