Kansas City, Mo. — Invicta Fighting Championships has inked undefeated Brazilian Claudia Rey (6-0) to its roster. Rey, who hails from Balneario Camboriu, Santa Catarina, Brazil, has finished all six of her professional outings, including a nine-second knockout over Natali Alves. Five of her six wins have come inside the first round. “I am super excited. I always wanted […]
Kansas City, Mo. — Invicta Fighting Championships has signed Tennessee featherweight Hannah Rogers to its roster. The 23-year-old, dubbed “Little Hands,” is unbeaten as an amateur and will make her pro debut inside the Invicta FC cage. “I am extremely excited about the opportunity to fight for Invicta FC,” said Rogers. “This opportunity means the world […]
Kansas City, Mo. – Invicta Fighting Championships returned to the Municipal Auditorium on Friday, April 24 for Invicta FC 12: Kankaanpää vs. Souza. The event streamed live and exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. A new champion was crowned in the strawweight division as Brazil’s Livia Renata Souza submitted Finland’s Katja Kankaanpää in the fourth round. Souza attacked the champion from the […]
Kansas City, Mo. – On Thursday, April 23, Invicta Fighting Championships hosted the weigh-ins for Invicta FC 12: Kankaanpää vs. Souza, which takes place Friday, April 24, from the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The event will stream live and exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. In the night’s main event, strawweight champion Katja Kankaanpää (10-1-1) will look to […]
Kansas City, Mo. — There’s a new arrival in the Invicta FC 145-pound weight class as decorated judoka Marina Shafir has signed with the promotion. The Moldova native, who trains alongside UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, began competing in MMA in 2012 following a lengthy career in judo. She rattled off five straight, first-round armbar finishes […]
Kansas City, Mo. – The fight card for Invicta FC 12 has undergone a last-minute change. Atomweight Stephanie Skinner (4-5) has suffered an injury in training and her bout against Cassie Rodish (5-4) has been pulled from the event. The match-up was to serve as Skinner’s promotional debut, while Rodish was slated to return to the […]
Sports, by their nature, are about the spirit of competition. Yet, the reasons that athletes choose to participate vary greatly from one to the next. For some, it’s the drive for first place. Those are the same people that race from stoplight to stoplight like their life depends on it. Others seek an outlet from […]
Kansas City, Mo. – Invicta Fighting Championships today announced a change to the fight card for Invicta FC 12, which takes place Friday, April 24, from the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Flyweight Roma Pawelek (1-0) has suffered an injury in training and is out of her preliminary card bout against Sijara Eubanks (0-0). Stepping in for Pawelek on […]
For thousands of years, there have been fables of the phoenix — a mythical bird of great beauty — that would burn into a pile of ashes at the end of its life and be reborn. The notion of a new beginning has made the phoenix a popular symbol throughout history. From Ancient Egypt and […]
Kansas City, Mo. — There’s another new face in the Invicta FC bantamweight division. England’s Laura Howarth (2-1) is the latest fighter to sign with the promotion. “Signing for Invicta was always going to happen, it was simply a question of time until I made it,” said the British fighter. “I’m really excited to show the […]