Jodie Esquibel

Invicta Fighting Championships will host a historic night of women’s mixed martial arts action for Friday, Aug. 27. The world’s premier combat sports organization for women returns to pay-per-view for the first time in eight years for Invicta FC 44: A New Era. The event will take place from Memorial Hall in Kansas City and is headlined by two championship match-ups.

UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 17, 2019 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Sat, Apr 27 / 8:00 PM CDT / Main Card BB&T Center Sunrise, FL United States 185 lbs.: Ronaldo Souza vs. Jack Hermansson | 265 lbs.: Greg Hardy vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov | 170 lbs.: Alex Oliveira vs. Mike Perry | 205 lbs.: Ion Cutelaba vs. Glover Teixeira | 135 lbs.: John Lineker vs. Cory Sandhagen | 155 lbs.: Thomas Gifford vs. Roosevelt Roberts

UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov (also known as UFC Fight Night 133) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 14, 2018 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, United States.

UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Till (also known as UFC Fight Night 118) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on October 21, 2017 at Ergo Arena in Gdańsk, Poland.

Invicta FC 22: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya II was a mixed martial arts event headlined by Tonya Evinger defending her bantamweight championship in a rematch against Yana Kunitskaya. The rematch comes after a controversial finish to their first fight, which headlined Invicta FC 20 and was overturned to a no contest. In the co-main event, Invicta atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki will move up to strawweight for a fight against former strawweight champion Lívia Renata Souza. A fight between Jinh Yu Frey and Janaisa Morandin was scheduled but canceled two days before the event when Morandin failed to make weight.

Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel was a mixed martial arts event headlined by a strawweight fight between undefeated Alexa Grasso and Jodie Esquibel. The winner of the main event is expected to receive the next strawweight title shot against champion Angela Hill. The original co-main event was to be Irene Aldana facing undefeated Brazilian fighter Taila Santos to determine who challenges Tonya Evinger next for the bantamweight championship, however VISA issues forced Santos off the card and the fight was removed. Lynn Alvarez was scheduled to fight undefeated Indian fighter Manjit Kolekar but VISA issues forced Kolekar off the card and she was replaced by Mizuki Inoue. Agnieszka Niedzwiedz was scheduled to fight Claudia Rey but Rey was also unable to make the event due to VISA issues and was replaced by Christine Stanley. Aldana, Rey, and Santos are now being scheduled for the next event.

Invicta FC 9 was headlined by Barb Honchak defending her flyweight championship against Takayo Hashi. The co-main event was be Mizuki Inoue against Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

Event (UFC Fight Pass at 8 p.m. ET): Michelle Waterson vs. Yasuko Tamada Katja Kankaanpaa vs. Stephanie Eggink Ediane Gomez vs. Tonya Evinger Tara La Rosa vs. Roxanne Modafferi Michelle Ould vs. DeAnna Bennett Peggy Morgan vs. Irene Aldana Charmaine Tweet vs. Veronica Rothenhausler Ashley Cummins vs. Alexa Grasso Jodie Esquibel vs. Jinh Yu Frey Delaney Owen vs. JJ Aldrich

Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson was a mixed martial arts event held on April 5, 2013. Shannon Knapp announced during Invicta FC 4 that the event will be headlined by a co-main event of Jessica Penne defending her Invicta FC Atomweight Championship against "The Karate Hottie" Michelle Waterson along with a flyweight championship bout between Vanessa Porto and Barb Honchak and that Sarah Kaufman would make her Invicta debut on the show. The show was originally targeted for April 13, however Knapp announced they would change it to April 5 after the UFC announced a show on that date.

Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt was a mixed martial arts event held on January 5, 2013 at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The event will be headlined by a strawweight championship bout between Carla Esparza and Bec Hyatt. Esparza was originally scheduled to fight Ayaka Hamasaki for the title but Hamasaki pulled out of the fight due to commitments to defending her JEWELS lightweight title in December and was replaced by undefeated Brazilian fighter Claudia Gadelha. On December 28, Gadelha was forced to withdraw from the main event title fight after suffering a broken nose in training. Gadelha was replaced by Bec Hyatt, who was originally set to face Joanne Calderwood.