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Welcome to the Fightergirls column on Women Talk Sports brought to you by your source for women’s mma gear and clothing Fightergirls.com. Here is the news for this week.
145 Pounders Amanda Nunes (left) & Julia Budd (Right) Face Off Jan. 7
In breaking news Strikeforce announced a match on Jan. 7 between two top contenders in the 145 pound division. #7 ranked Julia Budd, who made an impressive Strikeforce debut defeated #8 ranked Shana Olsen this past November, will square off verses #5 ranked Brazilian Amanda Nunes.
Budd, a Canadian kickboxing sensation and the only woman to defeat Gina Carano in kickboxing, looks to continue her way up the rankings, while the Brazilian Nunes, who is currently training at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, FL, is looking to make an impact on the American audience with her already impressive 5-1 record.
The fight will happen Jan. 7 in Nashville, TN, and will be shown live on Showtime. For those who don’t have Showtime, don’t fret. Showtime’s free preview weekend will be going on at that time.
Marianna Kheyfets uses her strikes to carve out a unanimous decision.
The XFC delivered a great set of matches Friday night, including what was a solid three round fight between Marianna Kheyfets and Marissa Caldwell in Tampa, FL. Kheyfets, coming off an impressive win over Kim Couture, was able to win a decision victory over the now 2-2 Marisa Caldwell in what was a war in the cage.
To read the complete play by play and photos of the match, you can go to the article here - http://www.womentalksports.com/items/read/652/773749.
XFC MMA also announced that they will be doing 3 shows in China in 2011, and will feature American & Chinese fighters. They also extended their HDNet deal to 6-8 shows in 2011.
Michele Tyler makes successful debut over Viki Watts
In other results –
Michelle Tyler defeated Viki Watts via TKO in round 3 UCMMA 17: Kings of the Cage in England
"Windy" Tomomi Sunaba def. Akiko Naito by Majority Decision at the Pancrase Passion Tour 11 in Japan.
Justine Kish def. Munah Holland by triangle choke at 2:53 of Round 2 at the Ring of Combat 33 in Atlantic City
Felice Herrig def. Amanda Lavoy via armbar round 1 at the XFO 37: Road to Glory in Lakemoor, IL
Bellator Champ Zoila Frausto (left) & Megumi Fujii Head to FX Network
Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney is about to ink a deal with FX Networks that would guarantee that the promotion would get live coverage of their events coming into their spring season.
Bellator made some waves last year, holding their first ever women's tournament featuring MMA phenom Megumi Fujii and rising superstar Zoilia Frausto. Although there won't be a tournament in the spring, Rebney stated several women's matches are in the works; with the rematch between Frausto and #7 ranked Jessica Aguilar being most likely to happen.
An official announcement is expected shortly on the deal and when the first card of Bellator's spring season will happen.
Mika Nagano (left) & Seo Hee Ham (right) vie for Lightweight title
JEWELS MMA is stacking the deck on their last card of 2010.
A total of 10 matches are on the card in Tokyo on Dec. 17. Four tournament finals will be decided as three rough stone grand prix champions will be crown, as well as the "Lightweight Queen" tournament.
Women Talk Sports affiliate MMA Rising will have complete coverage live from Japan.
Cindy Dadnois (left) faces Yana Kunitskaya (right) for M-1 Women's title
M-1 Global will crown its first ever women’s 145 pound champion as #4 ranked Cindy Dandois faces Yana Kunitskaya in Moscow on Saturday. We got a chance to talk to Dandois on the Women Talk Sports affiliate “Sportsgeeks” this week to talk about her career and her position in the 145 pound division. You can hear the entire interview, including her opinion of Strikeforce and champion Cyborg Santos by going to the Sportsgeeks website.
The M-1 Global event will be streamed live in Saturday at 8 a.m. pacific at M-1Global.com.
The Fighter’s Only World MMA Awards were this week, as Cyborg Santos took the Female Fighter of the Year award once again.
Santos dominated in the 145 pound division in 2010, successfully defending her title twice. First against number 1 contender Marloes Coenen in January with a third round tko, and a second round tko of135 pounder Jan Finney in July.
Top 125ers Cat Zigano (left) & Carina Damm (right) Face off in North Dakota
In matches this week –
At Winter Brawl in North Dakota, #6 ranked 125 pounder Cat Zingano faces #4 ranked 125 pounder Carina Damm and Nina Ansaroff faces Carla Esparza.
Sy Jewett faces Anna Barone at TFC 12 Devastation in Edmonton, CAN
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Sarah Maloy faces Shimone Brooks at Freestyle Cage Fight in Shawnee, OK
That's all for now. Check out Fightergirls - for all your women’s mma news and interviews. You can follow us on twitter @fightergirls with the most up to the minute breaking news stories in women’s mma.
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