Invicta Fighting Championships

Invicta Fighting Championships, also known as Invicta FC, is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion for female fighters based in the United States.[1] It was founded in 2012 by Janet Martin[2] a former VP with MMA organization Blackeye Promotions[3] and Shannon Knapp, who held positions at various levels, including executive positions with World Fighting Alliance, International Fight League, Affliction Entertainment, UFC, and Strikeforce.[4] It has a strategic partnership with fellow Japanese MMA promotion Jewels.[5]

Invicta Fighting Championships
TypePrivate
IndustryMixed martial arts promotion
Founded2012 (2012)
FounderShannon Knapp
Janet Martin
HeadquartersUnited States
Area served
United States
Key people

Shannon Knapp (President) Julie Kedzie (Matchmaker) Amanda Nunes (matchmaker and athlete development team)
Websitehttp://www.invictafc.com/

History

When Zuffa, parent company of the UFC, purchased rival promotion Strikeforce in March 2011 (2011-03), Shannon Knapp received several calls from female fighters who were afraid of what the future might hold for them in Strikeforce since the UFC had never promoted a women's fight.[2][6] As the women were calling Knapp for representation, she started looking at the issue and met Janet Martin, and between the two acquired the financial resources needed.[7]

The term Invicta, a Latin word for "invincible and incomparable", was chosen by founders Knapp and Martin since the terms invincible and incomparable are very masculine, but the term appears in the feminine form in Latin, and they thought it was a good description for women's MMA.[8]

Free online streamed events

After more than a year in the making,[7] the promotion held its first event, Invicta FC 1 on April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28).[9] It was headlined by a rematch between former Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Marloes Coenen and French fighter Romy Ruyssen.[9] The event also marked the MMA debut of 2008 Summer Olympics women's freestyle wrestling medalist Randi Miller.[10] The event was available as a free video stream at the Invicta Fighting Championships webpage.[11] After the event, fight of the night went to Kaitlin Young and Leslie Smith who fought to a draw whilst submission of the night was awarded to Sarah Schneider. Liz Carmouche and Jessica Penne both received social media bonuses.[12]

On June 9, it was announced that Invicta has formed a strategic partnership with Japanese promotion JEWELS to cross-promote the world's top female fighters on their respective fight cards in the United States and Japan.[13]

Invicta then held its second event (Invicta FC 2: Baszler vs. McMann) on July 28, 2012. Like the first event, it was made available as a free stream on the promotion's official website. The event was headlined by 2004 Summer Olympics women's freestyle wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann and Shayna Baszler.[14] Carla Esparza and Barb Honchak made their promotional debuts on this card. As part of the alliance with Japanese promotion Jewels, Jewels lightweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki was set to face undefeated Austrian fighter Jasminka Cive as part of the main event but Cive was unable to secure her visa in time and was replaced by Lacey Shuckman.[5][15]

On September 24, 2012, Invicta announced a strategic alliance with the Super Fight League, which aims to bring the best Indian female fighters to Invicta, whilst Invicta will aim to send world class female mixed martial artists to the Super Fight League.[16]

Sara McMann was originally scheduled to fight for the Invicta FC Bantamweight Championship at Invicta FC 3 but this did not occur due to an injury to McMann.

Invicta FC 3: Penne vs. Sugiyama took place on October 6, 2012. Invicta continued their partnership with Jewels as Jessica Penne faced and beat the previously undefeated Jewels 105 lb champion Naho Sugiyama for the inaugural Invicta FC Atomweight Championship.

Also at Invicta FC 3, Leslie Smith fought Kaitlin Young in a rematch from their exciting "fight of the night" Invicta FC 1 bout where they fought to a draw. This time, Smith was able to get the better of Young and defeated her by TKO in the second round.[17] Invicta FC3 also saw the promotional debut of long time Women's Bantamweight and Flyweight standout Tara LaRosa, as well as the debuts of Michelle Waterson and Cat Zingano. Fight of the night bonuses went to Michelle Waterson and Lacey Schuckman. The submission of the night bonus was split between Jessamyn Duke and Stephanie Frausto while knockout of the night went to promotional newcomer Joanne Calderwood.

