Signings/Scouting WMMA Discussion #29

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Whoa, did not realize Yan/Jandiroba is in the prelims, which is pretty surprising for the title-shot potential of the fight. Seems like Dana & co. are planning to pretend it did not happen if Wirma wins.

But marketability gonna market, etc.

The PPV is legit stacked but it is a bit much that it's not the prelims headliner vs a woodson fight.

I think matchmaking prefer Verna win I suppose there's money in a rematch with Yan especially if they can lock up Chinese venue for PPV even if the fight fight had multiple finishes and a one sided scorecards. I guess they also have to wait and see how val does Her winning open up a super fight.

 

[leto1776]

Nice choke today from WOW FC on fight pass. Successful bantamweight debut for Aitana Alvarez



Sarah Vieitez also took an arm home:

 

[Mittens]

Sad to see Cowan lose again, she is pretty cool. Hope she gets one fight - contender series good will or something. The french chick on the other hand seemed insufferable, somewhat Agapovaish energy to her. Had never seen her fight before, even though this was her 4th time around. Odd.

Yan vs Jandiroba went about as expected. Will be interesting to see if the fight gets striken off the records by Dana or if they are willing to risk giving Jandiroba a title shot.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

Nice to see Nora continue to climb into the ranking she's older but new blood for wbw. Needs to get on weight and I'm not a fan of her and Perez, let her fight a veteran who's been there forever like Rosa or Aldana. Tate and Yana are fighting each other but one of those two be good enough.
That said I'd rather see Jacqueline the younger better up comer get the best opportunity in Aldana next.

Virna did good to establish herself as the next contender just got to see when Zhang is ready or if she's going for the flyweight belt.

 

[leto1776]

Haven’t watched the PFL card, but Shakalova beating Velasquez is a pretty big upset. Did Shakalova work her butt off to improve? Is Ve;asquez shot? Maybe both? Nothing else on the card was surprising. Liz Carsnooze likely takes the tournament.

WOW FC on Fight Pass had some fun submissions.

UFC: Haley Cowan is a product of LFA when they were in their “bet on blondes” phase. She benefited from matchmaking that made her look good, but not necessarily made her a better fighter. Two of her previous losses by choke, for 3 of 4. Future opponents are definitely gonna be looking for it now.
Jandiroba looked strong, while Yan’s defensive grappling continues to improve. Unfortunately for Yan, it hadn’t improved enough. Good luck to Jandiroba in getting a title shot anytime soon. Not only is Zhang likely to sit out for a while (again), she might be moving up to flyweight, depending on Shevchenko vs Fiorot. I think she’ll get stuck fighting yet another eliminator, likely against Suarez, or having to defend her spot against someone UFC would rather push.

 

[Necrocrawler]

Haven’t watched the PFL card, but Shakalova beating Velasquez is a pretty big upset. Did Shakalova work her butt off to improve? Is Ve;asquez shot? Maybe both? Nothing else on the card was surprising. Liz Carsnooze likely takes the tournament.

WOW FC on Fight Pass had some fun submissions.

UFC: Haley Cowan is a product of LFA when they were in their “bet on blondes” phase. She benefited from matchmaking that made her look good, but not necessarily made her a better fighter. Two of her previous losses by choke, for 3 of 4. Future opponents are definitely gonna be looking for it now.
Jandiroba looked strong, while Yan’s defensive grappling continues to improve. Unfortunately for Yan, it hadn’t improved enough. Good luck to Jandiroba in getting a title shot anytime soon. Not only is Zhang likely to sit out for a while (again), she might be moving up to flyweight, depending on Shevchenko vs Fiorot. I think she’ll get stuck fighting yet another eliminator, likely against Suarez, or having to defend her spot against someone UFC would rather push.

Velasquez being 38 may have helped that, tbh.
I didn't watched PFL also, but Kana x Bishop seemed to be competitive, since odds were favouring Kana during the fight (i was accompanying by a bet app and Kana was the betting favourite at the end of rnd 2).
About Jandiroba... Well... I couldn't agree more.
It's either direct match against Zhang (where i don't see her winning in any form, tbh) or against Suarez title eliminator (great bout btw) or... Hmm... Dern rematch?

