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[14 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Strikeforce Challengers: “Riggs vs. Taylor” fight results & winners

MMA veteran Joe Riggs put a stop to the knockout train that his opponent Louis Taylor had been driving by delivering a stoppage of his own making last night on the latest Strikeforce Challengers fight card in Phoenix. Also in on the winning action was female fight sensation Miesha “Takedown” Tate who earned another shot at champ Sarah Kaufman by dominating both Maiju Kujala and Hitomi Akano - yes, all on the same night. Ryan Couture, son of Randy Couture scored his first pro win over Lucas Stark with a …

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[4 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Two promising prospects will compete in Strikeforce women’s welterweight tournament(reserve bout)

Colleen Schneider and Liz Carmouche will tangle in the “reserve bout” in the first-ever STRIKEFORCE women’s single-elimination welterweight (135 pounds) tournament at STRIKEFORCE Challengers on Friday, Aug. 13, from Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., live on SHOWTIME®.  The match will take place during the non-televised undercard.
If a winner of a completed tournament semifinal fight cannot advance because of an injury or any other reason, they will be replaced by the Schneider-Carmouche winner.
STRIKEFORCE women’s welterweight contenders Miesha “Takedown” Tate, Carina “Beauty But …

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[19 Jul 2010 | One Comment | ]
Strikeforce single-elimination female tournament officially announced

Phoenix native and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) star Joe “Diesel” Riggs will headline a stacked STRIKEFORCE Challengers event from Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., when he takes on knockout artist Louis Taylor at a catch weight of 182 pounds in the main event on Friday, Aug. 13, LIVE on SHOWTIME at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).
The event, STRIKEFORCE’s first in the state of Arizona, will also feature a four-woman single elimination welterweight (135 pound) tournament comprised of four female prospects …

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[16 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]
Megumi Fujii vs Angela Magana set for Bellator 24 in Hollywood on August 12

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (July 15, 2010) - Bellator’s much anticipated Women’s World Championship Tournament will kick off on Thursday, Aug. 12th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., with two opening-round fights featuring four of the planet’s top-ranked female fighters.
In the first televised fight of the evening, the No. 1 pound-for-pound female fighter in the world, Megumi Fujii, will look to improve upon her flawless 20-0 pro MMA record against fast-rising submission grappler Angela Magana, the world’s No. 8-ranked female fighter at 115 lbs.
Magana has hopes of …

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[15 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
Bellator Fighting Championships announces Angela Magana for Season 3 women’s tournament

CHICAGO, Ill. (June 14, 2010) - Bellator Fighting Championships announced today that top-ten 115 pounder Angela Magana has been added to Bellator’s stellar list of top-competitors in the upcoming Bellator Season 3 Women’s Tournament.
According to recently released rankings, the rising star is currently the #8 ranked female fighter in the world at 115 lbs. Magana, who holds a professional record of 9-4, faces the toughest test of her career in a stacked 115 lbs. tournament roster.
“We are very pleased to add Angela Magana …