Move to online pay-per-view events

On December 19, 2012, Shannon Knapp announced Invicta FC 4 would air as an online pay-per-view.

Invicta Fighting Championships held their fourth event (Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt) on January 5, 2013. The event was headlined by the inaugural Invicta FC Strawweight Championship bout between Carla Esparza and Bec Hyatt (in Hyatt's promotional debut). 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. Hamasaki was originally replaced by undefeated Brazilian fighter Claudia Gadelha but on December 28, Gadelha was also forced to withdraw after suffering a broken nose in training. Esparza defeated Hyatt to become the first Invicta FC Strawweight Champion. Also Alexis Davis defeated Shayna Baszler in the card's fight of the night and Rose Namajunas won knock-out of the night in her professional MMA debut.

Due to purchasing issues on the night of the event, the event was streamed for free rather than pay per view and it was announced that all buyers would be refunded.

Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson took place on April 5, 2013. The card was headlined by Jessica Penne who lost her Invicta FC Atomweight Championship to "The Karate Hottie" Michelle Waterson. The event featured a co-main event of Vanessa Porto vs. Barb Honchak with the latter being crowned as the first Invicta FC Flyweight Champion. In addition, Sarah Kaufman and "Cyborg" Cristiane Justino both won in their Invicta FC debuts. On this occasion, the online pay per view went smoothly, avoiding any issues experiences at Invicta FC 4.

During Invicta FC 5, there were no issues with the Ustream pay-per-view system as there had been in January.

Televised pay-per-view

Invicta FC 6: Coenen vs. Cyborg took place on 13 July 2013, featuring the crowning of Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino as the inaugural Featherweight champion and a Strawweight title eliminator match won by Claudia Gadelha over Ayaka Hamasaki (previously unbeaten JEWELS lightweight champion). The winner will face champion Carla Esparza. The card also featured wins by Jessica Penne, Lauren Taylor, Tecia Torres, Leslie Smith and Joanne Calderwood.

This event was aired on cable and satellite pay-per-view in the United States and Canada in addition to their online PPV stream, as the promotion had come to a deal with Integrated Sports Media for live viewing.[18]

UFC Fight Pass

In 2014, Invicta partnered with the UFC to air all future events exclusively on UFC Fight Pass, with the entire Invicta library also made available on the service. Invicta FC 8 would be the first event to stream live on Fight Pass.[19]

Combate

On February 24 2015, it was announced the partnership between Invicta and Combate. The deal allows the Brazilian channel the broadcast of Invicta live events as well the event library of Invicta in the South American country. The first Invicta event broadcast on Combate was Invicta FC 11: Cyborg vs. Tweet showing the Brazilian Invicta's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg versus the Canadian challenger Charmaine Tweet.[20]

Rules

Invicta's current rules follows the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts that were originally established by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board and modified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.[21]

