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Check out these photos from the Invicta FC 51 official weigh-ins in Denver.
Check out these photos from the Invicta FC 51 official weigh-ins and fighter faceoffs ahead of the dual title fight event at Reelworks Denver in Denver. (Photos courtesy of Invicta FC)
Check out these photos from Invicta FC 48 in Denver.
Check out these photos from the six-fight card of Invicta FC 48 in Denver, which featured a bantamweight title fight between Taneisha Tennant and Olga Rubin. (Photos courtesy of Dave Mandel, Invicta FC)
Check out these photos from the weigh-ins for Invicta FC 48 in Denver.
Check out these photos from the Invicta FC 48 weigh-ins ahead of Thursday’s event at ReelWorks Denver which features a bantamweight title fight between champion Taneisha Tennant and challenger Olga Rubin. (Photos courtesy of Dave Mandel, Invicta FC)
The vacant bantamweight title will be filled and a one-night tournament will go down on March 6.
Invicta FC’s Phoenix Series returns for its third installment on Friday, March 6, the company announced Wednesday.
The card at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., which will stream live on UFC Fight Pass, has a little something for everyone, with a headlining bout for the vacant Invicta FC bantamweight title in addition to a one-night, eight-woman elimination tournament.
The main event features 24-year-old phenom [autotag]Lisa Verzosa[/autotag] (5-0 MMA) against former “Ultimate Fighter” competitor [autotag]Julija Stoliarenko [/autotag](8-3-1).
Verzosa, who has earned four of her five career wins in Invicta, last defeated Kerri Kenneson at Invicta FC 38. Stoliarenko is on a four-fight win streak entering her Invicta debut. There’s no doubt what her favorite move is, as all eight of her career wins have been via first-round armbar.
The bantamweight belt was last held by Sarah Kaufman, who now competes for PFL.
The eight-women tournament, with matchups to be determined by blind draw prior to the show, will feature one five-minute round during the quarterfinals and semifinals, then the final will be held over three, five-minute rounds.
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The full list of competitors: [autotag]Kerri Kenneson[/autotag] (3-2 MMA), [autotag]Brittney Victoria[/autotag] (3-1 MMA), [autotag]Erin Harpe[/autotag] (2-0 MMA), T[autotag]aneisha Tennant[/autotag] (2-0 MMA), [autotag]Claire Guthrie[/autotag] (1-0 MMA), [autotag]Hope Chase[/autotag] (2-1 MMA), [autotag]Auttumn Norton[/autotag] (1-1 MMA), and [autotag]Taylor Guardado[/autotag] (0-0 MMA).
Additionally, there are a pair of tournament alternate bouts in Mitzi Merry (2-1 MMA) vs. Morgan Hickam (1-2 MMA) and Serena DeJesus (1-1 MMA) vs. Julia Ottolino (1-0 MMA).
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