Recent strawweight title challenger @ducote_brunette
takes on Brazilian @juthaimma
in our main event of tomorrow night! Don’t miss
#InvictaFC40 LIVE on @UFCFightPass
at 8/7c! pic.twitter.com/30mt2m7MgY— Invicta FC (@InvictaFights)
July 1, 2020
Invicta Fighting Championships returns for the promotion’s
first show since March 6.
The all-female card is now official as all fighters stepped on the
scales, but it wasn’t without some drama as DeAnna
Bennett was removed from her bout against Victoria
Leonardo after suffering a medical issue while cutting weight.
Leonardo has been paid her show money and the card will proceed
with one less fight. The event is headlined by a strawweight bout
between former title challenger Emily
Ducote and
Ultimate Fighting Championship vet Juliana
Lima.
Looking to bounce back from a heartbreaking split decision loss to
Kanako
Murata for Invicta’s strawweight championship, Ducote will
attempt to prove that she’s better than her 8-6 record indicates.
The Bellator
MMA veteran went 4-4 inside the California-based promotion’s
cage, with two of those losses coming to Ilima-Lei
Macfarlane at flyweight. Ducote looked great in her Invicta
debut, knocking out Janaisa
Morandin. She had no issue making weight and came in at 115.2
pounds.
Looking to derail the title shot aspirations for “Gordinha” is Lima
(10-6). The Brazilian went 3-4 inside the Octagon but two of the
losses came to former champions Joanna
Jedrzejczyk and Carla
Esparza. Her latest run inside Invicta started well, as she
defeated Danielle
Taylor by split decision, but she dropped a decision later that
night to Brianna
Van Buren in the initial Phoenix
Series event. Both of those bouts were just a single round, and
“Ju Thai” will get to show her improvements over three against
Ducote. Lima weighed 115.5 pounds for her first main event.
Invicta FC 40 will air live on UFC Fight Pass starting at 8
p.m. ET.
Invicta FC 40 Weigh-In Results:
Emily
Ducote (115.2) vs. Juliana
Lima (115.5)
Alesha
Zappitella (105.7) vs. Lindsey
VanZandt (105.2)
DeAnna
Bennett (N/A)* vs. Victoria
Leonardo (125.9)
Chelsea
Chandler (145) vs. Olivia
Parker (145.7)
Trisha
Cicero (126) vs. Laura
Gallardo (125.1)
Genia
Goodin (115.9) vs. Shelby
Koren (115.9)
*Bennett suffered a medical issue during the weight cut and the
fight has been removed from the card.