Events

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Scheduled events

# Event Date Venue Location

Past events

# Event Date Venue Location
46 Invicta FC 43: Gonzalez vs. Blanchfield November 20, 2020 Police Athletic League Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
45 Invicta FC 42: Cummins vs. Zappitella September 17, 2020 Police Athletic League Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
44 Invicta FC 41: Morandin vs. Ruiz July 30, 2020 Police Athletic League Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
43 Invicta FC 40: Ducote vs. Lima July 2, 2020 Police Athletic League Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
42 Phoenix Series 3 March 6, 2020 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
41 Invicta FC 39: Frey vs. Cummins II February 7, 2020 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
40 Invicta FC 38: Murata vs. Ducote November 1, 2019 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
39 Invicta FC 37: Gonzalez vs. Sanchez October 4, 2019 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
38 Phoenix Series 2 September 6, 2019 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
37 Invicta FC 36: Sorenson vs. Young August 9, 2019 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
36 Invicta FC 35: Bennett vs. Rodriguez II June 7, 2019 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
35 Phoenix Series 1 May 3, 2019 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
34 Invicta FC 34: Porto vs. Gonzalez February 15, 2019 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
33 Invicta FC 33: Frey vs. Grusander II December 15, 2018 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
32 Invicta FC 32: Spencer vs. Sorenson November 16, 2018 Firelake Arena Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
31 Invicta FC 31: Jandiroba vs. Morandin September 1, 2018 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
30 Invicta FC 30: Frey vs. Grusander July 21, 2018 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
29 Invicta FC 29: Kaufman vs. Lehner May 4, 2018 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
28 Invicta FC 28: Mizuki vs. Jandiroba March 24, 2018 Union Event Center Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
27 Invicta FC 27: Kaufman vs. Kianzad January 13, 2018 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
26 Invicta FC 26: Maia vs. Niedzwiedz December 8, 2017 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
25 Invicta FC 25: Kunitskaya vs. Pa'aluhi August 31, 2017 Tachi Palace Lemoore, California, U.S.
24 Invicta FC 24: Dudieva vs. Borella July 15, 2017 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
23 Invicta FC 23: Porto vs. Niedźwiedź May 20, 2017 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
22 Invicta FC 22: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya II March 25, 2017 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
21 Invicta FC 21: Anderson vs. Tweet January 14, 2017 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
20 Invicta FC 20: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya November 18, 2016 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
19 Invicta FC 19: Maia vs. Modafferi September 23, 2016 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
18 Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel July 29, 2016 Scottish Rite Temple Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
17 Invicta FC 17: Evinger vs. Schneider May 7, 2016 OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, California, U.S.
16 Invicta FC 16: Hamasaki vs. Brown March 11, 2016 Trinidad Pavilion Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
15 Invicta FC 15: Cyborg vs. Ibragimova January 16, 2016 OC Fair & Event Center Costa Mesa, California, U.S.
14 Invicta FC 14: Evinger vs. Kianzad September 12, 2015 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
13 Invicta FC 13: Cyborg vs. Van Duin July 9, 2015 The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
12 Invicta FC 12: Kankaanpää vs. Souza April 24, 2015 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
11 Invicta FC 11: Cyborg vs. Tweet February 27, 2015 Shrine Expo Hall Los Angeles, California, U.S.
10 Invicta FC 10: Waterson vs. Tiburcio December 5, 2014 Arena Theater Houston, Texas, U.S.
9 Invicta FC 9: Honchak vs. Hashi November 1, 2014 RiverCenter Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
8 Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada September 6, 2014 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
7 Invicta FC 7: Honchak vs. Smith December 7, 2013 Ameristar Casino Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
6 Invicta FC 6: Coenen vs. Cyborg July 13, 2013 Ameristar Casino Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
5 Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson April 5, 2013 Ameristar Casino Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
4 Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt January 5, 2013 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
3 Invicta FC 3: Penne vs. Sugiyama October 6, 2012 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
2 Invicta FC 2: Baszler vs. McMann July 28, 2012 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
1 Invicta FC 1: Coenen vs. Ruyssen April 28, 2012 Memorial Hall Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.

