Lisa Verzosa

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.

Invicta FC 42: Cummins vs. Zappitella is scheduled to be a mixed martial arts event headlined by Ashley Cummins and Alesha Zappitella for the vacant Invicta Atomweight Championship. A bout between Auttumn Norton and Brittney Cloudy was cancelled the night before the event due to COVID-19. Jennifer Chieng was scheduled to fight Flore Hani but Hani tested positive for COVID-19 as well and was replaced by Helen Peralta.

Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 is a MMA event that took place Friday, March 6, 2020 with 11 fights at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. It includes a full tournament in the Bantam weight class with 4 one-round quarter finals (+2 reverves), 2 one-round semi finals and a three round final. In addition, this event features a bout between Key Hansen and Liana Pirosin, and a Invicta FC Bantam weight Championship title fight between Julija Stoliarenko and Lisa Verzosa. This MMA event also was the first to feature Open Scoring.

Invicta FC 38: Murata vs. Ducote was a mixed martial arts event that was headlined by Kanako Murata vs. Emily Ducote for the vacant strawweight championship. The original main event was Vanessa Porto defending her flyweight championship against top contender Karina Rodríguez, who earned her shot by winning the flyweight tournament at Invicta FC 35, however Rodríguez failed to make weight thus was no longer able to contend for the championship and the bout was changed to a non-title fight as the co-main event.