Serena DeJesus

Live MMA on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 from Memorial Hall in Kansas City, featuring Invicta FC strawweight champion Emily "Gordinha" Ducote attempting to defend her title against former atomweight champ Alesha "Half Pint" Zappitella

Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 is a MMA event that took place Friday, March 6, 2020 with 11 fights at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. It includes a full tournament in the Bantam weight class with 4 one-round quarter finals (+2 reverves), 2 one-round semi finals and a three round final. In addition, this event features a bout between Key Hansen and Liana Pirosin, and a Invicta FC Bantam weight Championship title fight between Julija Stoliarenko and Lisa Verzosa. This MMA event also was the first to feature Open Scoring.

Invicta FC 38: Murata vs. Ducote was a mixed martial arts event that was headlined by Kanako Murata vs. Emily Ducote for the vacant strawweight championship. The original main event was Vanessa Porto defending her flyweight championship against top contender Karina Rodríguez, who earned her shot by winning the flyweight tournament at Invicta FC 35, however Rodríguez failed to make weight thus was no longer able to contend for the championship and the bout was changed to a non-title fight as the co-main event.

Twenty-two year old Tori Coro gets involved in an underground fighting ring in a rough section of Camden, NJ. When her bruised and beaten body is found abandoned in the woods, rumors begin to swirl that Tori died in Fight Valley, an unofficial neighborhood where fighters go to make money. Tori's sister Windsor moves to town to start her own investigation. Jab's, a respected fighter turned gym owner, agrees to train Windsor as she prepares to come face to face with Tori's killer and fight for justice.

Invicta FC 51: Tennant vs. Bernardo was a mixed martial arts event headlined by Taneisha Tennant defending her bantamweight championship against Talita Bernardo. The co-main event will see Kristina Williams and Ketlen Souza face off for the vacant flyweight championship. The night before the event, the fight between Tanya Nijjar and Sayury Canon was removed from the card after Nijar missed weight. Serena DeJesus came in at 137.3 pounds, 1.3 pounds over the limit and was fined 25% of her purse which went to Rubin.

Invicta Fighting Championships will host a historic night of women’s mixed martial arts action for Friday, Aug. 27. The world’s premier combat sports organization for women returns to pay-per-view for the first time in eight years for Invicta FC 44: A New Era. The event will take place from Memorial Hall in Kansas City and is headlined by two championship match-ups.