 

[werepig]

About Jandiroba... Well... I couldn't agree more.
It's either direct match against Zhang (where i don't see her winning in any form, tbh) or against Suarez title eliminator (great bout btw) or... Hmm... Dern rematch?

i'd give virna a decent chance grappling with weili over 5 rounds. striking, not so much. a smart fight for weili would be to strike, that would tire virna out over 25min for sure. however, weili is all about the wrasslin' these days and i think that would play into a boa constrictor like virna easily.

weili, give us this fight and then you can move up to flw!

meantime ufc 315 not only has shev/manon as the co-main, but alexa/natalia silva on the main card as well. i'm guessing natalia is the backup but i'm not super keen to see alexa get whipped

 

[leto1776]

 

[STAY GOLD]

Andrea Vázquez vs. Dana García
Leticia Baltazar vs. Gabriela Aviña
Victoria Alba vs. Ivonne Caro II

Announced for LUX 052. As per with all LUX title fights, Andrea vs. Dana will be a 5 round fight.

 

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THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH

[BOXING]
Rivas vs. Wonyou - Maidstone, Kent, England
Main Card – YouTube – 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT

Mayerlin Rivas vs. Johanna Wonyou
Ruth Huntley vs. Ivanka Ivanova


[MMA]
BFL 83 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Preliminary Card – YouTube – 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT

Alesia Bilenko vs. Kaitlyn Routledge


FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH

[MMA]
Fury Amateur Series 57 - Houston, Texas, USA
Main Card – YouTube / Facebook – 6:15pm ET / 3:15pm PT

Shelly Mata vs. Saril May


[BOXING]
IBA.Pro 2 - Chelyabinsk, Russia
Main Card – Match TV – 3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT

Albina Moldazhanova vs. Nuriyat Alibekova


[VARIOUS]
Stateline Rumble 4: Friday Night Fights - Loves Park, Illinois, USA
Main Card – iPPV (TrillerTV) – 6:00pm ET / 3:00pm PT

Julianna Rennicke vs. Cynthia Gillespie


[BARE KNUCKLE]
BKFC Fight Night: Omaha - Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Main Card – DAZN / TrillerTV – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Sarah Shell vs. Laddy Mejia


[GRAPPLING]
WNO 27: Duarte vs Rodriguez - Round Rock, Texas, USA
Main Card – FloSports – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Elisabeth Clay vs. Helena Crevar


[BOXING]
Gonzalez vs. Demario - Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Main Card – ESPN Knockout – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Mikiah Kreps vs. Danielle Bennett


[MMA]
Island Fights 88 - Pensacola, Florida, USA
Main Card – YouTube – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Dacey Slayton vs. Natalie Kutzli


[VARIOUS]
Sparta Fight Night 20: Stand and Bang - Denver, Colorado, USA
Main Card – iPPV – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Olivia Romero vs. Melissa Kilzer
Natalia Esquivel vs. Alison Garcia


[MMA]
LFA 207: Lewis vs. Miranda - Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Cheyanne Bowers vs. Elizabeth Rodríguez

Preliminary Card – YouTube – 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT

Cara Greenwell vs. Leslie Hernandez


SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH


[MUAY THAI]
Rajadamnern World Series - Bangkok, Thailand
Prelims - Facebook/Main Card - Workpoint Youtube

Zoe Neuschwander vs. Wendy Talbot
Kaokanok vs. Shannon Kelly


[MUAY THAI]
LWC Super Champ - Thailand
Main Card - Youtube

Pancake Kiatthongyot vs. Cindy Silvestre


[MUAY THAI]
Thai Fight League - Thailand
Main Card - Youtube

Petchbaowiw Aor. Yutthachai vs. Hala Fadili


[MMA]
Octagon 71 - Almaty, Kazakhstan
Main Card – YouTube – 7:00am ET / 4:00am PT

Ayan Tursyn vs. Farida Abdueva


[MMA]
Versus Fight Night 13 - Pretoria, South Africa
Preliminary Card – YouTube – 8:00am ET / 5:00am PT

Carla Marie Carriere vs. Mutinta Mweene
Shelda Chipito vs. Kaitlyn van Wyk


[MMA]
BFC 7 - Middlesbrough, England
Main Card – iPPV – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Rachel Jackson vs. Molly Cooper
Lisa Matthews vs. Kayleigh Elletson


[KICKBOXING]
MTGP: Striker 4 - Asnière, France
Main Card – iPPV – 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT

