INVICTA FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS SENDS OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST SARA MCMANN TO STRIKEFORCE (PRESS RELEASE) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept.4, 2012) – One week after it announced the signing of former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight (135 pounds) Champion Sarah Kaufman to fight on its upcoming event...

Kim Connor-Hamby Replaces Strikeforce-Bound Cat Zingano, Faces Leslie Smith at Invicta FC 3 Unbeaten Kim Connor-Hamby will replace Cat Zingano at Invicta Fighting Championships 3 against Leslie Smith, promotion officials announced Saturday.

Invicta FC 3 Gets Jessica Penne-Naho Sugiyama Title Bout, Shayna Baszler-Sarah D’Alelio Co-Main Invicta Fighting Championships’ third event will be headlined by an atomweight title confrontation.

Weekend Rundown: Shlemenko, Formiga, Reis Nab Wins; Pulver Falls The attention of the MMA world was focused firmly on San Diego this past weekend, but without a major UFC event to contend with, the four-day...

10 December Tussles Worth Watching It has been a great year for independent MMA so far. From Ian McCall’s battle with Jussier da Silva in California and the $270,000 tournament final between Marcos Oliveira and...

Pictures: Jewels ‘16th Ring’ Jewels 115-pound champion Ayaka Hamasaki fended off 17-year-old upstart Mizuki Inoue in the main event of “16th Ring” on Sept. 11. Taro Irei...

Jewels Champ Hamasaki Bests 17-Year-Old Prospect Inoue TOKYO -- In a clash between in-house titlists, Jewels 115-pound champion Ayaka Hamasaki took a commanding decision over 2010 Rough Stone grand prix winner Mizuki Inoue on Sunday in the main event of...

Pictures: Jewels 13th, 14th Ring Female mixed martial arts returned to the Land of the Rising Sun’s Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo with Jewels' May 14 twin bill. Top female prospects Naho Sugiyama and...

Sugiyama Leads Winning Valkyrie Squad in Jewels Doubleheader TOKYO -- Representatives of Greatest Common Multiple's women's MMA event Valkyrie edged out their Jewels counterparts with a 3-2 tally in Saturday's Jewels double-header at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Jewels' 13th Ring...

'V-Hajime' Retains, Nakai Nabs Valkyrie Open Weight Title TOKYO -- Mei "V-Hajime" Yamaguchi retained her Valkyrie 115-pound title on a contentious majority draw with Kyoko Takabayashi, while Rin Nakai...