Your tournament winner #AndNew Invicta FC Strawweight Champion @TinablackM! #InvictaFC50 pic.twitter.com/aTDYRZpqao
— Invicta FC (@InvictaFights) November 17, 2022Valesca Machado stuck to the game plan, and it paid off in the form of some championship hardware.
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Machado (12-3, 1 NC , 3-0 Invicta) completed her run through the one-night strawweight tournament with a unanimous decision triumph over Karolina Wojcik in the Invicta FC 50 headliner at Reelworks Denver, in Denver, Colo., on Wednesday night. All three judges scored the contest for Machado: 30-27, 29-28, 29-28. With the victory, the 26-year-old Brazilian claims the promotion’s vacant 115-pound belt.After fighting three rounds earlier in the evening, Machado adopted a measured approach in the tournament final. She controlled the distance, utilized intelligent movement and landed nearly all the strikes of consequence, countering effectively when her opponent mo…