Former UFC women’s strawweight contender Emily Ducote will headline Invicta FC 58 next month.
In June, Shannon Knapp’s women’s MMA promotion finally returned. After nearly a year away, they held Invicta FC 55 in Kansas City, the city where they’ve largely remained since being founded a decade ago. Since then, they’ve held a few more high-profile events, including one in August headlined by former UFC title challenger Jennifer Maia.
Earlier today, the company announced another major event. Next month in Kansas City, Invicta FC 58 will go down from Memorial Hall, and feature a few big names. In the main event, former UFC fighter Emily Ducote will headline against Yulia Ostroverkhova. For her part, the latter is coming off a decision loss to Valesca Machado in August.
Meanwhile, ‘Gordinha’ hasn’t been seen in the cage since a split-decision loss to Vanessa Demopoulous in May. That loss was her third in her last four fights, previously …