Elisandra Ferreira de Oliveira and Andressa
Romero will square off for the vacant atomweight belt in the
main event of
Invicta FC 57 on Sept. 20.
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The promotion announced the card on Tuesday. Invicta FC 57 takes
place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas and will also see
Kristina
Williams take on Nayara Maia in the evening’s flyweight
co-headliner. The Invicta FC 57 main card will air on CBS Sports
Network at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT, while prelims can be seen on the
promotion’s YouTube channel and Facebook page beginning at 7 p.m./6
p.m. CT.
Three other bouts were also confirmed for the event: Liz Tracy vs.
DeAnna
Bennett at flyweight; Milana
Dudieva vs. Sandra
Lavado at flyweight and Maria
Djukic vs. Maria Favela at bantamweight.
Also known as “Lili,” Ferreira de Oliveira has been victorious in
her first three promotional appearances. Most recently, the
26-year-old Brazilian outpointed Katie Saull
at Invicta FC 55 on June 28.
Also hailing from Brazil, Romero snapped a two-fight losing streak
in her first Invicta FC foray, as she took a unanimous decision
over Saori
Oshima on the June 28 card.