Weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships 2 took place today at Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Main event competitors Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler and Sara McMann face off in a bantamweight title eliminator on the 14-fight all-female card.
In the Invicta FC 2 co-feature, Strikeforce veterans Alexis Davis and Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano meet at 135 pounds, while a third bantamweight contender’s bout pits Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche against Kaitlin Young. MMARising.com has live coverage of today’s Invicta FC 2 weigh-ins.
Bantamweight (135): Shayna Baszler (133.6) vs Sara McMann (135.4)
Bantamweight (135): Alexis Davis (134.0) vs Hitomi Akano (135.8)
Bantamweight (135): Liz Carmouche (135.0) vs Kaitlin Young (135.0)
Strawweight (115): Ayaka Hamasaki (114.6) vs Lacey Schuckman (115.4)
Bantamweight (135): Amanda Nunes (135.4) vs Raquel Pa’aluhi (134.4)
Bantamweight (135): Sarah D’Alelio (136.2)* vs Vanessa Porto (133.6)
Flyweight (125): Barb Honchak (124.2) vs Bethany Marshall (124.0)
Featherweight (145): Julia Budd (145.2) vs Elina Nilsson (144.6)
Strawweight (115): Sarah Schneider (116.0) vs Carla Esparza (115.2)
Atomweight (105): Angelica Chavez (105.4) vs Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc (105.2)
Bantamweight (135): Sarah Moras (134.8) vs Raquel Pennington (134.4)
Bantamweight (135): Suzie Montero (136.0) vs Jessamyn Duke (135.0)
Flyweight (125): Jocelyn Lybarger (124.8) vs Cheryl Chan (124.2)
Atomweight (105): Jessica Philippus (107.2)** vs Liz McCarthy (104.2)
Note: Any fighter who misses weight on her first try will be deducted 10% of her fight purse. If a fighter is still unable to make weight on her second try, the penalty increases to 25%.
*D’Alelio weighed in again at 136.2 on her second attempt, but received approval from the commission and will only be penalised 10% of her fight purse.
**Philippus could not cut any further and accepted the fight purse penalty.
Looks good.
Sara by TKO.
Akano by Decision.
Young by Decision.
Nunes by Decision.
Schneider by Decision.
Don’t know about the rest.
My pucks:
* Sara by decision: Sara is stronger, faster and more aggressive, and has the superior wrestling. Ring rust will factor in against Shayna.
* Alexis Davis by decision: Alexis just surprises everyone and she is that good. She must be cautious because of Akano’s submission skills and crazy flexibility.
* Liz Carmouche by t.k.o: she will take the fight to ground and g’n’p Kaitlin Young, who never impressed m much…
* Amanda Nunes by k.o.: Pa’aluhi never faced anyone who hits this hard…
* Vanessa Porto by submission: D’Alelio is bigger and stronger… Vanessa will take a beating first… Vanessa used to fight at 125 – 130 lbs., whereas D’alelio is a 145 lber. Then, I see her pulling a submission out of the blue.
picks*. Sorry!
Jocelyn wins no matter what happens
streaming live where? Thanks