The previously announced Invicta FC 56 has a location and venue set, with the all-female fighting promotion hitting Denver, CO next month.
The second card since the promotion’s return from hiatus, one of six planned for 2024, will take place at the Stockyards Event Center in Denver on August 9, 2024.
Promotion officials announced the venue and location in a press release issued on Tuesday. Denver has become a hotspot for MMA, hosting the UFC this past weekend, with ONE Championship set to return to the city later this year.
The promotion last visited Denver in May of 2023, setting up shop at ReelWorks Denver for Invicta FC 53, which saw Rayanne Amanda dos Santos capture atomweight gold against Jillian DeCoursey. dos Santos would later join the UFC, posting an 0-2 record to date.
Invicta FC 56 will be headlined by former UFC women’s flyweight title challenger Jennifer Maia, taking on Mayra Cantuaria in a non-title bantamweight fight. Former Invicta strawweight champ and Dana White’s Contender Series alum Valesca Machado features in the co-headliner, taking on Yulia Ostroverkhova.
The full seven-fight Invicta FC 56 card breaks down as follows:
- Jennifer Maia vs. Mayra Cantuária
- Valesca Machado vs. Yulia Ostroverkhova
- Riley Martinez vs. Kelly Ottoni
- Kate Bacik vs. Paula “Bittencourt” Cristina
- Flor Hernandez vs. Ana Palacios
- Ailed Zubieta vs. Giulliany Perêa
- Ali Pellegrini vs. Marissa Ellis
