All 13 bouts, including the world atomweight (105 pounds) title fight between defending champion Jessica Penne (10-1) of Huntington Beach, Calif. and challenger Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (10-3) of Albuquerque, N.M. were made official after Thursday’s weigh-ins for the Invicta Fighting Championships women’s MMA world championship doubleheader event Friday in Kansas City, Mo.
Penne weighed in at 104.9 pounds and Waterson registered a weight of 104.7 pounds for their headlining bout at Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City.
The live stream of the event, which will begin at 7 p.m. ET, is available for purchase, in its entirety, on InvictaFC.com for a credit card charge of $9.95. Mauro Ranallo, Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal and Julie Kedzie will be calling the action.
Co-main event opponents Barb Honchak (7-2) of Bettendorf, Iowa and Vanessa Porto (15-2) of Sao Paulo, Brazil weighed in at 124.6 pounds and 124.8 pounds, respectively, for their matchup that will be contested as the first Invicta FC world flyweight (125 pounds) championship bout in history.
Pound-for-pound great Cris Cyborg (10-1) of Curitiba, Brazil weighed in at 144.8 pounds for her Invicta FC featherweight (145 pounds) debut against Fiona Muxlow (6-2) of Townsville, Queensland Australia. Muxlow tipped the scales at 143.8 pounds.
In other action on the eight-bout main card, bantamweight (135 pounds) superstar Sarah Kaufman (15-2) of Victoria, B.C. will go to war with Invicta FC 3 and Invicta FC 4 winner Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (5-2-1) of Pleasant Hill, Calif.
Flyweight superstar Zoila Frausto Gurgel (12-2) of Cincinnati, Ohio will also make her Invicta FC debut in another featured bout against submission expert Jennifer Maia (6-2) of Curitiba, Parana Brazil.
Undefeated KO artist Lauren Taylor (5-0) of Anchorage, Alaska will battle hard-hitting Kaitlin Young (7-7-1) of St. Louis Park, Minn. at bantamweight.
“Rowdy” Bec Hyatt (4-2) of Brisbane, Australia will look to return to the win column against undefeated sensation and Invicta FC newcomer Jasminka Cive (5-0) of Graz, Austria in a strawweight (115 pounds) meeting.
Hard-hitting kickboxing stylist Julia “The Jewel” Budd (4-2) of Port Moody, B.C., will square off with upstart Mollie Estes (1-1) of Kansas City in a featherweight contest.
