Former UFC women’s bantamweight title contender Bethe Correia has unfortunately been forced out of her upcoming bout with Irena Aldana at January 14, 2018’s UFC Fight Night event from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She posted on Instagram earlier today that an emergency eye operation had forced her Octagon return to be held up for a […]
Former UFC women’s bantamweight title contender Bethe Correia has unfortunately been forced out of her upcoming bout with Irena Aldana at January 14, 2018’s UFC Fight Night event from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She posted on Instagram earlier today that an emergency eye operation had forced her Octagon return to be held up for a few months:
After dropping her last bout to Holly Holm via TKO, Correia thanked Aldana for accepting the fight and expressed disappointment at not being able to show off some supposedly new skills:
In the first place I want to thank @irene.aldana for agreeing to fight with me in January. I was very excited to go to war with a Mexican woman. Unfortunately, I had an accident, had to go through an emergency surgery and my return to the most famous octagon in the world will take few more months. I was so excited to show to the world my evolution and what I learned with my experiences in Thailand and in Texas, anyway … I’ll meet you in the first semester of 2018. Injuries are a part of a fighter’s life and it prepares us for tough battles and for the overcoming of adversity, making us psychologically stronger. I want to thank Dr. Remo Turchetti for the success of the treatment, making me fit and prepared for the next @ufc battles.
Correia will look to rebound from the surgery and a stretch where she’s dropped three out of her last five fights with one draw in early 2018.
She may be on the sidelines now, but with some time to heal and a only a few wins in the currently contender-starved women’s bantamweight division, Correia could re-establish herself in the division.
Plans for Bethe Correia to return to the Octagon this January and face Irene Aldana have been scrapped. Correia, a former title challenger in the UFC’s bantamweight division, was forced to undergo emergency surgery following an accident involving her eye. “I was so excited to show to the world my evolution and what I learned […]
Plans for Bethe Correia to return to the Octagon this January and face Irene Aldana have been scrapped. Correia, a former title challenger in the UFC’s bantamweight division, was forced to undergo emergency surgery following an accident involving her eye. “I was so excited to show to the world my evolution and what I learned […]
Irene Aldana disagrees with her split decision loss to Katlyn Chookagian. Aldana and Chookagian went one-on-one inside the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York on the preliminary portion of UFC 210. The fight went the distance with one judge giving Aldana a 29-28 score. The other two judges saw it 29-28 for Chookagian. Speaking with MMAFighting.com, […]
Irene Aldana disagrees with her split decision loss to Katlyn Chookagian. Aldana and Chookagian went one-on-one inside the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York on the preliminary portion of UFC 210. The fight went the distance with one judge giving Aldana a 29-28 score. The other two judges saw it 29-28 for Chookagian. Speaking with MMAFighting.com, […]
Women in combat sports have come a very long long way since the inception of the bantamweight division in the UFC in late 2012. Female fighters like Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Holly Holm, and Cris “Cyborg” Justino have made big names for themselves as the athletes at the forefront of the women’s movement in MMA. While
Women in combat sports have come a very long long way since the inception of the bantamweight division in the UFC in late 2012.
Female fighters like Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Holly Holm, and Cris “Cyborg” Justino have made big names for themselves as the athletes at the forefront of the women’s movement in MMA.
While the UFC is obviously still the No. 1 organization in MMA, there are many up-and-coming female mixed martial artists in other organizations who are working their way to be the future stars of tomorrow.
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A Fight Pass deal was a welcomed development. Invicta finally had a stable medium to broadcast their shows on…or so we thought.
After a pretty entertaining card, the stream froze shortly into the main event, which pitted Michelle Waterson against Yasuko Tamada.
People were understandably upset, though some tried to justify the stream going down by saying the phone stream was intact. The stream bounced back for about 10 seconds in the third round and then froze again. It didn’t come back (at least not for us) until Mike Schiavello was saying goodbye to everyone. From what we did see of the main event, Waterson looked incredible. She was agile, her strikes were lightning quick and she was unloading fierce combinations on Tamada. Tamada, on the other hand, looked like she was about 60 years old. We’re not kidding either. Her age is unknown. She had to be close to 40 at least. Outside of the fact that she was slow, her skill set was anemic. Waterson destroyed her.
