Invicta FC’s one-night, eight-woman tournament to crown a new strawweight champion had some last-minute adjustments after two fighters were pulled from the tourney on weigh-in day Thursday.
Mizuki Inoue (13-5), who was scheduled to face Sharon Jacobson (5-4) in the quarterfinals of the tourney at “Invicta FC: Phoenix Rising Series 1” on Friday night in Kansas City, Kan., was pulled from the card due to weigh-cut complications before attempting to hit the scales. She was replaced in the fight by alternate Amber Brown (7-5).
Then, Janaisa Morandin (10-2) was scratched from the card after missing weight for her scheduled bout with Brianna Van Buren (5-2). She’s been replaced by reserve Manjit Kolekar (11-2).
Quarterfinal and semifinal bouts will be one round each, with the finals a three-round affair.
You can check out the ceremonial weigh-ins by clicking on the video above. The card at Memorial Hall will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Full weigh-in results:
- Kay Hansen (115.4) vs. Magdalena Sormova (115.4)
- Alyssa Krahn (115.8) vs. Itzel Esquivel (115.7) – strawweight tournament reserve bout
- Amber Brown (115.7) vs. Sharon Jacobson (115.7) – strawweight tournament quarterfinal
- Manjit Kolekar (115.7) vs. Brianna Van Buren (115.8) – strawweight tournament quarterfinal
- Danielle Taylor (115.7) vs. Juliana Lima (115.5) – strawweight tournament quarterfinal
- Kailin Curran (116) vs. Sunna Rannveig Davidsdottir (115.9) – strawweight tournament quarterfinal
For more on “Invicta FC: Phoenix Rising Series 1,” check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
