A duo of title fights are now official as
Invicta Fighting Championships returns to pay-per-view with
Invicta
FC 44: A New Era.
A duo of title fights for vacant championships headline the card.
The bantamweight title bout will main event as Emily
Ducote faces Danielle
Taylor, while the co-main event sees strawweight Lisa
Verzosa square off against Taneisha
Tennant. All fighters made weight except for Liz Tracy, who
was 1.2 pounds over the strawweight limit for her bout against
Jodie
Esquibel. She’s been fined 25 percent of her purse as a
result.
This is the second vacant title fight for Ducote (9-6), who
rebounded from a split decision loss to Kanako
Murata by winning a decision against Juliana
Lima. Taylor (11-5) hasn’t shown much “Dynamite” as late, as
her last eight bouts have all gone to the scorecards. She has won
two of her last three since being cut by the
Ultimate Fighting Championship. Both made weight as Ducote
weighed in at 114.4 pounds, while Taylor hit the 114.6-pound
mark.
Verzosa (6-1) lived up to her “Battle Angel” nickname after going
to war against Julija
Stoliarenko last year. While Verzosa dropped a split decision
there, she rebounded by defeating Raquel
Canuto in her last bout. Tennant (3-1), on the other hand,
doesn’t have as much experience, while she is coming off a loss to
Danyelle
Wolf up one weight class. Verzosa weighed 134.6 pounds, while
Tennant stepped on the scale at 134.7 pounds.
Invicta FC 44’s main card will air on traditional and Fite.TV
pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Meanwhile, four prelim bouts
will stream on AXS TV in the U.S. and on YouTube worldwide.
Invicta FC 44 Weigh-in Results:
Emily
Ducote (114.4) vs. Danielle
Taylor (114.6)
Lisa
Verzosa (134.6) vs. Taneisha
Tennant (134.7)
Brogan
Walker-Sanchez (125.8) vs. Emilee King
(124.6)
Jodie
Esquibel (116) vs. Liz Tracy
(117.2)*
Serena
DeJesus (136) vs. Lauren
Mueller (135.8)
Caitlin
Sammons (124.9) vs. Helen
Peralta (125.2)
Katie
Saull (105.7) vs. Marisa
Messer-Belenchia (105.7)
Katie
Perez (105.1) vs. Natalie
Salcedo (105.9)
Kayla
Yontef (145.5) vs. Carlene
Chandler (145.8)
* Tracy missed weight by 1.2 pounds and has been fined 25
percent of her purse.