Invicta FC headliners Marloes Coenen and Romy Ruyssen face off – Photo via MMARising.com
Former Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Marloes Coenen is set to headline this Saturday’s inaugural Invicta Fighting Championship event against former opponent, Romy Ruyssen.
The all female card is set to begin Saturday night (April 28, 2012) and will stream live for free at InvictaFC.com starting at 8pm EST (5pm PST).
The official weigh-ins took place today (April 27, 2012) at the Hotel Philips in Kansas City, Kansas for the eleven bout card.
The official event will take place Saturday at Memorial Hall in Kansas City.
Four fighters failed to make weight for their respective bouts. The promotion fines fighters 10% of their purse and gives them two hours to make weight. If they fail to make weight after that time, they are fined a total of 25% of their purse and the bout is re-classified for the next higher weight-class.
Also fighting on the Invicta FC 1 card are such notables as Liz Carmouche, Lisa Ellis and Jessica Penne.
The full weigh-in results for Invicta FC 1 can be found below, as reported by MMARising.com.
Featherweight (145 Pounds): Marloes Coenen (146.0) vs Romy Ruyssen (149.8)*
Atomweight (105): Jessica Penne (105.6) vs Lisa Ellis (106.0)
Bantamweight (135): Liz Carmouche (134.2) vs Ashleigh Curry (136.0)**
Bantamweight (135): Kaitlin Young (135.4) vs Leslie Smith (135.0)
Bantamweight (135): Sarah D’Alelio (135.2) vs Vanessa Mariscal (136.0)
Strawweight (115): Sally Krumdiack (113.6) vs Sarah Schneider (115.6)
Atomweight (105): Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc (105.4) vs Amy Davis (105.6)
Flyweight (125): Sarah Maloy (125.4) vs Michele Gutierrez (125.0)
Featherweight (145): Randi Miller (149.0)*** vs Mollie Estes (145.0)
Strawweight (115): Ashley Cummins (115.0) vs Sofia Bagherdai (120.6)****
Atomweight (105): Cassie Rodish (105.2) vs Meghan Wright (103.6)
Notes:
*Ruyssen initially weighed in at 150.4 pounds. Loses 25% of her fight purse.
**Ashleigh Curry initially weighed in at 137.4 pounds. Loses 10% of her fight purse.
***Randi Miller initially weighed in at 149.8 pounds. Loses 25% of her fight purse.
****Sofia Bagherdai could not cut any more weight, so opponent Ashley Cummins moved up to 121. Bagherdai loses 25% of her fight purse.