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Knapp would meet with Janet Martin and the two acquired the financial resources needed to launch a new MMA promotion. [2] [5] [6] The promotion held its first event, Invicta FC 1 on April 28, 2012. [7] The event was headlined by a rematch between former Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Marloes Coenen and French fighter Romy Ruyssen. [7]
Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and former Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey. Emiko Raika - (Pancrase, Shooto, DEEP) Jessica Rakoczy - (Bellator, TPF, UFC) Germaine de Randamie - (UFC, Strikeforce) Alyona Rassohyna - Bec Rawlings - (UFC, Invicta) Elise Reed - Elena Reid - Marion Reneau - (UFC, TPF) Amanda Ribas -
Invicta Fighting Championships in early 2012 became one of the first major women's pro mma organisations. [43] [44] Ronda Rousey became the first woman fighter signed to the UFC in November 2012, and was promoted to the division's bantamweight champion. She successfully defended her title in the first UFC women's fight against Liz Carmouche at ...
Just a few short years ago, UFC president Dana White didn’t exactly have the nicest things to say about the greatest fighter in women’s mixed martial arts history, Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino.
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko [b] (born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and both the first Kyrgyz and Peruvian fighter to win a UFC championship.
In her second fight for the promotion, Garcia faced Anna Malyukova at Rizin Fighting Federation 1 on April 17, 2016. She won the fight via armbar submission in the second round. [citation needed] For her third fight with Rizin, Garcia faced Destanie Yarbrough at Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: 1st Round on September 25, 2016. She won the fight via ...
The Invicta Fighting Championship also known as Invicta FC, is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) organization for female fighters. [1] It was founded in 2012 by Janet Martin and Shannon Knapp. [2] Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). [3]
Ronda Jean Rousey (/ ˈ r aʊ z i / ROW-zee; [12] born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, and former judoka and mixed martial artist. [13] She is best known for her tenure in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE.