Official Women's Division Discussion #25

[awiv]

Quick heads up I will be in Oklahoma City next week for the Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association's National Tournament doing some coverage. Many of these gals will be most likely transitioning to MMA soon.

May also try to get an interview with Emily Ducote.

 

[leto1776]

So Sherdog's Twitter feed says Ducote vs. Williams is official.

Williams may have destroyed Hardy, but I feel that Ducote may be too much, too soon for her.

 

[Rizz]

So Sherdog's Twitter feed says Ducote vs. Williams is official.

Williams may have destroyed Hardy, but I feel that Ducote may be too much, too soon for her.

I will admit to not being as knowledgeable about Ducote as I am some other girls but doing some record research I am not seeing anything that pops out to me that she is really good. Her wins are against some fighters who have bad losses. For instance, one of her wins also lost to two of the setup fighters that LFA uses to slow grow their real talent. Just from going off what things look like on paper to me I think Williams should not be counted out. It all depends on how good her grappling is because it seems like she has good striking. No matter the outcome, this is a fight i'm interested in seeing how things play out.

 

[MajorTB]

I will admit to not being as knowledgeable about Ducote as I am some other girls but doing some record research I am not seeing anything that pops out to me that she is really good. Her wins are against some fighters who have bad losses. For instance, one of her wins also lost to two of the setup fighters that LFA uses to slow grow their real talent. Just from going off what things look like on paper to me I think Williams should not be counted out. It all depends on how good her grappling is because it seems like she has good striking. No matter the outcome, this is a fight i'm interested in seeing how things play out.

Ducote is a good but not exceptional natural athlete, who comes from a wrestling background, and you can see it in her fights. I like that she hits nice takedowns, and she has shown some real quality top control. She also has shown the ability to jump on and finish submissions very quickly. Like a lot of wrestlers though, she isn't quite as comfortable on her back, and she is a bit undersized at 125.

Standing she has fast hands, and throws with a decent amount of power. She's got a good leg kick too... but she has no head movement, and she's very stationary. I really think talking a Dillashaw lite approach would work well for her. Her lack of defense and movement cost her quite a bit against Ilmia, so hopefully it's been addressed.

I'm not entirely sure what this means versus Williams. Kristina is clearly a big 125er, and like Ducote seems to be a good but not exceptional natural athlete. Emily probably should avoid making this a kickboxing bout, she's much smaller, likely at a reach disadvantage, and doesn't hit as hard I think. I would look for Emily to go for takedowns, and wrestle Williams. Throwing some leg kicks in there may be a good idea as well, as slowing down Williams movement will help. I think a clinch battle will wear on Ducote because of Williams size, so it's important she hits the takedown.

Basically all we have seen from Williams at the pro level was a good striking attack, with a decent amount of power. In her last amateur fight she showed off a little wrestling and grappling, but her opponent was able to press her and take her down. (In Williams defense, the cage was absolutely tiny) I wasn't overly impressed by Williams ground game, you can tell she is still learning there, and that's ok, but it's something to worry about versus Ducote.

Williams basically needs to repeat what she did versus Hardy, but watch for takedowns at the same time. She's gonna be heavier, and her punches and kicks definitely have enough sting to rattle Emily. Range is also important here, look for Williams to stay at kicking range. She really enjoyed having a large cage in her Bellator debut, and I suspect we see that again here.

Prediction wise, I would say Ducote is the safe bet, but only cause I haven't seen much from Kristina.

 

[leto1776]

According to the translation, she's getting treatment for shingles. That probably makes her the first fighter in the UFC to fight while under a shingles attack. Brave chick.

 

[Thirdpres]

I noticed another women's fight added to Pancrase 293 this weekend. I don't recall it that has been mentioned so I figured I would post it.

2-4 Pancrase, Tokyo, Japan
Ayaka Miura vs. Ye Dam Seo (115)
(NEW) Takayo Hashi vs. Barbara Acioly (125)

2-2 Ring of Combat AM 27
Lauren Braccia vs. Carsyn Nash (125) Ammy
Taneisha Tennant vs. Dianna (Despina*) Karavas (135) Ammy
(NEW) Anastasia Bruce vs. Jennifer Dugwen Chang (120) Ammy
//Jessica Ruiz vs. Jennifer Dugwen (115) - Cancelled
//Krissy Hannaford vs. Anastasia Bruce (120) - Cancelled
*New listing of Dianna Karavas at 135, title ammy fight.

2-2 559 Fights 62, Visalia, California
Gabby Lopez vs. Jaya Davis (115) Ammy
Kiara Ramos vs. Laura Anderson (135) Ammy

//(Cancelled) 2-3 Dani Harris vs. Laura Taylor Hardrock MMA 96: Warr vs. Feruson, Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Ammy (135lbs)

2-3 Gladius Fights 30, Auburn, New York
Jolene Dennis vs. Che Stait-Martino (115) Ammy
Kara Hoad vs. Andrea Watson (140) Ammy

2-3 NLF: St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Montpeleir, Ohio
Cherish Brown vs. Larkyn Dasch 145lbs (3x3) Ammy
(NEW) Lydia Babila vs. Payton Becki (135) Ammy

2-3 Victory FC 9 Junction City, Kansas
Ashlynn Kleinbeck vs. Liz Goodman (135) Ammy

2-3 NEF 32 Super Saturday, Lewiston, Maine
Jayda Bailey vs. Amanda Gallo (135) Ammy
(NEW) Chelsea Elizabeth vs. Catie Denning (135) Ammy
(NEW) BJ Garceau vs. Sarah Ziehm (115) Ammy

2-3 Jo Dagenais vs. Jasmine Jasdavicous at Full Contact Promotions: Rage in the Cage 3, Rochester, New York. (120) Ammy

2-3 Filippa Ikoona vs. Marigja Ratautaite at Freon: JFX Fights 7, Saldus, Latvia.(117 MMAViking / 125Tapology) Pro debuts.

2-3 Susy Watson vs. Liz Tracy at KotC: Fight to Finish, Lincoln City, Oregon. (125lbs)
//Glena Avila vs. Danzig - Cancelled.

2-9 Kumite Warriors 7: Ragnarok, Salto, Uruguay.
Lorena Graces vs. Belen Britos (115) pro debuts
Sofia Silva vs. Lorena Quiroz (135) Ammy

2-10 SLMMA 13, Moscow, Russia
Anshelika Zakharchenko vs. Yustina Grachyk* (?)
Valeria Karygina vs. Fatima Dudieva (?) pro debuts
*Grachyk has one pro fight at 135lbs.

2-10 Midwest Fight League, Macon, Missouri
Chrissy Long vs. Nikki Schipani (?) Ammy
Tiffany Chamberlain vs. Julia Shipp (115) Ammy
Brittany Pena vs. Shelby Garven (?) Ammy

2-10 Premier MMA Championship 6, Covington Kentucky.*
Shelby Mroz vs. Amanda Spencer (115?) Ammy
Caitlin Schwab vs. Tori Adkins (?) Ammy
* The Mroz fight maybe cancelled. Mroz is set to fight on 2-24 and is posting about tickets on her facebook. I had to dig for this information for the fight card itself.

2-16 LFA 33, Dalles, Texas. (Updated for Cowan opponent.)
Maycee Barber vs. Katherine Roy (115)
Hailey Breanne Cowan vs. Jeniece Gamez (125) Ammy

2-17 Lea Mcintire vs. Alexa Culp at KC Fighting Alliance 27, Independence, Missouri. (?) Ammy

2-17 Sierra Dinwoodie (3-0) vs. Melissa Croden (2-0) Rumble in the Cage 57, Alberta, Canada. (150) Ammy

2-18 Ruth Montero vs. Teresa Quinones at Liga de Oro MMA-Do, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (145) Ammy

2-23 Ekaterina Pushkareva vs. Yulia Krasnikova at Baikal FC 2, Irkutsk, Russia (115) pro debuts

2-24 Breanna Drake vs. Sarah Scott at Xtreme Fight Club 37, Mesquite, Texas. (135) Ammy

2-24 Giulla Chinello vs. Roberta Zocco at Padova Fight Night, Padova, Italy. (115)

2-25 Danna Espinoza vs. Mishell Rodriguez at YFC 8, Yantzaza, Ecuador. (121)