Overall, the event was pretty good if you ignore the stream collapsing at the end (bad streams must be some kind of Invicta curse).
(If GIFs had sound you’d be hearing “THISFIGHTTHISFIGHTTHISFIGHTTHISFIGHT.” / GIF via r/MMA)
A Fight Pass deal was a welcomed development. Invicta finally had a stable medium on which to broadcast their shows…or so we thought.
After a pretty entertaining card, the stream froze shortly into the main event, which pitted Michelle Waterson against Yasuko Tamada.
People were understandably upset, though some tried to justify the stream going down by saying the phone stream was intact. The stream bounced back for about 10 seconds in the third round and then froze again. It didn’t come back (at least not for us) until Mike Schiavello was saying goodbye to everyone. From what we did see of the main event, Waterson looked incredible. She was agile, her strikes were lightning quick and she was unloading fierce combinations on Tamada. Tamada, on the other hand, looked like she was about 60 years old. We’d love to know how old she actually is but her age is unknown. No joke. She had to be close to 40 at least. Outside of the fact that she was slow, her skill set was anemic. Waterson destroyed her.
Overall, the event was pretty good if you ignore the stream collapsing at the end (bad streams must be some kind of Invicta curse).
We got to see Katja Kankaanpaa capture the Invicta FC strawweight title with a plucky submission win over Stephanie Eggink. Eggink controlled the first four rounds of the fight and nearly finished Kankaanpaa on multiple occasions. In the fifth round, Kankaanpaa caught Eggink, who seemed to disregard Kankaanpaa’s chances so late in the fight, in a d’arce choke. For some reason, the announcer called it a “dragon sleeper choke.” Cool, sure.
Other fights:
Tonya Evinger absolutely wrecked Ediane Gomes, dominating her in the grappling department and ultimately submitting her with an armbar. In her post-fight interview, Evinger said her game plan was simply to “kick someone’s ass.”
Women’s MMA pioneers Roxanne Modafferi and Tara LaRosa met on this card. Modafferi looked like a different fighter. Her striking and footwork improved about a thousand times over since we saw her in the UFC. She picked LaRosa apart en route to a unanimous decision.
DeAnna Bennett scored an incredible liver kick KO over Michelle Ould. The kick was brutal enough to have Ould reeling for several minutes after the fight was over.
Veronica Rothenhausler couldn’t continue her streak of knocking out her opponents in the first round. She managed to clip Charmaine Tweet in the first few seconds of the fight, but Tweet recovered quickly and proved to be far too much for Rothenhausler to handle. Tweet took control of the fight, dragged Rothenhausler to the mat, and finished her with ground and pound.
There were two fights of note on the prelims:
Irene Aldana defeated UFC-vet Peggy Morgan in a totally one-sided match-up. Aldana submitted Morgan with a rear-naked choke after flooring her multiple times with powerful strikes.
Alexa Grasso became 5-0 after defeating Ashley Cummins via unanimous decision. Grasso could potentially be a big name in the future. She’s conventionally attractive, talented, and Mexican–which will likely cause the UFC to call her up as they seek to expand in Mexico and Latin America.
The complete results of Invicta FC 8 are below:
Main Card
Michelle Waterson def. Yasuko Tamada via TKO (knee and punches), 4:58 of round 3.
Katja Kankaanpaa def. Stephanie Eggink via submission (d’arce choke), 2:03 of round 5.
Tonya Evinger def. Ediane Gomes via submission (armbar), 3:31 of round 1.
Roxanne Modafferi def. Tara La Rosa via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
DeAnna Bennett def. Michelle Ould via TKO (liver kick), 1:34 of round 2.
Charmaine Tweet def. Veronica Rothenhausler via TKO (punches), 4:05 of round 1.
Preliminary Card
Irene Aldana def. Peggy Morgan via submission (rear naked choke), 2:51 of round 1.
Alexa Grasso def. Ashley Cummins via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
Jodie Esquibel def. Jinh Yu Frey via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-27).
JJ Aldrich def. Delaney Owen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26).