Current champions

Division Upper weight limit Champion Since Title Defenses Top Contender
Featherweight145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) Pam SorensonAugust 9, 2019 (Invicta FC 36)0
Bantamweight135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)VacantMarch 6, 2020
Flyweight125 lb (57 kg; 8.9 st)VacantSeptember 2, 2020
Strawweight115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st)VacantSeptember 2, 2020
Atomweight105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st) Alesha ZappitellaSeptember 17, 2020 (Invicta FC 42)0

Title history

Featherweight Championship

136 to 145 lbs (62 to 66 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Cristiane Justino
def. Marloes Coenen
Invicta FC 6: Coenen vs. Cyborg
Kansas City, MO, USA
July 13, 2013 1351 days
1. def. Charmaine Tweet at Invicta FC 11 on Feb 27, 2015
2. def. Faith Van Duin at Invicta FC 13 on July 9, 2015
3. def. Daria Ibragimova at Invicta FC 15 on Jan 16, 2016.
- Megan Anderson
def. Charmaine Tweet for interim title
Invicta FC 21: Anderson vs. Tweet
Kansas City, MO, USA
January 14, 2017 -
Justino vacated the title on March 24, 2017 to compete full time with the UFC.
2 Megan Anderson
promoted to undisputed champion
Invicta FC 22: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya II
Kansas City, MO, USA
March 24, 2017 88 days
Anderson vacated the title on June 20, 2017 to sign with the UFC
3 Felicia Spencer
def. Pam Sorenson
Invicta FC 32: Spencer vs. Sorenson
Shawnee, OK, USA
November 16, 2018 129 days
Spencer vacated the title on March 26, 2019 to sign with the UFC
4 Pam Sorenson
def. Kaitlin Young
Invicta FC 36: Sorenson vs. Young
Kansas City, KS, USA
August 9, 2019 539 days
(incumbent)

Bantamweight Championship

126 to 135 lbs (57 to 61 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Lauren Murphy
def. Miriam Nakamoto
Invicta FC 7: Honchak vs. Smith
Kansas City, MO, USA
December 7, 2013 208 days
Murphy vacated title on July 3, 2014 to sign with the UFC.
2 Tonya Evinger
def. Irene Aldana
Invicta FC 13: Cyborg vs. Van Duin
Las Vegas, NV, USA
July 9, 2015 724 days
1. def. Colleen Schneider at Invicta FC 17 on May 7, 2016.
–. No contest vs. Yana Kunitskaya at Invicta FC 20 on Nov 18, 2016.
2. def. Yana Kunitskaya at Invicta FC 22 on Mar 25, 2017
Evinger vacated title on July 3, 2017 to sign with the UFC.
3 Yana Kunitskaya
def. Raquel Pa'aluhi
Invicta FC 25: Kunitskaya vs. Pa'aluhi
Lemoore, CA, USA
August 31, 2017 160 days
Kunitskaya vacated title on February 7, 2018 to sign with the UFC.
4 Sarah Kaufman
def. Katharina Lehner
Invicta FC 29: Kaufman vs. Lehner
Kansas City, MO, USA
May 4, 2018 368 days
Kaufman vacated title on May 9, 2019 to sign with the PFL.
5 Julija Stoliarenko
def. Lisa Verzosa
Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3
Kansas City, KS, USA
March 6, 2020 147 days
Stoliarenko vacated title on July 31, 2020 to sign with the UFC.

Flyweight Championship

116 to 125 lbs (53 to 56 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Barb Honchak
def. Vanessa Porto
Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson
Kansas City, MO, USA
April 5, 2013 1266 days
1. def. Leslie Smith at Invicta FC 7 on Dec 7, 2013
2. def. Takayo Hashi at Invicta FC 9 on Nov 1, 2014
- Jennifer Maia
def. Vanessa Porto for interim title
Invicta FC 16: Hamasaki vs. Brown
Las Vegas, NV, USA
March 11, 2016 -
Honchak was stripped of the title due to inactivity on September 22, 2016
2 Jennifer Maia
promoted to undisputed champion
Invicta FC 19: Maia vs. Modafferi
Kansas City, MO, USA
September 22, 2016 652 days
1. def. Roxanne Modafferi at Invicta FC 19 on Sept 23, 2016
2. def. Agnieszka Niedźwiedź at Invicta FC 26 on Dec 8, 2017
Maia vacated title on July 7, 2018 to sign with the UFC.
3 Vanessa Porto
def. Pearl Gonzalez
Invicta FC 34: Porto vs. Gonzalez
Kansas City, MO, USA
February 15, 2019 564 days
Porto vacated title on September 2, 2020 to sign with Bellator MMA.

