Author: MMA Fighting Newswire

There seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the Ronda Rousey-Floyd Mayweather discussion.

Rousey, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, addressed a question about Mayweather again Monday during her Reddit MMA. The former Olympic bronze medalist in judo answered much in the same way she has in the past about potentially fighting a man.

“Do I think I would legit beat Mayweather in a ruleless fight?” Rousey said. “Floyd is one of the best boxers of all time. He would definitely beat me in a boxing match. I unfortunately don’t get into ‘matches.’ I fight for a living. In a no rules fight, I believe I can beat anyone on this planet.”

Rousey, 28, once said she believed she could beat former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in a fight, so this statement should not come as a surprise.

This whole saga between Rousey and Mayweather started last year when Mayweather said he didn’t know who she was. It has since been fueled by media questions, Rousey and the UFC. After beating out Mayweather for Fighter of the Year the ESPYS last month, Rousey spouted off about the popular boxer.

“I wonder how Floyd feels being beaten by a woman for once,” Rousey said, in direct reference to his past convictions on domestic abuse charges.

Last week, Mayweather responded to Rousey on ESPN.

“I’ve yet to see any MMA fighter, or other boxer, make over $300 million in 36 minutes,” Mayweather said. “When she can do that, then call me.”

Mayweather also called a reporter “a comedian” when he was asked during his press conference last week about fighting Rousey. The UFC responded to Mayweather’s barb on Twitter this weekend.

There is very little chance of a fight between the two dominant combat sports athletes happening, yet the question continues to be brought up. Rousey stands by the fact that, if it did under the right circumstances, that she would win.

“Boxing is a sweet science with strict rules that I respect very much and aspire every day to improve at,” Rousey said during the AMA. “But you said ruleless fight, and that’s my honest answer.”

Tonya Evinger will defend her bantamweight title at Invicta FC 14.

Evinger will square off against undefeated Pannie Kianzad at the Municipal Audtiorium in Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 12, according to Invicta FC officials Monday.

Invicta strawweight champion Livia Renata Souza was slated to previously headline the event with Alexa Grasso, but Grasso suffered an injury.

Check out the full Invicta FC 14 fight card below.

Tonya Evinger (16-5) vs. Pannie Kianzad (8-0)
Katja Kankaanpaa (10-2-1) vs. DeAnna Bennett (7-0)
Roxanne Modafferi (17-12) vs. Mariana Morais (9-2)
Rachael Ostovich (2-1) vs. Andrea Lee (2-1)
Cindy Dandois (5-2) vs. Megan Anderson (4-1)
Jamie Moyle (3-0) vs. Sharon Jacobson (3-1)
Jinh Yu Frey (3-1) vs. Liz McCarthy (2-1)
J.J. Aldrich (1-1) vs. Daniela Kortmann (1-0)
Aspen Ladd (1-0) vs. Amanda Bobby Cooper (1-0)
Rachel Wiley (0-0) vs. Felicia Spencer (0-0)

Glover Teixeira and Oliver Saint Preux earned an extra $50,000 Saturday night.

The two combined for an entertaining main event at UFC Fight Night 73 in Nashville, Tenn. on Saturday night. Teixeira won the fight via submission in the third round.

Amanda Nunes earned a Performance of the Night honor with a submission win over Sara McMann in the first round. Also, Marlon Vera earned a top performance award for his submission win over Ramon Salazar.

A heavyweight clash has been added to UFC 192.

Derrick Lewis will square off against Anthony Hamilton on Oct. 3 in Houston, according to UFC officials Friday.

Lewis, who has won three of his three UFC fights, lost via second-round TKO to Shawn Jordan at UFC Fight Night 68 this past June.

Hamilton is 2-2 in the UFC and is coming off a unanimous decision win over Daniel Omielanczuk at UFC Fight Night 64.

Daniel Cormier will defend his UFC light heavyweight title against Alexander Gustafsson in the main event.

The UFC’s fall return to Dublin won’t include Irishman Conor McGregor. But it will feature Northern Ireland’s Norman Parke.

On Friday, the UFC announced a lightweight bout between Parke and Sweden’s Reza Madadi will take place at UFC Fight Night 77 at the 3Arena on Oct. 25.

The 28-year old Parke (20-4-1)  will attempt snap a two fight losing streak, which began in January with a split decision loss against Gleison Tibau in Boston. He since dropped a second split-decision against Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night 67 in Goiania, Brazil.

Before then Parke had been undefeated in four years, posting a 4-0-1 record in the UFC. His last victory came against Naoyuki Kotani at UFC Fight Night 46 when the UFC last visited Dublin in July 2014.

The 37-year old Iranian-Swedish fighter Madadi last fought two-and-a-half years ago against Michael Johnson in his adopted Sweden. Though he upset Johnson with a third-round submission (D’arce), Madadi subsequently ran afoul with the law, being found guilty on aggravated burglary charges in Sweden. After an appeal process, he served 14 months in prison.

Madadi has gone 2-1 in the UFC since debuting in 2012 against Yoislandy Izquierdo.

UFC Fight Night 77 will be feature a lightweight battle between Irishman Joe Duffy and Dustin Poirier in the main event.

Check out Glory 23 weigh-in video highlights as the Glory 23 fighters step on the scale Thursday for Friday’s event. In the main event, Nieky Holzken will square off against Raymond Daniels for the welterweight title.