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UFC officials have confirmed another bout for the upcoming UFC 176 event that’s set to take place on August 2 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Brazilian Bethe Correia has agreed to take on another member of the ‘Four Horsewomen’ in Shayna Baszler.
UFC officials have announced a replacement for the injured Shayna Baszler who was set to take on Sarah Kaufman on April 16 at the TUF Nations Finale. Amanda Nunes has agreed to replace Baszler and fight Kaufman. Nunes was set to compete on April 19 against Alexis Dufresne.
Sara McMann may have only had one fight inside the octagon but the undefeated Olympian but through seven fights she has been able to finish off her opponents in four of those wins. Her last fight before getting signed to the UFC bantamweight division was against Shayna Bayszler at Invicta FC 2. Before you see her Saturday night in the main event of UFC 170 check out her handywork in this video.
Marina Shafir just won her fifth MMA fight as an amateur. This past Sunday night Shafir submitted Nicole Upshaw at “University of MMA: Fight Night 5” at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Shafir is the reigning Tuff-N-Uff featherweight champion, and like her best friend Ronda Rousey before her, has been submitting all her opponents in the first round — actually, most of them within the first minute. This last win took her 1:53, but who’s counting.
Veteran fighter Shayna Baszler has a date set for her octagon debut. The UFC tweeted the news earlier today to announce that Baszler will meet Sarah Kaufman in a bantamweight showdown on April 16th in Quebec City.
Julianna Pena will get her first shot at fighting since winning The Ultimate Fighter Season 18 Finale back in November. UFC officials announced that she will meet Jessica Andrade at UFC 171 in Dallas.
Ronda Rousey’s number one pick Shayna Baszler suffered a submission loss to Miesha Tate’s number one pick Julianna Pena on episode 2 of The Ultimate Fighter season 18 (TUF 18) last week. To put it very mildly, Ms. Rousey did not take the loss well. Baszler, with all her experience, seemed over-confident going up against the up-and-comer Pena — and she paid the price. Will Team Rousey be able to bounce back this week as Chris Beal takes on Team Tate’s Chris Holdsworth?
Tuesday night only means one thing and that is two plus hours of non stop regional mixed martial arts coverage. Tonight’s lineup includes some new professionals looking to make their mark in the XFC as well as a couple guys who aren’t known to hold their tongue.
Gina and Emily return tonight with two great guests to get your week started right! Charmaine Tweet will join the ladies. Charmaine is training for a fight that is just around the corner at APC in Calgary. Alberta, Canada. Tweet will face Sy Jewett on March 15th.
From Veronica Rothenhausler’s devastating first round knockout victory, to Carla Esparza’s main event title win, check out these photos from Saturday’s all-female Invicta FC 4 event in Kansas City.