Signings/Scouting WMMA Discussion #29

werepig said:
ricci was prepared to wall 'n stall her way to victory - that elbow was a bit fluky. i liked ribas' trips in the first round too
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A bit lucky for sure but It's a pattern with Ribas a big shot takes the fight her right out her even when she's winning, so I do think Ricci was trying to throw with more intent than we normally see.
I thought she might get a POTN here but it's hard to denigh the 4 winners so it have to have been a 5th bonus.
 
leto1776 said:
Ummmmm… ok
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Not wanting to cancel the Zambo vs Miura fight for promotional purposes, have Stamp fight on the same card to have a buildup meeting for the MMA title unification bout. One is probably patting themselvess on the back for being so very clever.

Cue: Stamp reinjuring herself again during the fight, out for 8+ months.
 
question for y'all..have we seen any standout wmma fighters come from a sambo or combat sambo background? not sure how long they've been competing in combat sambo specifically, but its def going to be an avenue in the future imo.
 
DamnSevern said:
question for y'all..have we seen any standout wmma fighters come from a sambo or combat sambo background? not sure how long they've been competing in combat sambo specifically, but its def going to be an avenue in the future imo.
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Some girls i believe:

Milana Dudieva
Daria Ibragimova
Marina Mokhnatkina (this one is a sure)
 
DamnSevern said:
question for y'all..have we seen any standout wmma fighters come from a sambo or combat sambo background? not sure how long they've been competing in combat sambo specifically, but its def going to be an avenue in the future imo.
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When I think of standout wimmin sambo fighters a few names come straight to mind:
Megumi Fujii!!!!
Marina Mokhnatkina...
and... umm.... er.... Blue Mary from Fatal Fury?

I'm a bit dubious about sambo being a big pipeline for womyn into WMMA in the near future. All the 'sambo takeover' fighters are basically kavkaz guys, which is the region with p4p the best wrestlers anyway but they don't have a lot of women in sports for cultural reasons. So, women's sambo seems to have a pretty low talent level in comparison from what (little) I've seen.

For instance back during Rondamania!, M-1 decided to try and catch some shine and launched Mokhnatkina into MMA as the 'Sambo Ronda' (she's 5x world champ or something), she won a few fights... then lost to Liana Jojua, which frankly is embarrassing (erm..... sorry Liana, we can still be friends, right? 🥺). I guess M-1 thought so too because they basically stopped promoting WMMA after that. & since then when I've seen someone being billed as a 'sambo ace' (without any other grappling credentials) my instinct is 'uh-oh...' (and it's always right ;) ). Often they seem to be a 'pretty girl' who 'does sambo' who fails bad when stepping up, or just not that great of an athlete (Mokhnatkina is pretty good skill-wise but has bad cardio... Necrocrawler mentioned Dudieva who was also good for 1 round but then died of cardio in 2/3... and I mention Alekseeva below who also has no cardio).

Generally from what I see top women grappler prospects in WMMA from Europe seem to have a Judo background, from USA or Japan wrestling/judo, and from Brazil Judo/BJJ. Although the euro grils tend to be a bit too 'sports judo'-ey for the tuff and mean world of MMA, being both 'sambo and judo' (instead of just successful at judo) often seems to imply a lower caliber of athlete for women than just focusing on one and being international level good. I guess Irina Alekseeva is an example? Russian wiki says she's a russian judo champ, and has a sambo 'world title' too, but she's in the UFC right now and she's shit. Fedor was famously a sambo/judo fighter too of course, but he was actually quite high level at judo (important, since that's the 'bigger' sport), plus he was a one off........enough waffling from me for now anywah....
 