3-4 Yulia Kutsenko vs. Liliya Kazak at Battle on Volga 3, Togliatti, Russia. (Likely 125)

3-10 Premier FC 25, Agawam, Massachusetts. (Update, change in Payant opponent and weight class of the fight.)
Sarah Payant vs. Jessica Borga (135)
Lisa Blaine vs. Destiny Quinones (115)
(NEW) Tammy Worrick vs. Danielle Hindley (125)

3-10 Laura Sanchez (3-1 ammy)* vs. Kristine Ion-Rood (1-0 ammy) at Caged Aggression 21: Day 2, Davenport, Iowa. (145) pro debuts
*Loss to Akeela Al-Hameed by UD. Ion-Rood finished her ammy opponent in 19 sec. by sub.

3-10 Elle Wagman vs. Alannah Jack at ShoFIGHT, Branson, Missouri. (105 Title) Ammy

3-10 Megan Morris vs. Beckie Ainscough at UK Fighting Championships, England. (121) Ammy

3-10 Cecily Davis vs. TBD (125) at Shock and Awe 3, Portsmouth, England. (125) Ammy
(Two K1 women's fights and they are looking for an ammy K1 fighter too, as well as an opponent for Davis.)

3-10 Battle Arena 50, Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Update Lindsay opponent.)
Molly Lindsay* vs. Elin Salononsson (135 Title) Ammy
(NEW) Amy O'Mara vs. Anna Astvik (115 Title) Ammy
* I have seen information that this could be a K1 fight or an MMA fight. Instagram is showing Lindsay training MMA though. She is a cutie.

3-11 Anna Somers vs. Kristi Garr at Fight Card Entertainment, Rosemont, Illinois. (105) (Characterized as their MMA debuts but no clue if they are ammies or not. Garr trains with ABC, wrestling with her.)

3-17 MTF I, Logan, Utah.
Kaycee Pearce vs. Stephanie Hernandez (115) Ammy
(NEW) Xasha Lopez vs. Jade Jacobsen (195) Ammy *Almost missed this one.

3-17 Pyramid Fights 6, Batesville, Arkansas.
Melody McGill vs. Cora Wilson (135?) Ammy*
Daniella Thomason vs. Jessica Owen (125?) Ammy
(NEW) Kendal Holowell vs. Angie Jackson (115) Ammy
*This fight maybe off, the promotion teased Wilson having to wait for her debut, no reason given for the post.

3-24 Stephanie Madden vs. Brooke Andrus* at OnPoint MMA, Atoka, Oklahoma. (145) Ammy
*Andrus is also listed as fighting Janyth Glendening at SCS 34. Andrus selling tickets for this fight recently.

4-24 Danni Hartley vs. Karla Alvarez at Sparta Combat League 66, Loveland, Colorado. (125) Ammy

3-24 Big John's MMA: Northern Comeback, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (Update)
Katie Dihle vs. Maggie Poulin (135) Ammy
Kayla McRorie vs. Alyssa Lawrence (125) Ammy
Kasey Spencer vs. Tara May Worley (135) Ammy
//Kasey Spencer vs. Tara Moore (?) Ammy Moore married, now Worley, weight at 135lbs.

3-31 Tabatha Ann Watkins vs. Rachael Smith at PFO, Gladwin, Michigan. (115)

3-31 Joy Thornburg vs. Maya Stewart at Shogun FC 2, Crossville, Tennessee. (155 Title) Ammy


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• Saturday 03.10.2018 at 08:00 PM ET
• Promotion: Rage in the Cage OKC
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• Venue: Sugar Creek Casino Event Center
• Location: Hinton, Oklahoma, United States
• Enclosure: Cage

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115 LBS FEMALE MMA 0-0
115 LBS FEMALE MMA 0-1
120/125 LBS FEMALE MMA 3-1
125 LBS FEMALE MMA 3-2
125 LBS FEMALE MMA 1-4
145 LBS FEMALE MMA 3-0

• Sunday 03.11.2018 at 06:00 PM ET
• Promotion: Fight Card Entertainment
• Venue: Joe's Live
• Location: Rosemont, Illinois, United States
• Enclosure: Cage

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Something to keep your eyes on:
Xtreme Knockout
9 hrs ·
Multiple #femalefights to be announced soon for XKO 40 March 10th @gasmonkeydallas. Tickets on Sale NOW.

