Invicta FC News

Tom Taylor - October 11, 2017

Invicta Fighting Championship, an established North American MMA promotion that specializes exclusively in women’s MMA, has announced a new, exclusive talent-sharing partnership with long-standing Japanese promotion Pancrase. This means that, going forward, the two exciting organizations will swap fighters on a regular basis, affording the members of their rosters more opportunities to compete. “It’s an honor to be able to partner with Pancrase, one of MMA’s most storied promotions,” said Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp in an official statement (via Sherdog.com). “In addition to all past and present ‘Kings and Queens of Pancrase,’ pioneers and contemporary stars alike have passed through the Pancrase organization at one time or another.”

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2016

Friday evening at Invicta FC 18, Megan Anderson picked up a 1st round TKO over Peggy Morgan. The victory was an extremely impressive one for Anderson, who extended her record to 7-2 with the win. While the finish was impressive, it was a post-fight photo of Morgan’s face that made headlines after the event.

Russell Ess - January 25, 2016

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey hosted the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live over the weekend. The UFC star made her first video appearance in a production since losing her championship title to Holly Holm at UFC 193 back in November. Rousey has taken time off from fighting to expand on her career with filming two new movies. The former UFC champion and Olympic medalist has already appeared in a few major motion pictures and it looks like her career in the movie industry isn’t slowing down.

bjpenndotcom - January 17, 2016

Weight cutting is one of the more grueling aspects of the sport of MMA.   Amateur wrestlers for example have one of the bigger advantages in MMA due to most of them having years of training and conditioning to cut weight.

bjpenndotcom - January 16, 2016

Ahead of Cris Cyborg’s Invicta FC 15 fight against Daria Ibragimova tonight, there has been much speculation as to whether or not she would still be open to dropping to 135 for a potential superfight with Ronda Rousey. While the hype behind a potential Rousey vs. Cyborg fight has certainly dwindled since Rousey lost to Holly Holm at UFC 193, Holm has since stated that she would be open to fighting Cyborg.

bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

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bjpenndotcom - January 15, 2016

Following Holly Holm’s spectacularly brutal KO win over Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, many fans were quick to turn on Rousey. It was nearly impossible to go on social media without seeing a meme of Rousey posted somewhere. The criticism has been so bad that Rousey’s nemesis Cris Cyborg even feels bad for how the former champ has been treated by the public.

bjpenndotcom - January 12, 2016

Cris Cyborg has 5 fights left on her contract with Invicta FC and the future is wide open for the Invicta champ, or is it?   With that many fights left historically Cyborg hasn’t done to well,  it took her over four years  to fight five times. Recently Joe Rogan gave an interview with MMA Junkie:

bjpenndotcom - December 5, 2015

Following Holly Holm’s flawless and dominant win over Ronda Rousey at UFC 193, it was revealed by UFC President Dana White that Rousey would in fact be getting an immediate rematch against Holm when she’s ready. With that being said, Cris Cyborg has booked her next fight at 145 pounds, seemingly abandoning her plan to eventually cut down to 135 pounds for a superfight against Rousey.

bjpenndotcom - December 1, 2015

UFC commentator Joe Rogan and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe recently found themselves under fire for comments made about Invicta FC champion Cris Cyborg. On a recent podcast Rogan and Hinchcliffe made jokes about Cyborg’s inability to make the bantamweight limit of 135 pounds. Rogan stated that the only way she’d make the weight would be to cut off her penis, an obviously harsh joke.

Russell Ess - November 23, 2015

Cris “Cyborg” (14-1, 1 NC) is getting set to fight at Invicta FC 15 on Jan. 16 in Costa Mesa, California. Her potential opponent, Cindy Dandois (6-2) was announced by Invicta president Shannon Knapp on the Monday’s MMA Hour. Although Cyborg confirmed that there was no official bout agreement on the weight and opponent, it definitely sounds like Knapp is pushing for the bout between Cyborg and Dandois at a 140-pound catchweight, which could lead Cyborg to a fight in the UFC.

bjpenndotcom - November 20, 2015

On Saturday night the landscape of the UFC women’s bantamweight division changed as Holly Holm knocked out Ronda Rousey to claim the women’s bantamweight championship. In the wake of the knockout, many fans began talking about whether or not a superfight between Rousey and Cyborg still made sense.

bjpenndotcom - October 24, 2015

Cris Cyborg is currently in the process of cutting down to 140 pounds for a catchweight fight under the Invicta FC banner in hopes of getting an eventual fight with Ronda Rousey at 135 pounds in the UFC. Cyborg posted a photo to her Instagram recently showing off her progress on her way down to 140. On Inside MMA Friday night, Cyborg discussed the drop to 140 pounds as well as a potential fight with Rousey in the future, saying:

bjpenndotcom - October 20, 2015

While many have their doubts that a fight between UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg will ever take place, the odds of a potential fight have increased with Cyborg’s upcoming debut at 140 pounds. Cyborg is expected to fight at a catchweight of 140 pounds in her upcoming Invicta FC fight, however a date and opponent have yet to be announced.

BJPENN.COM News - October 9, 2015

Invicta FC bantamweight champion Tonya Evinger entered a ring girl competition, but unfortunately she came up short and didn’t win. It might have something to do with the fact that she wore a hot dog costume and jeans. Yes, it would appear that dressing as a giant hot dog isn’t exactly what they’re looking for when judging those things. Who knew?

BJPENN.COM News - October 9, 2015

Sometimes people don’t think straight, it happens. That must have been the case when Cindy Dandois decided to take shots at Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg in a recent interview. Dandois fights in the featherweight division as well and for some reason decided to piss off one of the scariest women on this planet by talking about her looks. Dandois had this to say to SchenkMMA:

BJPENN.COM News - September 23, 2015

Invcita FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is supposedly making the drop to 140 pounds for her next fight in the organization. That would be the first step towards an eventually attempt to make 135 pounds. Right now that looks like it will be the only way she’ll ever get a shot at UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. The thought is that she will have to fight at least once at bantamweight in Invicta before getting a shot in the UFC’s bantamweight division.

BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015

Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg is scheduled to make the drop down to 140 pounds for her next fight in the organization. It’s expected that this is the first step towards trying to get to 135, in order to eventually challenge UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. It’s known that she will need to do at least one fight at that weight before jumping over to the UFC.