Invicta Fighting Championships will crown its first flyweight titleholder when Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak faces Vanessa Porto at Invicta FC 5 in April. The bout was officially announced on Saturday and is expected to serve as the co-main event on the card, which will likely take place in Missouri.
An exact date has not yet been confirmed for the April event, but the card will feature Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Jessica Penne making the first defence of her title in the night’s headliner. Former Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Sarah Kaufman is also expected to be in action.
Invicta Fighting Championships staged its fourth all-female fight card tonight at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, and four fighters pocketed bonus money. A bantamweight rematch between Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis and Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler earned Fight of the Night honours.
Two-time All-American wrestler Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza won her first title tonight at Invicta Fighting Championships 4 in Kansas City, Kansas, but the win did not come easily. Esparza outlasted late-replacement foe Bec “Rowdy” Hyatt to become the first Invicta FC Strawweight Champion.
MMARising.com reported live from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas tonight for Invicta Fighting Championships 4. The all-female card featured an Invicta FC Strawweight Championship matchup between standout wrestler Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza and Australian star Bec “Rowdy” Hyatt.
Voting for the 2012 Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Awards concluded this past week and winners have been crowned in more than a dozen categories. For the second consecutive year, new UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey has been named Female Fighter of the Year.
Weigh-ins for Invicta Fighting Championships 4 were held today at Aladdin Holiday Inn in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. A strawweight title bout between Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza and late-replacement opponent Bec “Rowdy” Hyatt is set to headline Saturday’s 13-fight all-female card.
Jessica “Evil” Eye’s journey to the top of the women’s flyweight rankings culminated with her biggest win to date at Bellator Fighting Championships 83 on December 7th. Eye choked out Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Gurgel in just 58 seconds and now takes over the number one spot at 125 pounds.
Finland’s Katja “Killer Bunny” Kankaanpää picked up another big win tonight at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 51 in Dublin, Ireland. Kankaanpää stayed unbeaten with a Unanimous Decision win over hometown standout Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly in a featured 120-pound catchweight bout.