I posted this the following several weeks ago, hopefully they found opponents:
Deborah Kouzmin 125-135 pro debut (3-1 as an ammy)
Audrey Drew 135-145 1-0 pro all for March 10th
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Edit. I was thinking of the Williams vs. Ducote fight back when it was first likely to happen.

Williams will likely keep a lower stance against Ducote then she did against Hardy, that will slow her offense down a bit in combination with likely using far fewer kicks. Controlling the clinch and making Ducote pay for shots and entries into clinching will be important to her keeping the fight standing. If Williams can get her head under Ducote's and using her good knees and elbows in and leaving the clinch she ought to beat up Ducote. That and pushing off of clinching if possible.

Ducote is the best wrestler Williams has faced though and her serviceable stand and fairly good top game. If Ducote can get it down she has a decent shot at winning the fight. Interesting to see how Williams holds up in a grueling fight as she is the bigger and taller fighter. The threat of a takedown could help Ducote out with Williams striking if she can make Williams hesitate to throw hard.

That ought to be a fun fight and I am looking forward to it.

 

[executionermma]

Bellator with the Pico treatment for Williams..
Not sure how that will go, depends on her TDD. Will be rooting for her, appreciate that courage. Most fighters, specially Bellator men, would prefer to keep the momentum going fighting some can next.

 

[awiv]

I noticed another women's fight added to Pancrase 293 this weekend. I don't recall it that has been mentioned so I figured I would post it.

2-4 Pancrase, Tokyo, Japan
Ayaka Miura vs. Ye Dam Seo (115)
(NEW) Takayo Hashi vs. Barbara Acioly (125)

2-2 Ring of Combat AM 27
Lauren Braccia vs. Carsyn Nash (125) Ammy
Taneisha Tennant vs. Dianna (Despina*) Karavas (135) Ammy
(NEW) Anastasia Bruce vs. Jennifer Dugwen Chang (120) Ammy
//Jessica Ruiz vs. Jennifer Dugwen (115) - Cancelled
//Krissy Hannaford vs. Anastasia Bruce (120) - Cancelled
*New listing of Dianna Karavas at 135, title ammy fight.

2-2 559 Fights 62, Visalia, California
Gabby Lopez vs. Jaya Davis (115) Ammy
Kiara Ramos vs. Laura Anderson (135) Ammy

//(Cancelled) 2-3 Dani Harris vs. Laura Taylor Hardrock MMA 96: Warr vs. Feruson, Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Ammy (135lbs)

2-3 Gladius Fights 30, Auburn, New York
Jolene Dennis vs. Che Stait-Martino (115) Ammy
Kara Hoad vs. Andrea Watson (140) Ammy

2-3 NLF: St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Montpeleir, Ohio
Cherish Brown vs. Larkyn Dasch 145lbs (3x3) Ammy
(NEW) Lydia Babila vs. Payton Becki (135) Ammy

2-3 Victory FC 9 Junction City, Kansas
Ashlynn Kleinbeck vs. Liz Goodman (135) Ammy

2-3 NEF 32 Super Saturday, Lewiston, Maine
Jayda Bailey vs. Amanda Gallo (135) Ammy
(NEW) Chelsea Elizabeth vs. Catie Denning (135) Ammy
(NEW) BJ Garceau vs. Sarah Ziehm (115) Ammy

2-3 Jo Dagenais vs. Jasmine Jasdavicous at Full Contact Promotions: Rage in the Cage 3, Rochester, New York. (120) Ammy

2-3 Filippa Ikoona vs. Marigja Ratautaite at Freon: JFX Fights 7, Saldus, Latvia.(117 MMAViking / 125Tapology) Pro debuts.

2-3 Susy Watson vs. Liz Tracy at KotC: Fight to Finish, Lincoln City, Oregon. (125lbs)
//Glena Avila vs. Danzig - Cancelled.

2-9 Kumite Warriors 7: Ragnarok, Salto, Uruguay.
Lorena Graces vs. Belen Britos (115) pro debuts
Sofia Silva vs. Lorena Quiroz (135) Ammy

2-10 SLMMA 13, Moscow, Russia
Anshelika Zakharchenko vs. Yustina Grachyk* (?)
Valeria Karygina vs. Fatima Dudieva (?) pro debuts
*Grachyk has one pro fight at 135lbs.

