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MMAjunkie Radio (noon ET): T.J. Dillashaw, Al Iaquinta, Livia Souza, Iron Shiek

BAD MMA News — Fri, 01 May 2015 15:35:24 +0000

T.J. Dillashaw MMAjunkie Radio kicks off at noon ET with guests T.J. Dillashaw, Al Iaquinta, Livia Souza and the Iron Shiek. Dillashaw is recovering from an injury and will put his bantamweight title on the line in a rematch with Renan Barao at UFC on FOX 16 in July

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Invicta FC 12 results: Livia Souza takes strawweight title from Katja Kankaanpaa

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 04:33:52 +0000

Livia Renata Souza The Invicta FC strawweight title was up for grabs in the main event of Invicta FC 12 with Katja Kankaanpaa defending her title against Livia Renata Souza . Souza (8-0) managed to take the title from Kankaanpaa (10-2-1) with a performance that showcased her deep and dangerous jiu-jitsu base.

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Vanessa Porto has much leather planned for Modafferi’s face in Invicta FC 12 rematch

BAD MMA News — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:59:23 +0000

Vanessa Porto For the first time in more than a year, Vanessa Porto will make a walk to the cage tonight. She’ll no doubt be wanting to put behind her the aggravation that came with being on the sideline – a delay she said is owed to some behind-the-scenes shuffling that took place with Invicta FC in 2014, as well as trouble finding fights outside the promotion in her home country of Brazil. “I had to wait,” Porto told MMAjunkie

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Invicta 12′s Livia Souza: Hardest part of facing Kankaanpaa? Pronouncing her name

BAD MMA News — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:29:18 +0000

The undefeated Livia Renata Souza will get a chance to add a major title to her resume on Friday night when she faces Katja Kankaanpaa for Kankaanpaa’s strawweight title at Invicta FC 12. Despite a stiff test in Kankaanpaa (10-1), Souza (7-0) has total confidence in herself heading into the bout. MMAjunkie caught up with Souza to discuss her career and her shot at the belt. * * * * You’re 24 and you’ve been a professional MMA fighter for about 2 years. How did you get into martial arts

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Invicta FC 12 weigh-in results: Headliners hit mark, others miss

BAD MMA News — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 02:41:26 +0000

Katja Kankaanpaa and Livia Renata Souza Invicta FC 12 weigh-ins took place today, and strawweight title holder Katja Kankaanpaa (114.6) and challenger Livia Renata Souza (113.9) each came in under the championship limit. The weigh-ins took place at the Holiday Inn Kansas City Downtown – Aladdin Hotel. The nearby Municipal Auditorium hosts Friday’s UFC Fight Pass-streamed event. Not everyone on the card was able to meet their contracted weight. Flyweight Vanessa Porto , bantamweight Raquel Pa’aluhi, featherweight Latoya Walker and strawweight Jenny Liou each missed weight on their first trip to the cage. Only Pa’aluhi was able to make weight on her second trip to the scale, though she was still fined 15 percent of her purse

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Fight Path: How confusing a UFC tape with an action movie changed Livia Souza’s life

BAD MMA News — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:52:17 +0000

Livia Renata Souza thought the tape was just another action movie, the kind she had come to love. That love of fighting movies had earned her some scolding from her parents in the past, but she loved them. One day, while a girl in Brazil, she accidentally found a tape that would help change how she felt about fighting

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Invicta FC 12 card finalized, tickets on sale

BAD MMA News — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:51:46 +0000

Ediane Gomes The full card for Invicta FC 12 has been finalized with a total of 10 fights announced for the April 24 event. Invicta FC 12 takes place at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The event streams live in its entirety on UFC Fight Pass. Tickets are currently on sale for the event, headlined by a strawweight title fight between champion Katja Kankaanpaa (10-1-1) and challenger Livia Renata Souza (7-0). Ticket prices for the card are $150, $75, $50 and $35 at Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations, and the Municipal Auditorium box office. Some of the featured newly announced bouts for the finalized card include a bantamweight battle between Ediane Gomes (10-3) and Raquel Pa’aluhi (4-4), Jenny Liou (3-1) looking for her fourth win in five career fights when she faces Lacey Schuckman (10-8) in a strawweight fight and a pair of atomweights who have turned their careers around after both losing their first three pro bouts in Cassie Rodish (5-4) and Stephanie Skinner (4-5).

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Invicta FC 12 adds three bouts, including Modafferi vs. Porto rematch

BAD MMA News — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:34:01 +0000

Roxanne Modafferi The card for Invicta FC 12 is beginning to come together with the announcement of three more fights, including a rematch in the co-main event. Roxanne Modafferi (17-11) will look to repeat her 2008 TKO of Vanessa Porto (17-6) when the two meet in a flyweight bout. Headlined by a strawweight title fight between Katja Kankaanpaa (10-1-1) and Livia Renata Souza (7-0), Invicta FC 12 takes place April 24 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The event streams live in its entirety on UFC Fight Pass. Modafferi scored the only knockout victory of her career when she first fought Porto in 2008. Modafferi is currently riding a two-fight winning streak, a significant turnaround from the six-fight losing skid that preceded it. Porto is on her own two-fight winning streak and has won 10 of 13 bouts since the loss to Modafferi

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