Atomweight queen Jillian
DeCoursey will defend her belt against Rayanne
Amanda dos Santos in the
Invicta FC 53 headliner on May 3.
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The all-female promotion announced the pairing on Tuesday. Invicta
FC 53 takes place at Reelworks Denver in Denver, Colorado, and airs
on AXS TV and the Invicta YouTube channel and Facebook page in the
U.S. at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Seven other bouts were announced for the event: Olga Rubin
vs. Claire
Guthrie at bantamweight; Jessica
Correa Delboni vs. Danielle
Taylor at atomweight; Monique
Adriane vs. Nicole
Geraldo at atomweight; Liana Pirosin vs. Elise Pone
at flyweight; Elisandra Ferreria vs. Flor
Hernandez at atomweight; Natalie
Salcedo vs. Dayane Cristine at atomweight and Ky Bennett
vs. TBD at flyweight.
DeCoursey has been victorious in four of her last five professional
outings. She claimed atomweight gold with a surprising first-round
submission of Delboni at Invicta FC 49 last September.
A former competitor on Dana White’s Contender Series, dos Santos
enjoyed a successful promotional debut, as she outpointed Katie Saull
at Invicta FC 51 on Jan. 18.