Olga
Rubin will square off against Mayra
Cantuaria in the Invicta
FC 60 headliner on Feb. 7.
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The all-female promotion announced the bantamweight bout — which
could determine the division’s next title challenger for Jennifer
Maia — on Wednesday. Invicta FC 60 takes place at Center Stage
in Atlanta and will see Jackie
Cataline face Jamie
Edenden in the evening’s featherweight co-main event. The main
card airs on CBS Sports Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while
prelims stream on
Invicta FC’s YouTube channel and Facebook page beginning at
5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
Five other bouts were confirmed for Invicta FC 60: Shanna
Young vs. Katharina
Lehner at bantamweight; Victoria
Leonardo vs. Rayla
Nascimento at flyweight; Liana
Ferreira Pirosin vs. Shino
VanHoose at strawweight; Giulliany
Perea Vieira vs. Hope Holmes
at atomweight and Joy Pendell
vs. Krissa
Timbs at featherweight.
A five-time Bellator
MMA veteran, Rubin has gone 2-2 in her last four outings under
the Invicta FC banner. Most recently, Rubin suffered a second-round
submission loss to Talita
Bernardo in a 135-pound title bout at Invicta FC 55 last
June.
Cantuaria has lost three of her last four professional appearances
and is coming off a unanimous decision defeat to Maia at Invicta FC
56 last August.