Review: 2012-10-06, tough fight with some great exchanges and good finish…Ediene Gomes vs Katalina Malungahu gets three stars. Ediene Gomes (8-2-0) entered as the No.9 featherweight in the world while Katalina Malungahu (2-0-0) entered as the No.15. Gomes vs Malungahu is on the undercard of Jessica Penne vs Naho Sugiyama – Invicta FC 3. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-06, tough ground and pound action between Julia Budd and Danielle West: three stars. Julia Budd (3-2-0) entered as the No.10 featherweight in the world while Danielle West (4-3-1) entered as the No.13. Budd vs West is on the undercard of Jessica Penne vs Naho Sugiyama – Invicta FC 3. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-06, exciting fight with a great first round, amazing axe kick and ground and pound in the second, and close third period: Michelle Waterson vs Lacey Schuckman gets three stars. Michelle Waterson (9-3-0) entered as the No.6 atomweight in the world while Lacey Schuckman (7-5-0) entered as the No.14 strawweight. Waterson vs Schuckman is on the undercard of Jessica Penne vs Naho Sugiyama – Invicta FC 3. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-06, pretty good fight and good submission between Cat Zingano and Raquel Pennington: three stars. The undefeated Cat Zingano entered the fight with a record of 6-0-0 while Raquel Pennington had a record of 3-1-0. Zingano vs Pennington is on the undercard of Jessica Penne vs Naho Sugiyama – Invicta FC 3. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-06, good start and impressive work on the ground: the second fight between Kaitlin Young and Leslie Smith is very close to get four stars; their first fight ended in a draw (April 28, 2012). Kaitlin Young entered the fight with a record of 7-6-1 while Leslie Smith had a record of 3-2-1. Young vs Smith 2 is on the undercard of Jessica Penne vs Naho Sugiyama – Invicta FC 3. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-06, pretty good fight between Jessica Penne and Naho Sugiyama but it is not enough to get three stars. Jessica Penne (9-1-0) entered as the No.2 atomweight in the world while the undefeated Naho Sugiyama (8-0-0) entered as the No.1. Penne vs Sugiyama is valid for the Invicta FC Atomweight Championship title; main event of Invicta FC 3. Watch the video!
All 14 bouts of Invicta FC 3 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City were made official after the weigh-ins.
The main event is the first-ever Invicta Fighting Championships world title bout between Jessica Penne (9-1) and undefeated Naho ‘Sugi Rock’ Sugiyama (8-0). Jessica Penne (104.5 pounds) enters with a two fight winning streak, most recently defeating Lisa Ellis via TKO at Invicta FC 1 earlier this year.
Naho Sugiyama (103.5 pounds) last fought at Jewels 19 in May, where she defeated Yasuko Tamada via decision.
This fight against Penne will be Sugiyama’s first fight in the United States, so she will no doubt be looking to put on a good performance in this title fight.
In the co-main event, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt Shayna “The Queen of Spades” Baszler (14-7). will face
