The stage has been set for the atomweight title ematch between
Alesha
Zappitella and Jessica
Correa Delboni in the
Invicta Fighting Championships 45 headliner.
Zappitella and Delboni both made weight without issue on Tuesday
ahead of their second meeting within the all-female promotion.
Zappitella tipped the scales at 104.8 pounds, while Delboni checked
in at 103.8 pounds. Invicta FC 45 takes place on Wednesday night at
Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., and airs on the Invicta YouTube
channel beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
The sailing wasn’t as smooth for the rest of the card, however.
Shamir
Peshewa weighed 153.4 pounds for her 150-pound catchweight
clash with Ramona
Pascual (150) and was fined 25 percent of her purse. Meanwhile,
Maria
Jose Garcia Favela missed weight by by 2.4 pounds for a
bantamweight scrap against Sarah
Kleczka (135) and was also fined 25 percent of her purse.
Zappitella and Delboni initially squared off at Invicta on AXS TV
on May 21, with Zappitella with a contentious split-decision
triumph. Zappitella has won her last four outings under the Invicta
FC banner, also posting wins over Ashley
Cummins, Lindsey
VanZandt and Kelly D’Angelo.
Delboni earned her way back to another title shot with a victory in
Invicta’s Phoenix Series tournament on June 11. The run through the
bracket included one-round exhibition wins against Marisa
Messer-Belenchia and Tabatha
Ann Watkins before the Parana Vale Tudo representative
concluded the tournament with a three-round verdict over VanZandt
in the finals.
Invicta FC 45 Weigh-in Results:
Alesha
Zappitella (104.8) vs. Jessica
Correa Delboni (103.8)
Ramona
Pascual (150) vs. Shamir
Peshewa (153.4)*
Monica
Franco (135.4) vs. Hailey
Cowan (135.4)
Helen
Peralta (125.4) vs. Elise Pone
(124.8)
Katie
Saull (105.9) vs. Tamika
Jones (105.3)
Maria
Jose Garcia Favela (138.4)** vs. Sarah
Kleczka (135)
*Peshewa missed weight and was fined 25 percent of her purse
**Favela missed weight by 2.4 pounds and was fined 25 percent of
her purse.