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Invicta FC’s one-night, eight-woman tournament to crown a new strawweight champion had some last minute adjustments after two fighters were pulled from the tourney on weigh-in day Thursday.
Mizuki Inoue, who was scheduled to face Sharon Jacobson in the quarterfinals of the tourney at “Invicta FC Phoenix Rising 1” on Friday night in Kansas City, was pulled from the card due to weigh-cut complications before attempting to weigh-in. She was replaced in the fight by alternate Amber Brown.
Then, Janaisa Morandin was scratched from the card after missing weight for her scheduled bout with Brianna Van Buren. She’s been replaced by reserve Manjit Kolekar.
Quarterfinal and semifinal bouts will be one round each, with the finals a three-round affair.
The card at Memorial Hall will be streamed live on UFC Fight Pass beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Full weigh-in results:
Kay Hansen (115.4) vs. Magdalena Sormova (115.4)
Alyssa Krahn (115.8) vs. Itzel Esquivel (115.7)*
Amber Brown (115.7) vs. Sharon Jacobson (115.7)**
Manjit Kolekar (115.7) vs. Brianna Van Buren (115.8)**
Danielle Taylor (115.7) vs. Juliana Lima (115.5)**
Kailin Curran (116) vs. Sunna Rannveig Davidsdottir (115.9)**
*Strawweight tournament reserve bout
**Strawweight tournament quarterfinal
You can check out the ceremonial weigh-ins by clicking on the video above.
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