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Invicta FC 6 Features Marloes Coenen vs. Cris “Cyborg” For Featherweight Title
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 28, 2013) – Tickets priced from $35, for the highly-anticipated Invicta Fighting Championships women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) world championship doubleheader event at Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City on Saturday, July 13, are on… Read More
Opinion: The Rise of Invicta Fighting Championships
By Jesse Heitz
On April 5th, women’s MMA takes another giant leap into the mainstream with Invicta FC 5. This once little-known MMA promotion that only features women fighters found its origins in the Zuffa purchase of Strikeforce, and the… Read More
Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp Says TV Deal Likely in 2013; Ronda Rousey’s Popularity Motivates Her To Grow Women’s MMA Beyond One Athlete
By Joshua Molina
Just days before staging its fifth Internet Pay Per View this Friday, Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp said her all-female mixed martial arts organization is in negotiations with a broadcast partner to bring the year-old company to… Read More
Injury Forces Veronica Rothenhausler Off Invicta FC 5 Card; Julia Budd To Face Mollie Estes
By Timothy J. Gilbert
Featherweight brawler Veronica Rothenhausler has been forced out of her upcoming Invicta FC 5 matchup against Mollie Estes due to an undisclosed injury.
Officials on Monday announced the injury as well as Rothenhausler’s… Read More
Invicta FC Confirms Two Title Fights For April 5th Card in Kansas City
By Invicta FC (via press release)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (February 11, 2013) – Women’s world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion Invicta Fighting Championships has partnered with Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City to deliver the promotion’s first world championship doubleheader… Read More
Invicta FC 3: Jessica Penne Taps Out Naho Sugiyama to Take Atomweight Belt
By FCF Staff
Jessica Penne secured a second round, triangle-choke victory over Naho Sugiyama Saturday in Kansas City, Kansas, to become Invicta FC’s first atomweight champion. With the win, the 105 pound, Bellator vet has won three straight fights, and… Read More
Invicta FC To Stream Entire Event Live This Saturday, Free of Charge
Danielle West replaces injured Elaina Maxwell in featherweight battle
By FCF Staff
Invicta Fighting Championships will stream its highly-anticipated Penne vs. Sugiyama, world championship 14-fight women’s professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event, live in its entirety and free of charge… Read More
Undefeated Cat Zingano Rejoins Invicta FC After Canceled Strikeforce Fight, Will Face Raquel Pennington Oct. 6
By FCF Staff
In the wake of her canceled Strikeforce debut, undefeated sensation Cat “Alpha” Zingano (6-0) of Denver, Colo. will rejoin the much-anticipated Invicta Fighting Championships women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card at Memorial Hall in Kansas City… Read More
Sarah Kaufman Out of Invicta FC 3, Kaitlin Young To Face Leslie Smith in Much-Anticipated Rematch
By FCF Staff
An injury has forced Sarah Kaufman to withdraw from her Invicta FC 3 bantamweight (135 pounds) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) matchup with Kaitlin Young (7-6-1) of St. Louis Park, Minn. at Memorial Hall in Kansas City on… Read More
Pro Boxer and Undefeated MMA Fighter Kim Connor-Hamby Replaces Cat Zingano Against Leslie Smith at Invicta FC 3 on Oct. 16
American Top Team’s Ediane Gomes replaces injured Taylor Stratford against unbeaten Katalina Malungahu
By FCF Staff
Professional boxer and undefeated MMA upstart Kim Connor-Hamby (4-0) of Stuttgart, Ark. will collide in a bantamweight (135 pounds) bout with fellow prolific striker… Read More
Invicta FC Announces 13 Fight Women’s Card For Oct. 6 Event In Kansas City
Main event pits Jessica Penne vs. Naho Sugiyama for promotion’s first world title at 105 pounds
Card also features Shayna Baszler vs. Sarah D’Alelio, Barb Honchak vs. Aisling Daly, Tara LaRosa vs. Vanessa Porto, Leslie Smith vs. Cat Zingano, Michelle… Read More
Dana White Calls Ref Error in Mike Rodriguez – Ed Herman Bout “Mazzagatti Level”
By FCF Staff
Following Ed Herman’s controversial win over Mike Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 10, Dana White blasted the bout’s referee, Chris Tognoni.
Officially, Herman won the fight by submitting Rodriguez with a third-round, kimura. But in round two, Rodriguez dropped… Read More
Invicta FC 5: Ediane Gomes Injured; Cris Cyborg To Face Fiona Muxlow
By Invicta FC (via press release)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 19, 2013) –Pound for pound great and vicious KO artistCris Cyborg (10-1, 1 NC) of Curitiba, Brazil will square off with rising star Fiona Muxlow (6-2) of Townsville, Queensland Australia… Read More
Invicta FC 5: Undefeated Lauren Taylor Replaces Injured Amanda Nunes Against Kaitlin Young
By Invicta FC (via press release)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 19, 2013) – Undefeated KO artist Lauren Taylor (5-0) of Anchorage, Alaska will replace an injuredAmanda Nunes in a bantamweight (135 pounds) matchup with hard-hitting Kaitlin Young… Read More
Cris Cyborg Signs With Invicta FC, Will Face Ediane Gomes On In Kansas City April 5
Winner of Cyborg-Gomes fight to face Marloes Coenen
Courtesy of Invicta FC
Pound-for-pound great and devastating featherweight (145 pounds) KO artist Cris Cyborg (10-1, 1 NC) of Curitiba, Brazil has signed a multi-fight agreement with women’s world championship Mixed… Read More
Invicta FC 3: Penne vs. Sugiyama Weigh-In Results
From Invicta FC via Press Release
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Oct. 5, 2012) – All 14 bouts, including the atomweight (105 pounds) main event and first-ever Invicta Fighting Championships world title bout between Jessica Penne (9-1) of Laguna Hills, Calif. and… Read More
Sarah Kaufman Signs To Fight Kaitlin Young at Invicta FC 3 on Oct. 6
By FCF Staff
Less than two weeks after her disappointing 54 second defeat via armbar at the hands of undefeated Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight (135 pounds) Champion Ronda Rousey, Sarah Kaufman (15-2) is apparently ready to bounce back, and has signed… Read More