THURSDAY, JULY 31ST

[GRAPPLING]
UFC BJJ 2: Tackett vs. Canuto - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass / YouTube – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Raquel Canuto vs. Morgan Black
Aurelie Le Vern vs. Maggie Grindatti
Tammi Musumeci vs. Leilani Bernales


FRIDAY, AUGUST 1ST

[MMA]
Shooto Brasil 131 - Brasilia, Brazil
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Dayane Mestrinha vs. Fernanda Guersone


[MMA]
Tap or Scrap 12 - Victoria, Texas
Main Card – iPPV – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Sydney Hkebik vs. Ashley Altaramino


[MUAY THAI/MMA]
ONE Fight Night 34: Eersel vs. Jarvis - Bangkok, Thailand
Main Card – Prime Video – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Anna Jaroonsak vs. Teodora Kirilova – Muay Thai


[MMA/MUAY THAI]
Budo Sento Championship 30 - Mexico City, Mexico
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass – 11:30pm ET / 9:30pm PT

Yessica Ortega vs. Monik Romero


[MMA]
Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat 29: Maximov vs. Indio - Wheatland, California, USA
Preliminary Card – YouTube – 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT

Sabrina Cunha vs. Kimberly Padilla


SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND

[KICKBOXING]
Rajadamnern World Series - Thailand
Prelims - Workpoint Youtube - 7pm ICT

Karolina Lisowska vs. Roikaew
Sevgi Dogan vs. Morgane Mary Pouliot


[KICKBOXING]
RISE World Series 2025 Tokyo - Ota, Tokyo, Japan
Main Card – ABEMA TV – 12:00am ET / 9:00pm PT

Yun Tojima vs. Hotaru


[MMA]
Black Combat: Rise 7 - Seoul, South Korea
Main Card – iPPV (YouTube) – 4:00am ET / 1:00am PT

Alena Agisheva vs. Soo Min Jeon
Yerin Hong vs. Ayane Hirata


[MMA]
Matrix Fight Night 17 - Greater Noida, India
Main Card – YouTube – 7:30am ET / 4:30am PT

Sonam Zomba vs. Anna Safeeva


[BOXING]
Molina vs. Messauodi - Malaga, Andalucia
Main Card – TBD – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Victoria Emma Lomax vs. Paula Sanchez


[MMA]
UFC Fight Night: Taira vs. Park - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Main Card – ESPN / ESPN+ – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Karol Rosa vs. Nora Cornolle

Preliminary Card – ESPN+ – 6:00pm ET / 3:00pm PT

Piera Rodriguez vs. Ketlen Souza


[MMA]
Fight Music Show: Fight Night 5 - Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Main Card – Combate – 6:00pm ET / 3:00pm PT

Ana Karla vs. Janaina Ribeiro


[BARE KNUCKLE]
BKFC 79: Gogo vs. Lane - Sturgis, South Dakota
Main Card – DAZN / TrillerTV – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Shyanna Bintiff vs. Marisol Ruelas


[MMA]
Throne MMA - Walker, Minnesota, USA
Main Card – iPPV (StarFund) – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Kayla Sirjord vs. Rachel Beauchamp


SUNDAY, AUGUST 3RD

[MMA]
Fighting Force 16 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Main Card – YouTube – 4:00pm ET / 1:00pm PT

Dulce Encarnacion vs. Suly Diaz
Estephanie Reyes vs. Brenda Guzman


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A flyweight rematch is on tap for UFC 319 after J.J. Aldrich was forced to pull out of the event.

Karine Silva, Aldrich’s original opponent, will now face Dione Barbosa on the Aug. 16 card. Ag.Fight was first to report the new 125-pound booking. UFC 319 takes place at the United Center in Chicago and is headlined by a middleweight title tilt between Dricus DuPlessis and KhamzatChimaev. Silva and Barbosa initially fought on the regional circuit in 2019, with Barbosa earning a unanimous decision triumph.



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J.J. Aldrich Withdraws, UFC 319 Gets New Women’s Flyweight Booking

A flyweight rematch is on tap for UFC 319 after J.J. Aldrich was forced to pull out of the event.
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