Marisa Messer-Belenchia

Invicta FC 51: Tennant vs. Bernardo was a mixed martial arts event headlined by Taneisha Tennant defending her bantamweight championship against Talita Bernardo. The co-main event will see Kristina Williams and Ketlen Souza face off for the vacant flyweight championship. The night before the event, the fight between Tanya Nijjar and Sayury Canon was removed from the card after Nijar missed weight. Serena DeJesus came in at 137.3 pounds, 1.3 pounds over the limit and was fined 25% of her purse which went to Rubin.

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 Phoenix Tournament: Atomweight was a mixed martial arts event that featured an atomweight tournament including 8 fighters vying for a shot at the atomweight championship. The tournament participants were announced to include recent title challenger Jéssica Delboni, Lindsey VanZandt, Jillian Decoursey, Linda Mihalec, Katie Saull, Paulina Granados, Tabatha Watkins, and Katie Perez. Four days before the event, Katie Saull was forced out of the tournament due to travel restrictions and was replaced by Marisa Messer-Belenchia. Like previous Phoenix Tournament events, the first two rounds will be one-round exhibitions, while only the final will be a full three round fight that counts towards the fighter's record.

Invicta FC 37: Gonzalez vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts event that will be headlined by Pearl Gonzalez against undefeated Brogan Sanchez. The event was originally scheduled to feature Jinh Yu Frey defending her atomweight championship against Ashley Cummins in the main event, however on September 23, Frey was forced to withdraw due to injury causing the bout to be rescheduled. As a result, the previous co-main event of Gonzalez vs. Sanchez was moved up to become the main event.