Invicta FC 15: “Cyborg vs Ibragimova” takes place TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 16, 2015) from The Hangar at OC Fair in Costa Mesa, Calif., featuring a five-round featherweight showdown between women’s division champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino and challenger Daria Ibragimova.
Also on the line is strawweight champion Livia Renata Souza’s belt as she takes on undefeated DeAnna Bennett in the co-main event.
All the fights are streaming live online via UFC Fight Pass, starting at 9 p.m. ET. MMAmania.com will be here all night long to deliver LIVE results and play-by-play for the broadcast fights.
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INVICTA FC 15 QUICK RESULTS:
145 lbs.: Cristiane Justino vs. Daria Ibragimova
115 lbs.: Livia Renata Souza vs. DeAnna Bennett
Catchweight (135 lbs.): Raquel Pa’aluhi vs. Colleen Schneider*
105 lbs.: Amber Brown vs. Shino VanHoose
115 lbs.: Angela Hill vs. Alida Gray
115 lbs.: Lacey Schuckman vs. Mizuki Inoue
145 lbs.: Megan Anderson vs. Amber Leibrock
* Colleen Schneider missed weight
INVICTA FC 15 UFC FIGHT PASS MAIN CARD PLAY-BY-PLAY:
Featherweight championship: Cristiane Justino (14-1-0-1) vs. Daria Ibragimova (9-1)
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Strawweight championship: Livia Renata Souza (8-0) vs. DeAnna Bennett (8-0)
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Catchweight (135 lbs.): Raquel Pa’aluhi (5-4) vs. Colleen Schneider (9-6)
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Atomweight: Amber Brown (5-1) vs. Shino VanHoose (4-3)
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Strawweight: Angela Hill (2-2) vs. Alida Gray (4-2)
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Strawweight: Lacey Schuckman (11-8) vs. Mizuki Inoue (9-3)
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Featherweight: Megan Anderson (4-2) vs. Amber Leibrock (1-0)
Round 1: Big John McCarthy reffing the first fight. No touch of gloves as they meet in the center of the cage. Anderson taking the middle now and tries to press forward but two right hands land for Leibrock early on. Leibrock’s counter right hand is money early on. Anderson continues to look calm and steady, as Julie Kedzie says on the broadcast. But moments later Leibrock stuns her and Anderson does a stutter step, clinching against the fence with 3:30 to try and recover. Anderson returns with a right hand of her own and now she’s swarming with a flurry. She overextends and Leibrock stuns her. The two clinch with 3 minutes left, both clearly fatigued with that frenetic pace (to borrow a Mike Goldbergism). Leibrock bleeding from her nose now forcing her to take deep gulps of air through her mouth.
Anderson switches to a single leg but she quickly abandons it. Leibrock having trouble with the pressure of Anderson now as her posture dominants position against the cage. McCarthy steps in with 1:40 left and the two restart in the center. Leibrock misses on a counter right and Anderson is back in the clinch where she’s clearly advantaged. Head position in the neck of Leibrock as Anderson lands knees and short punches. Anderson goes for a double with 30 seconds left and nearly lands it but Leibrock goes heavy on her hips, then does a fence grab that McCarthy seems to have missed. A last second guillotine attempt by Leibrock is no good. 10-9 Anderson but the round could go either way.
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