Invicta Fighting Championships Weigh-In Results and Pics: All 11 Bouts Official
By FCF Staff
All 11 bouts, including the featherweight (145 pounds) main event rematch between superstar Marloes Coenen (19-5) of The Netherlands and 22-year-old armbar wizard Romy Ruyssen (5-1) of France, were made official at today’s weigh-in at Hotel Phillips for the inaugural Invicta Fighting Championships all-women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event tomorrow/Saturday, April 28 at Memorial Hall, live on InvictaFC.com.
Coenen weighed in at 146 pounds and Ruyssen originally weighed in at 150.4 pounds, but cut to 149.8 pounds over the course of the next two hours to reduce the weight spread between the two headlining fighters to 3.8 pounds.
Kansas State Athletic Commission rules mandate that opponents, with the exception of those in the featherweight division, must weigh within three pounds of each other in order to compete the following day. Opponents in the featherweight division must weigh within five pounds of each other.
The live stream of the event on InvictaFC.com will begin at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST with the five-bout preliminary card and continue with the six-bout main card.
In the co-main event, two 29-year-old submission specialists – Jessica Penne (8-1) of Laguna Hills, Calif. and Lisa Ellis-Ward (14-7) of Lacey, Wash.- will square off with one another at strawweight (105 pounds).
Strikeforce bantamweight star and United States Marine Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (5-2) of San Diego, Calif. will square off with unbeaten prospect Ashleigh Curry (1-0) of Kansas City, Mo.
Leslie Smith (3-2) of Pleasant Hill, Calif. will meet Kaitlin Young (7-5) of St. Louis Park, Minn. at bantamweight and Sally Krumdiack (9-4) of Bellingham, Wash. will duke it out with Sarah Schneider (5-5) of Kansas City, Mo. at flyweight (115 pounds).
In preliminary card action, 2008 Olympic wrestling bronze medalist Randi Miller (0-0) of Denver, Colo. will make her highly-anticipated MMA debut against Mollie Estes (1-0) Lake Lotawana, Mo.
OFFICIAL FIGHTER WEIGHTS:
Main Event:
Featherweight: Marloes Coenen (146 pounds) vs. Romy Ruyssen (150.4 pounds)
Jessica Penne (105.6 pounds) vs. Lisa Ellis-Ward (106 pounds)
Liz Carmouche (134.2 pounds) vs. Ashleigh Curry (136 pounds)
Leslie Smith (135 pounds) vs. Kaitlin Young (135.4 pounds)
Sarah D’Alelio (135.2 pounds) vs. Vanessa Mariscal (136 pounds)
Sally Krumdiack (113.6 pounds) vs. Sarah Schneider (115.6 pounds)
Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc (105.4 pounds) vs. Amy Davis (105.6 pounds)
Sarah Maloy (125.4 pounds) vs. Michele Gutierrez (125 pounds)
Mollie Estes (145 pounds) vs. Randi Miller (149 pounds)
Ashley Cummins (115 pounds) vs. Sofia Bagherdai (120.6 pounds)
Cassie Rodish (105.2 pounds) vs. Meaghan Wright (103.5 pounds)