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Alexa Grasso vs Jodie Esquibel Headlines Invicta FC 18 in Kansas City

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Press Release – Invicta Fighting Championships today announced the date and location of its next event.

Invicta FC 18 will take place Friday, July 29 from the historic Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Mo. The event will stream live and exclusively on UFC Fight Pass.

Headlining the event will be a strawweight match-up between Alexa Grasso (7-0) and Jodie Esquibel (5-1).

Mexico’s Grasso has yet to taste defeat in her career. The 22-year-old has earned three straight wins in the Invicta cage, besting Mizuki Inoue, Alida Gray and Ashley Cummins. Four of her seven career wins have come via strikes.

The veteran Esquibel returns to the promotion for the first time since 2014. The former atomweight will be making her first appearance at 115 pounds in the Invicta cage. The New Mexico-based fighter rides a two-fight winning streak into the event, having bested Jinh Yu Frey and Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc in consecutive bouts.

In the co-main event, Grasso’s teammate, former title challenger Irene Aldana (6-2), will welcome undefeated Brazilian Taila Santos (13-0) to the promotion in a bantamweight affair.

Also joining the event will be a bantamweight match-up between Belguim’s Cindy Dandois (6-2) and UFC veteran Jessamyn Duke (3-4, 1 NC), Australian Megan Anderson (6-2) clashes with Peggy Morgan (4-3) at featherweight, undefeated Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (7-0) of Poland and Claudia Rey (6-0) of Brazil meet at flyweight, unbeaten Indian Manjit Kolekar (8-0) makes her promotional debut against veteran strawweight Lynn Alvarez (6-3), and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Sijara Eubanks (1-1) takes on bantamweight Amberlynn Orr (0-0), who will be making her professional debut.

The current fight card for Invicta FC 18:

Strawweight: Alexa Grasso (7-0) vs Jodie Esquibel (5-1)
Bantamweight: Irene Aldana (6-2) vs Taila Santos (13-0)
Flyweight: Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (7-0) vs Claudia Rey (6-0)
Bantamweight: Cindy Dandois (6-2) vs Jessamyn Duke (3-4, 1 NC)
Featherweight: Megan Anderson (6-2) vs Peggy Morgan (4-3)
Strawweight: Manjit Kolekar (8-0) vs Lynn Alvarez (6-3)
Bantamweight: Sijara Eubanks (1-1) vs Amberlynn Orr (0-0)

Ticket information and additional bouts for Invicta FC 18 will be announced at a later date.
 
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Press Release – Invicta Fighting Championships 18 has added a familiar face to its fight card.

Visa issues have forced undefeated Indian fighter Manjit Kolekar (8-0) from her strawweight match-up with Lynn Alvarez (6-3). Replacing Kolekar will be Japan’s MIZUKI (11-4).

The 21-year-old MIZUKI enters the contest having won three straight, including back-to-back wins via armbar. She was last in the Invicta cage in January at Invicta FC 15, where she submitted veteran Lacey Schuckman and earned “Performance of the Night” honors.

Invicta FC 18 is headlined by a strawweight battle between Mexico’s Alexa Grasso (7-0) and veteran Jodie Esquibel (5-1). In the co-main event, Grasso’s teammate, former title challenger Irene Aldana (6-2), will welcome undefeated Brazilian Taila Santos (13-0) to the promotion in a bantamweight affair.

The updated fight card for Invicta FC 18:

Strawweight: Alexa Grasso (7-0) vs Jodie Esquibel (5-1)
Bantamweight: Irene Aldana (6-2) vs Taila Santos (13-0)
Flyweight: Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (7-0) vs Claudia Rey (6-0)
Bantamweight: Cindy Dandois (6-2) vs Jessamyn Duke (3-4, 1 NC)
Featherweight: Megan Anderson (6-2) vs Peggy Morgan (4-3)
Atomweight: Tessa Simpson (4-1) vs Simona Soukupova (5-3-1)
Strawweight: MIZUKI (11-4) vs Lynn Alvarez (6-3)
Bantamweight: Aspen Ladd (3-0) vs Jessica Hoy (1-0)
Bantamweight: Sijara Eubanks (1-1) vs Amberlynn Orr (0-0)

Tickets for Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel, available for $100, $75, $50, $40, and $30, are on sale now at CageTix.com.
 
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Yeah it has hit a rough patch Duke's against a great wrestler and submission fighter in Danois, but Duke has a punchers chance, and Danois doesn't like being punched. Danois will do all she can to get the fight to the ground.
 
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