Gallery Photos: The best of Kailin Curran Invicta FC will tread some new ground this spring with a one-night, eight-woman strawweight tournament. The promotion on Saturday announced its first “Phoenix Rising Series” event will take place May 3 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. The event streams on UFC Fight Pass. Eight 115-pound fighters will compete in a one-night single-elimination tournament, including three fighters with UFC experience and two former Invicta title challengers. The Invicta “Phoenix Rising Series” strawweight tournament field includes: Kailin Curran (4-6): Seven-fight UFC veteran Sunna Rannveig Davidsdottir (3-0): Three-fight Invicta veteran from Iceland Mizuki Inoue (13-5): Seven-fight Invicta veteran, former Invicta strawweight title challenger Sharon Jacobson (5-4): Five-fight Invicta veteran, two-time U.S. Open national championship wrestler Juliana Lima (9-5): Seven-fight UFC veteran Janaisa Morandin (10-2): Three-fight Invicta veteran, former Invicta strawweight title challenger Danielle Taylor (10-4): Five-fight UFC veteran Brianna Van Buren (5-2): Two-fight Invicta veteran “Our Phoenix Rising Series is the culmination of a vision for women’s MMA that began when Invicta was founded,” Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp stated
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