2-10 Midwest Fight League, Macon, Missouri
Chrissy Long vs. Nikki Schipani (?) Ammy
Tiffany Chamberlain vs. Julia Shipp (115) Ammy
Brittany Pena vs. Shelby Garven (?) Ammy

2-10 Premier MMA Championship 6, Covington Kentucky.*
Shelby Mroz vs. Amanda Spencer (115?) Ammy
Caitlin Schwab vs. Tori Adkins (?) Ammy
* The Mroz fight maybe cancelled. Mroz is set to fight on 2-24 and is posting about tickets on her facebook. I had to dig for this information for the fight card itself.

2-16 LFA 33, Dalles, Texas. (Updated for Cowan opponent.)
Maycee Barber vs. Katherine Roy (115)
Hailey Breanne Cowan vs. Jeniece Gamez (125) Ammy

2-17 Lea Mcintire vs. Alexa Culp at KC Fighting Alliance 27, Independence, Missouri. (?) Ammy

2-17 Sierra Dinwoodie (3-0) vs. Melissa Croden (2-0) Rumble in the Cage 57, Alberta, Canada. (150) Ammy

2-18 Ruth Montero vs. Teresa Quinones at Liga de Oro MMA-Do, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (145) Ammy

2-23 Ekaterina Pushkareva vs. Yulia Krasnikova at Baikal FC 2, Irkutsk, Russia (115) pro debuts

2-24 Breanna Drake vs. Sarah Scott at Xtreme Fight Club 37, Mesquite, Texas. (135) Ammy

2-24 Giulla Chinello vs. Roberta Zocco at Padova Fight Night, Padova, Italy. (115)

2-25 Danna Espinoza vs. Mishell Rodriguez at YFC 8, Yantzaza, Ecuador. (121)

3-4 Yulia Kutsenko vs. Liliya Kazak at Battle on Volga 3, Togliatti, Russia. (Likely 125)

3-10 Premier FC 25, Agawam, Massachusetts. (Update, change in Payant opponent and weight class of the fight.)
Sarah Payant vs. Jessica Borga (135)
Lisa Blaine vs. Destiny Quinones (115)
(NEW) Tammy Worrick vs. Danielle Hindley (125)

3-10 Laura Sanchez (3-1 ammy)* vs. Kristine Ion-Rood (1-0 ammy) at Caged Aggression 21: Day 2, Davenport, Iowa. (145) pro debuts
*Loss to Akeela Al-Hameed by UD. Ion-Rood finished her ammy opponent in 19 sec. by sub.

3-10 Elle Wagman vs. Alannah Jack at ShoFIGHT, Branson, Missouri. (105 Title) Ammy

3-10 Megan Morris vs. Beckie Ainscough at UK Fighting Championships, England. (121) Ammy

3-10 Cecily Davis vs. TBD (125) at Shock and Awe 3, Portsmouth, England. (125) Ammy
(Two K1 women's fights and they are looking for an ammy K1 fighter too, as well as an opponent for Davis.)

3-10 Battle Arena 50, Birmingham, United Kingdom. (Update Lindsay opponent.)
Molly Lindsay* vs. Elin Salononsson (135 Title) Ammy
(NEW) Amy O'Mara vs. Anna Astvik (115 Title) Ammy
* I have seen information that this could be a K1 fight or an MMA fight. Instagram is showing Lindsay training MMA though. She is a cutie.

3-11 Anna Somers vs. Kristi Garr at Fight Card Entertainment, Rosemont, Illinois. (105) (Characterized as their MMA debuts but no clue if they are ammies or not. Garr trains with ABC, wrestling with her.)
--
Rage In The Cage OKC
January 26 at 10:40pm · Oklahoma City, OK ·
Rage in The cage is looking 4 a girl 125 ammy 4 match 10th. A few other ammy spots,left ..message summer seaborg or Jessie sink. Thank you

• Saturday 03.10.2018 at 08:00 PM ET
• Promotion: Rage in the Cage OKC
• Tapology Accounts: rageinthecageokc
• Venue: Sugar Creek Casino Event Center
• Location: Hinton, Oklahoma, United States
• Enclosure: Cage

--
Fight Card Entertainment is at Joe's Live Rosemont.
January 30 at 7:02pm · Rosemont, IL ·
LITTLE LESS THAN SIX WEEKS TILL SHOWTIME!!!

LOOKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING SPOTS. COACHES AND FIGHTERS CONTACT Nilo Soto TO GET ON THE CARD

115 LBS FEMALE MMA 0-0
115 LBS FEMALE MMA 0-1
120/125 LBS FEMALE MMA 3-1
125 LBS FEMALE MMA 3-2
125 LBS FEMALE MMA 1-4
145 LBS FEMALE MMA 3-0

• Sunday 03.11.2018 at 06:00 PM ET
• Promotion: Fight Card Entertainment
• Venue: Joe's Live
• Location: Rosemont, Illinois, United States
• Enclosure: Cage

--
Something to keep your eyes on:
Xtreme Knockout
9 hrs ·
Multiple #femalefights to be announced soon for XKO 40 March 10th @gasmonkeydallas. Tickets on Sale NOW.

I posted this the following several weeks ago, hopefully they found opponents:
Deborah Kouzmin 125-135 pro debut (3-1 as an ammy)
Audrey Drew 135-145 1-0 pro all for March 10th
--
Edit. I was thinking of the Williams vs. Ducote fight back when it was first likely to happen.

Williams will likely keep a lower stance against Ducote then she did against Hardy, that will slow her offense down a bit in combination with likely using far fewer kicks. Controlling the clinch and making Ducote pay for shots and entries into clinching will be important to her keeping the fight standing. If Williams can get her head under Ducote's and using her good knees and elbows in and leaving the clinch she ought to beat up Ducote. That and pushing off of clinching if possible.

Ducote is the best wrestler Williams has faced though and her serviceable stand and fairly good top game. If Ducote can get it down she has a decent shot at winning the fight. Interesting to see how Williams holds up in a grueling fight as she is the bigger and taller fighter. The threat of a takedown could help Ducote out with Williams striking if she can make Williams hesitate to throw hard.

That ought to be a fun fight and I am looking forward to it.

Barbra is there repping Invicta as a part of their talent share. Interested to see who Pancrase sends over

 

[Thirdpres]

Barbra is there repping Invicta as a part of their talent share. Interested to see who Pancrase sends over

Agreed. I recall reading about that talent share a while ago so I figured that was the connection. Looking forward to seeing what else comes of it. Glad to see Takayo Hashi getting a fight too.

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Still adding stuff to that list. Just noticed another women's fight on that last card. And at 195lbs too. Big women.

 

[awiv]

Fyi where you can watch Friday...

CES - Lincoln, Rhode Island (This will air on AXS TV)

• Hilarie Rose vs. Linsey Williams

XFN - Tulsa, Oklahoma (this will stream for free at Fite.tv)

• Jaymee Jones vs. Jessica Middleton (125)

 

[awiv]

Results from last weekend are posted plus added the matches listed above. Thanks - the group is getting credit on top of my Upcoming Fights/Results page from now on.

https://wombatsports.wordpress.com/upcoming-fights/

 

[Thirdpres]

I've been looking into some of the win/loss results but had not found much the other day. I decided to check around again. I'll post what I see from different sources as time permits. (Getting tired of searching the Internet tonight though.)

1-21 Karina Aryadne def. Natalia Souza by Kirmura in rd 1 at Leos Da Luta Championship, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (125) (Source: Sherdog FF)

1-26 Hainite Tuitupon def. Emily Lyons by UD at Fuel MMA – Flint, Michigan (115) Ammy (Result from the UG)

1-27 Aigul Habirova won by unanimous decision of judges

arinu vassylenko
(Translation above from Modern Fighting Pankration's site.)

1-27 Aygul Khabrirova (4-0-0) RU* def. Karina Vasiklenko by UD at MFP - 216: Angarsk Battle Angarsk, Russia (125) (The video I had seen of the fight was terminated off of YouTube.)

