Invicta FC News

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

In the main event of Invicta FC 15, Cris Cyborg KO’d Daria Ibragimova in the 1st round to retain her Invicta FC featherweight championship.

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:

Russell Ess - December 8, 2015

With all the hype and talk of a Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg super fight slowing down, Cyborg has booked an opponent for Invicta FC 15. The promotion announced recently that Cyborg will face Daria Ibragimova in the main event for the featherweight title on Jan. 16.

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.

Russell Ess - November 17, 2015

After winning UFC gold at UFC 193 by knocking out Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm’s trailer for her acting debut in “Fight Valley” was released. Holm stars alongside female MMA stars Miesha Tate and Cris Cyborg.

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 30, 2015

Cris Cyborg has recently been calling for year-round testing so that she can prove to everyone, including UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, that she’s clean so they can stop using that excuse for why she shouldn’t fight the undefeated champ. Rousey has had no issues slamming the Invicta FC featherweight champ for testing positive for PEDs in the past, even though all her tests since then have been clean.

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.

BJPENN.COM News - September 19, 2015

Cris ‘Cyborg’ is expected to to drop to 140 pounds for her next Invicta FC fight, which is the next step in eventually getting a fight with UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Ahead of that, Cyborg sat down and talked to ESPNW about her past PED use and about her future plans to fight Rousey in the UFC.