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Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs Coenen II Event Card Announced

Invicta Fighting Championships announced the lineup for the promotions next event, Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen II is expected to take place on July 13, 2013 at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. The online pay-per-view event will see former Strikeforce champions Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos (11-1) and Marloes Coenen (21-5) square off […]

Fan poster for Cyborg and Coenen's first bout under the Strikeforce banner - image via AllElbows.com

Fan poster for Cyborg and Coenen’s first bout under the Strikeforce banner – image via AllElbows.com

Invicta Fighting Championships announced the lineup for the promotions next event, Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen II is expected to take place on July 13, 2013 at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.

The online pay-per-view event will see former Strikeforce champions Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos (11-1) and Marloes Coenen (21-5) square off in a rematch for the inaugural Invicta featherweight title.

Their first meeting took place back in January 2010, with Santos walking away with a third round TKO finish to capture the Strikeforce belt.

Meanwhile, Invicta strawweight champ Carla Esparza (9-2) is set to defend her title against undefeated Japanese fighter Ayaka Hamasaki (9-0) in the co-main event.

The promotion will put the entire event online via pay-per-view with the last show costing fans just $10.
Main Card (Online PPV @ 10pm EST)

Featherweight title bout: Marloes Coenen vs. Cristiane Santos – for inaugural featherweight title
Strawweight title bout: (c) Carla Esparza vs. Ayaka Hamasaki – for strawweight title
Bantamweight bout: Sarah D’Alelio vs. Lauren Taylor
Bantamweight bout: Leslie Smith vs. TBA
Atomweight bout: Jessica Penne vs. Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc
Strawweight bout: Joanne Calderwood vs. Claudia Gadelha
Featherweight bout: Julia Budd vs. Ediane Gomes
Strawweight bout: Bec Hyatt vs. Mizuki Inoue
Bantamweight bout: Miriam Nakamoto vs. Duda Yankovich

Preliminary Card (Online PPV @ 8pm EST)

Strawweight bout: Rose Namajunas vs. Tecia Torres
Strawweight bout: Ashley Cummins vs. Emily Kagan
Featherweight bout: Mollie Estes vs. Veronica Rothenhausler
Atomweight bout: Laura Sanko vs. Livia Von Plettenberg

Exclusive: Impact FC Hasn’t Paid Its Fighters; Promoters Blame Each Other

(So does the "FC" stand for "Financially Challenged," "Financial Crisis" or "Fighters Cheated?") 
If you were one of the many people who had serious doubts that both of the upstart Impact Fighting Champion…

(So does the "FC" stand for "Financially Challenged," "Financial Crisis" or "Fighters Cheated?") 

If you were one of the many people who had serious doubts that both of the upstart Impact Fighting Championships promotion’s two scheduled July MMA events would go off without a hitch and the issue would somehow relate back to Paulo Filho, you were right, except for the fact that the beleaguered Brazilian is not at all to blame for the controversy surrounding the shows.

The issue that has affected not only Filho, but also the majority of the fighters who competed on the pair of Australian cards, is that none of them have been paid by the promotion.

We learned of the situation Wednesday from one of the affected fighters who wished to remain anonymous, but have since been able to confirm the story with more than a dozen others, including Karo Parisyan, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Jesse Taylor and Brian Ebersole, that none of the cards’ participants have received their complete fight purses .

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Impact FC Featured A Huge Epic Fail Moment From In Ring Announcer.

Props must go out to MiddleEasy who found this gem which showcases the announcer fail at the just passed Impact FC event. Wow. The Impact FC event seems to have generated a fair bit of media and fan buzz, but will it translate into profit? We’ll do a report on it when […]

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Props must go out to MiddleEasy who found this gem which showcases the announcer fail at the just passed Impact FC event. Wow. The Impact FC event seems to have generated a fair bit of media and fan buzz, but will it translate into profit? We’ll do a report on it when more information comes out.

Kang vs. Filho Decision Further Supports the Argument for PRIDE-Style Scoring

(Is the 10-point must system suitable for use in MMA?)
After re-watching the Impact FC bout between Denis Kang and Paulo Filho that ended in a split draw – the second notable MMA bout to do so in a month with the other being the WEC 49 …


(Is the 10-point must system suitable for use in MMA?)

After re-watching the Impact FC bout between Denis Kang and Paulo Filho that ended in a split draw – the second notable MMA bout to do so in a month with the other being the WEC 49 bout between Jamie Varner and Kamal Shalorus – I couldn’t help but wonder why MMA continues to rely on a scoring system created and tailored for boxing judging.

When the majority of mixed martial arts organizations adopted the Unified Rules in 2000, along with the governing principles, each organization adopted the system known as the 10-point must system.

Under the guidelines of the 10-point must system, judges score each frame based on their accumulative points tally for the round. The winner of each round receives a score between seven and 10 depending on who won the round. If a round is deemed a tie, both combatants are assessed 10 points each by the judge who perceived the frame to be even. The problem with the system is, when used to score a three-round MMA bout, the likelihood of a fight ending in a draw is exponentially higher than in a 10-round boxing match.

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