Strawweight Championship

106 to 115 lbs (49 to 52 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Carla Esparza
def. Bec Hyatt
Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt
Kansas City, KS, USA
January 5, 2013 341 days
Esparza vacated title on December 11, 2013 to participate in The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned.[23][24]
2 Katja Kankaanpää
def. Stephanie Eggink
Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada
Kansas City, MO, USA
September 6, 2014 230 days
3 Livia Renata Souza
Invicta FC 12: Kankaanpää vs. Souza
Kansas City, MO, USA
April 24, 2015 380 days 1. def. DeAnna Bennett at Invicta FC 15 on Jan 16, 2016
4 Angela Hill
Invicta FC 17: Evinger vs. Schneider
Costa Mesa, CA, USA
May 7, 2016 274 days
1. def. Kaline Medeiros at Invicta FC 20 on Nov 18, 2016
Hill vacated title on February 4, 2017 to return to the UFC.
5 Virna Jandiroba
def. Mizuki Inoue
Invicta FC 28: Mizuki vs. Jandiroba
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
March 24, 2018 379 days
1. def. Janaisa Morandin at Invicta FC 31 on Sep 1, 2018
Jandiroba vacated title on April 7, 2019 to sign with the UFC.
6 Brianna Van Buren
def. Kailin Curran
Phoenix Series 1
Kansas City, KS, USA
May 3, 2019 39 days
Van Buren vacated title on June 11, 2019 to sign with the UFC.
7 Kanako Murata
def. Emily Ducote
Invicta FC 38: Murata vs. Ducote
Kansas City, KS, USA
November 1, 2019 305 days
Murata vacated title on September 2, 2020 to sign with the UFC.

Atomweight Championship

96 to 105 lbs (44 to 48 kg)
No. Name Event Date Reign Defenses
1 Jessica Penne
def. Naho Sugiyama
Invicta FC 3: Penne vs. Sugiyama
Kansas City, KS, USA
October 6, 2012 181 days
2 Michelle Waterson Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson
Kansas City, MO, USA
April 5, 2013 609 days 1. def. Yasuko Tamada at Invicta FC 8 on Sept 6, 2014
3 Hérica Tibúrcio Invicta FC 10: Waterson vs. Tiburcio
Houston, Texas, USA
December 5, 2014 216 days
4 Ayaka Hamasaki Invicta FC 13: Cyborg vs. Van Duin
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
July 9, 2015 737 days 1. def. Amber Brown at Invicta FC 16 on Mar 11, 2016
2. def. Jinh Yu Frey at Invicta FC 19 on Sept 23, 2016
Hamasaki vacated title on July 15, 2017 to focus on moving up to the strawweight division and signed with Rizin.
5 Jinh Yu Frey
def. Minna Grusander
Invicta FC 30: Frey vs. Grusander
Kansas City, MO, USA
July 21, 2018 564 days
1. def. Minna Grusander at Invicta FC 33 on Dec 16, 2018
Frey vacated title on February 6, 2020 after failing to make weight for a scheduled title defense.
6 Alesha Zappitella
def. Ashley Cummins
Invicta FC 42: Cummins vs. Zappitella
Kansas City, MO, USA
September 17, 2020 134 days
(incumbent)

Longest title reigns

FighterTitleDays
1.Cristiane JustinoFeatherweight
1351 days
2.Barb HonchakFlyweight
1266 days

Most title defenses

FighterTitleDefenses
1.Cristiane JustinoFeatherweight
3
2.Tonya EvingerBantamweight
2
Barb HonchakFlyweight
Ayaka HamasakiAtomweight
Jennifer MaiaFlyweight

See also

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