Ronda Rousey armbars her way to Strikeforce Gold
“Women’s MMA Today” gets you caught up on the week that was and the week that will be in women’s MMA.—Weekend Results—
3-3 In an open-weight contest in which she gave up over 50-pounds, 5th ranked Featherweight, Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (7-1) defeated former Thai boxing champion, Anna Melikhova (0-1) via unanimous decision at Lion Fights 1.
3-3 Due to injuries sustained in a car accident on the day of the fight to Angela Magana, her bout against 9th ranked Flyweight Carla Esparza at Pandemonium 6 was canceled.
3-3 The results from Jewels: “18th Ring” were as follows:
- Takayo Hashi (14-4) defeated Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi (15-10) via unanimous decision
- Emi “The Kamikaze Angel” Fujino (11-5) defeated Mika “Future Princess” Nagano (8-7) via unanimous decision
- Emi Tomimatsu (5-4) defeated Yuko “Amiba” Oya (6-3) via unanimous decision
- Ayame “Iris” Miura (5-0) defeated Celine “Hell-Girl” Haga (1-11) via keylock at 2:10 of round 2
- Mizuki Inoue (3-1) defeated Alexandra Chambers (2-1) via armbar at 4:32 of round 1
3-3 Prior to the championship bout at Strikeforce: “Tate vs Rousey”, 3rd ranked Bantamweight Sarah Kaufman (15-1) and 4th ranked Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis (11-5) slugged it out to see who would earn the #1 contenders spot and after a 15-minute fight of the night performance, it was Kaufman taking the majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29).
A few hours later, number 2 ranked Featherweight, “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0) and number 1 ranked and defending champion, Miesha “Takedown” Tate (12-3) would take center stage and again, the ladies wouldn’t disappoint. In what was a very exciting and competitive round with a lot of back-n-forth action, it would be Rousey securing her patent armbar at 4:27 to become the new Strikeforce Bantamweight Champion.
Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey Full Fight Video
—Upcoming Fights—
3-9 Maiju “Mai” Kujala (6-3) meets undefeated Juliana Carneiro Lima (3-0) at Revolution Fighting Championship.
3-9 Rachel Kemker (0-1) and Jenna “Harley” Bernick (0-1) clash in a heavyweight bout at Steelfist Fight Night 6.
3-10 The second installment of Pink Fight MMA takes place in Brazil and features a main event of 8th ranked Bantamweight Vanessa Porto (13-4) vs opponent TBD. Also on the card, Aline Sério (2-2) vs Kalindra Faria (3-3), Michele Dayana (0-0) vs Jenifer Araujo (0-3), Rayane Fortinha (0-0) vs Ataide Girl (0-0), Kaka Naja (1-0) vs Chris Silva (0-0).
3-10 At “Army vs Marines 3″, Darla Harris (1-0) and Lisa Jeanson (1-1) battle in a strawweight match.
3-11 Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova (8-0) takes on Sanja Sucevic (2-1) at the inaugural Super Fight League event in India.
3-11 In Japan at Pancrase Progress Tour 3, Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka (11-7) faces 10th ranked Flyweight ”Windy” Tomomi (17-13-1) and Shino VanHoose (2-0) meets Kimie “Sakura” Okada (0-5-1).
**Rankings info supplied by the Unified Women’s MMA Rankings.
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