* Khabrirova's Instagram changed from 3-0 to 4-0 recently but that was not enough to write it up as a win, just a strong hint.

https://www.facebook.com/PankrationMFP/

1-27 Shania Arredondo def. Tabitha Trevino by TKO at 0:54 of rd 2 at KotC: Horizon, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (115 likely) Ammy (Results from KOTC, linked below.)

http://www.kingofthecage.com/el-diablo-towoac-co/

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1-27 Darby Haverlock vs. Jocelyn Kaufman at FightForce: Great Falls Rumble, Great Falls, Montana. (150) Ammy Looking deeper into this one it is actually a boxing match. Tapology needs to fix that. Darby Haverlock def. Jocelyn Kaufman via UD.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/st.../mcmillen-successful-belt-defense/1073671001/

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1-28 Mariana Serrano vs. Veronika Rodova at GCF 42, Czech Republic.
Serrano missed her flight. Fight cancelled.
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Start of new list of stuff.

3-16 American Kombat Alliance: Rite of Passage 3
Candace Maricle* vs. TBD (135 likely)
Savannah Dorton vs. TBD Ammy (Dorton 15yrs old)
Hailey Hobbs vs. TBD (105 likely, Ammy likely)
*Pic and post of the signing and fight date on her Facebook. (Other info. from video conference post.)

 

[executionermma]

UFC FN 125 weigh in results:

Valentina "Bullet" Shevchenko (125) vs. Priscila "Pedrita" Cachoeira (126) - official

Maia Stevenson (116) vs. Polyana "Dama de Ferro" Viana (116) - official

Dama de Ferro means "Iron Lady" to the ones interested, Pedrita would be "little rock"

Looking forward to these 2 fights, and props to Valentina for making championship weight at her FLW debut in UFC.

 

[Dsfdandan]

Not that she needs to but I’m rather confident Valentina could make 115

 

[devante]

So Sherdog's Twitter feed says Ducote vs. Williams is official.

Williams may have destroyed Hardy, but I feel that Ducote may be too much, too soon for her.

http://severemma.com/2017/10/dont-sweat-technique-emily-ducote/

a breakdown of emily prior to her fight w/macfarlane, diff opponent but analysis of ducote style and attributes still holds up

 

[devante]

http://combatpress.com/2018/02/the-problem-with-paige-vanzant/



Paige VanZant is a well-conditioned, athletic, agile, explosive, physical and durable fighter. In terms of measurables, she is capable of competing with the very best fighters in two weight classes. So, given her unique blend of attributes, how is she not a legitimate contender or a champion?

Some critics have attributed it to tough weight cuts that hindered her at strawweight. In her first foray into the flyweight division, it’s been attributed to the broken arm that limited her ability to fight a balanced fight, much less a busy one. Both perspectives are incorrect.

 

[Eater of Souls]

http://combatpress.com/2018/02/the-problem-with-paige-vanzant/



Paige VanZant is a well-conditioned, athletic, agile, explosive, physical and durable fighter. In terms of measurables, she is capable of competing with the very best fighters in two weight classes. So, given her unique blend of attributes, how is she not a legitimate contender or a champion?

Some critics have attributed it to tough weight cuts that hindered her at strawweight. In her first foray into the flyweight division, it’s been attributed to the broken arm that limited her ability to fight a balanced fight, much less a busy one. Both perspectives are incorrect.

Yeah, skill. She focuses more on conditioning than she does on integrating fundamentals.

 

[Larisa.]

I got Shevchenko UD and Viana SUB (R1 or 2) for tomorrow. I don't think Cachoeira can win this fight, unless she lands some miracle that shakes Valentina which I don't see happening, Shevchenko takes a dominant decision and makes her case for a title shot IMO. Viana on the other hand has some weird striking (kinda Ronda-ish) so I can see her wanting to take this to the ground with Stevenson. Stevenson's winning streak consists of opponents with a combined record of 0-13-0. I think Viana's got this.

If Shevchenko does win then I won't be surprised if she shows up as #1 on the rankings come Wednesday. I dunno what Eubanks' status is but Valentina pretty much has a title shot under her belt if she gets the win here, if not a TS then a title eliminator at the least... probably against Murphy who's coming off a win against Honchak.

 

[Eater of Souls]

 

[Dsfdandan]

Completely forgot about her. I’m assuming it’ll be at 125, I wonder who they match her with.