Sonia Bouchair vs. Myriam Hassine
Mechel Goessens vs. Meryl Fourgeaud
Camille Chalas vs. Sarah Rharbaoui


[KICKBOXING]
World Class Kickboxing Championship 26 - Freehold, New Jersey, USA
Main Card – iPPV – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

April Magdato vs. Yasmine St. Rose


[BOXING]
Pettigrew vs. Lartey - Rockford, Illinois, USA
Main Card – iPPV (BXNGTV) – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Talia Halvorsen vs. Jina Bynum


[MMA]
WFC 173 - Hankinson, North Dakota, USA
Main Card – iPPV – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Kayla Sirjord vs. Lindsay Hughes


[MMA]
CFFC 141: Schoenfelder vs. Guarascio - Tampa, Florida, USA
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass – 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT

Emily Martins vs. Nikola Kacperska


[MMA]
PureCombat: All In - Oroville, California, USA
Main Card – iPPV – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Callie Swartahout vs. Daniela Kralickova


[BOXING]
Hollywood Fight Nights - Commerce, California, USA
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Iyana Verduzco vs. Jessica Radtke Maltez


[BOXING]
Garnica vs. Palicte - Long Beach, California, USA
Main Card – TBD – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Brianda Tamara Cruz vs. Julia Igel
Chantel Navarro vs. Wendy Villegas


[BOXING]
Fundora vs. Badillo - Oceanside, California, USA
Main Card – DAZN – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Gabriela Fundora vs. Marilyn Badillo


[MMA]
DEEP Nagoya Impact 1st Round : Kobudo Fight - Kariya, Aichi, Japan
Main Card – iPPV (YouTube) – 10:30pm ET / 7:30pm PT

Nonoka Sakamoto vs. Mayumi Ono


SUNDAY, APRIL 20TH

[KICKBOXING]
NJKF 2025 west 2nd - Okayama, Japan
Main Card – TBD – 12:30am ET / 9:30pm PT

Mio Teranishi vs. Naoko Tanioka
Bizantei vs. Yuzuki Hotta
MARI vs. BYEON・BO KYEONG


[MMA]
The SHOOTO OKINAWA Vol 12 - Okinawa, Japan
Main Card – iPPV – 1:30am ET / 10:30pm PT

Mina Kurobe vs. Yuki Ono (1 round grappling)


[BOXING]
Taisei Boxing Promotion vol. 27 - Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Main Card – YouTube – 4:00am ET / 1:00am PT

Noa Sakamoto vs. Ena Sakai


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[leto1776]

MMA]
Octagon 71 - Almaty, Kazakhstan
Main Card – YouTube – 7:00am ET / 4:00am PT

Ayan Tursyn vs. Farida Abdueva

With no UFC this weekend, this will be the fight to watch. A women’s main event in that region is rare, and these are Octagon’s two best (at least until Aleksandra Savicheva decides to fight again). Tursyn is undefeated, while Abdueva has only one loss.



Glad we ended up getting this fight, after it was canceled back in December. It’s a risky fight for Szabova. While she likely takes it, a loss to Pudilova at this point could hurt her prospects. For Pudilova, this would be her biggest win in years, and sets up the rubber match for the title with Cecilie Bolander (both of their previous fights went to split decisions).



This will be fun.

 

[werepig]

^ thanks for the info on ayan tursyn - i saw that it was the headliner and wondered what the fuss was about. so it's legit yeah, and not a can crusher fight?

 

[leto1776]

^ thanks for the info on ayan tursyn - i saw that it was the headliner and wondered what the fuss was about. so it's legit yeah, and not a can crusher fight?

I haven’t seen as much of Abdueva, but I don’t think it will be a can crushing, no.

 

[leto1776]

A face to face interview with both ladies fighting tomorrow.


Still making my way through, as the auto translate misses a lot, but both ladies have nothing but respect for each other. Abdueva was surprised the match got made, because she thought Tursyn would be signed to the UFC before she got a chance to fighter her. Abdueva also believes both fighters will eventually be in the UFC/

 

[Xuh]

Sarah Vieitez also took an arm home:

I haven't seen Sarah Vieitez before but I like that her insta handle is 'sarahwrestler', I'm in love already

Glad we ended up getting this fight, after it was canceled back in December. It’s a risky fight for Szabova.

Easy fight for SzaboGOATva and will surely rubber-stamp the biggest 'name' on her record... but.... no for belch? wha?

It's kind of funny Szabova somehow isn't the Oktagon champ already and the strap somehow ended up in a novice's hands in the meantime and Szabova still isn't fighting for it.........

 

[leto1776]

I haven't seen Sarah Vieitez before but I like that her insta handle is 'sarahwrestler', I'm in love already


Easy fight for SzaboGOATva and will surely rubber-stamp the biggest 'name' on her record... but.... no for belch? wha?

It's kind of funny Szabova somehow isn't the Oktagon champ already and the strap somehow ended up in a novice's hands in the meantime and Szabova still isn't fighting for it.........

It was supposed to be Sazabova vs Pudilova for the title, but Szabova got sick, and Bolander stepped in. Bolander won the title after another close fight against Pudilova. Now Bolander is injured and will be out for a while, and Pudilova picked up a win a couple weeks ago.

 

[leto1776]

I’m not sure who she was managed by before, but a change this late in a fighter’s career is unusual, especially considering how little managers actually do for UFC fighters.

Emily Matins just picked up a win in less than 1:30 about Ten minutes before posting


Cheyenne Bowers picked up a nice sub win last night:


Got performance of the night for it, too:


I’ve seen a couple people on Twitter saying she should get a SWCS spot, but Bowers only beat a girl who was 3-3, undersized at flyweight, and she just lost to Shannon Clark. Now, that fight was close, but Clark was coming off an embracing performance leading to a KO loss at DWCS last year. I also have heard that are going to be less women’s bouts on DWCS this year

 

[leto1776]

Title fight from Octagon Saturday:



Over 108k views!

 

[leto1776]

 

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH

[BOXING]
Clash of Nations - Bangkok, Thailand
Main Card – YouTube – 4:00am ET / 1:00am PT

Wennie Cline Verano vs. Miss Oomsin Somsit


[MUAY THAI]
Patong Boxing Stadium - Thailand
Main Card – YouTube – 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT

Chin Mar Soe vs Kim Tran


[BOXING]
Shamo Boxing 96 - Moscow, Russia
Main Card – YouTube – 9:00am ET / 6:00am PT

Luiza Davydova vs. Xenia Kozheurova


[MMA]
Combate Global - Miami, Florida, USA
Main Card – YouTube – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Valeria Gomez Frausto vs. Maria Cruz Maldonado Cosino


[MMA]
Inka FC 49: Navarro vs. Alencar - Surco, Lima, Peru
Main Card – Twitch – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Paula Bonifaz vs. Luana Barbosa Dias


FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH

[MMA]
Zeus Combat League: Road to Olympus - Quezon City, Philippines
Main Card – TBD – 7:00am ET / 4:00am PT

Kryxia Raagas vs. Bebs Francisco


[MMA]
IBA.Pro 3 - Ufa, Russia
Main Card – YouTube – 8:30am ET / 5:30am PT

Azalia Amineva vs. Brigitte Mbabi


[BOXING]
Battle in the Boro 2 - Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Main Card – iPPV (TrillerTV) – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Kedra Bradley vs. Kelsi Williamson


[MMA]
Tuff-N-Uff 143 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Preliminary Card – YouTube – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Xiaoya Luo vs. Hannah Silva


SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH

[KICKBOXING]
NKB Explosion Series vol.2 - Japan
Main Card – iPPV – 4:00am ET / 1:00am PT

Anan vs. Wakana


[MUAY THAI]
LWC Super Champ - Thailand
Main Card – YouTube – 5:30am ET / 2:30am PT

Fah Talai Jone Chongchom Plasa vs. Petchnamfa Kor.Keng Muaythai


[MUAY THAI]
Rajadamnern World Series - Bangkok, Thailand
Main Card – DAZN / YouTube – 8:45am ET / 5:45am PT

Petchmai vs. Dori Duncan


[MMA]
Cage Warriors 188: Sheehan vs. Burlinson - Dublin, Ireland
Preliminary Card – UFC Fight Pass – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Eimear Darcy vs. Daniela Sanches


[MMA]
Battle of Botnia 13 - Skellefteå, Sweden
Main Card – iPPV – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Nina Back vs. Aleksandra Toncheva
Emma Schioler vs. Nadja Eriksson
Linnea Sundberg vs. Pia-Marja Huhtamaki


[MMA]
RFA 22 - Trenčín, Slovakia
Main Card – iPPV – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Monika Misikova vs. Katalin Aranyi


[MMA]
OKTAGON 70: Krištofič vs. Humburger - Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Main Card – iPPV (OKTAGON.TV) – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Mallory Martin vs. Eva Dourthe


[MMA]
GMC 42 - Frankfurt, Germany
Main Card – iPPV – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Lilly Wendel vs. Noemi Lerma Rosario


[MMA]
Sharks Attack 5 - Ostróda, Poland
Main Card – iPPV – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Martyna Caruk vs. Oliwia Pawlak
Vanessa Romanowski vs. Wiktoria Dębosz


[BARE KNUCKLE]
BKFC 73: Camozzi vs. Bicchi - Florence, Italy
Main Card – DAZN / TrillerTV – 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT

Nicole Schaefer vs. Sara Bitto


[MMA]
KSW 105: Bartosiński vs. Grzebyk - Gliwice, Poland
Main Card – iPPV (KSWTV.com) – 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT

Laura Grzyb vs. Gabriela Hristea


[BOXING]
Showdown for Legacy II - Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Main Card – DAZN – 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT

Sarah Bormann vs. Isabel Rivero


[MMA]
MMA University 1 - Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Main Card – YouTube – 3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT

Lana Karine vs. Grazi Gouveia


[MMA]
BRTL 4 - Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
Main Card – iPPV – 5:00pm ET / 2:00pm PT

Naiane Silva vs Patricia Alujas
Renata Mascena vs. Nadia Fedoruk


[MMA]
UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates - Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Preliminary Card – ESPN+ – 6:00pm ET / 3:00pm PT

Jaqueline Amorim vs. Polyana Viana
Chelsea Chandler vs. Joselyne Edwards


[MMA]
MMA Mexico 4 - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Main Card – UFC Fight Pass – 6:00pm ET / 3:00pm PT

Arlette Trevino vs. Paulina Sanchez


[MMA]
Acesso MMA 8 - Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Main Card – TBD – 6:00pm ET / 3:00pm PT

Emily Lima vs. Sandy Coelho Bento


[MMA]
Flex Fights: Home of the Brave Vol. 45 - Selden, New York, USA
Main Card – iPPV – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Brianna Nightingale vs PeLar Handie


[GRAPPLING]
BJJ STARS 15 - Sao Paulo, Brasil
Main Card – FloGrappling – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Tayana Porfirio vs Gabi Pessanha


[KICKBOXING]
WGP 80 - Aracaju, Brazil
Main Card – Combate – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Lorrana Ruel vs. Ellen Barbosa


[BOXING]
Sylve vs. Polanco - College Park, Georgia, USA
Main Card – iPPV – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Mia Ellis vs. Kim Colbert
Amber Summers vs. Tarrethia Dixon


[MMA]
WCC 10: Muñoz vs. Caro - Los Olivos, Lima, Peru
Main Card – YouTube – 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT

Jaqueline Rengifo vs. Najhely Tafur


[MMA]
Fusion Fight League - Bozeman, Montana, USA
Main Card – iPPV (SpectationSports) – 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT

Barb Ciesnolevicz vs. Lorren Dullum


SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH

[MMA]
Shooto Echigo Fujin Matsuri 14 - Niigata, Japan
Main Card – iPPV – 1:00am ET / 10:00am PT

Mikiko Hiyama vs Sakura Katada


[MUAY THAI]
THAI FIGHT LEAGUE - Ratchathani, Thailand
Main Card – YouTube – 7:00am ET / 6:00am PT

Fahsai Aor.Yutthachai vs Maria Greco


[MMA]
Samurai Fight House 21: El Fino vs. El Titan - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Main Card – YouTube – 12:00pm ET / 9:00am PT

Lucia Apdelgarim vs. Loly Espinoza
Selene Taboada vs. Julieta Gomez
Valeria Ibañez vs. Camila Curutchet


[MMA]
Fury Challenger Series 13 - Houston, Texas
Main Card – YouTube – 5:30pm ET / 2:30pm PT

Andrea Amaro vs. Jéssica Delboni
Mia Grawe vs. Kenia Martinez
Bekah Irwin vs. Stacy Mendieta
Sandra Jerez vs. Olivia Hendrickson


[BOXING]
Rising Star Promotions - Carteret, New Jersey, USA
Main Card – DAZN – 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT

Elvina White vs. Brittany Ordonez


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