The main event has been signed for next month’s Invicta Fighting Championships 23 card as Vanessa Porto is taking on Agnieszka Niedzwiedz in a flyweight division attraction.
Porto (18-7-0) has won two of five fights under the Invicta FC banner, with those two victories coming over Tara LaRosa and UFC veteran Roxanne Modaferri. Porto has also challenged for the Invicta FC Flyweight Title, losing to then champion Barb Honchak at Invicta FC 5. Porto hasn’t earned a victory in over two years, as her last win came over the aforementioned Roxanne Modaferri at Invicta FC 12.
Niedzwiedz (9-0-0) has only competed one time in Invicta FC competition, having defeated Christine Stanley at Invicta FC 18. Niedzwiedz has also fought twice in the UK-based Cage Warriors promotion, where she defeated both Kerry Hughes and Gemma Hewitt. Niedzwiedz has only seen two of her nine professional MMA fights go the distance and it has been nearly a year since one of her fights went to the judge’s scorecards.
Invicta Fighting Championships 23 takes place on Saturday, May 20 from the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Missouri with Vanessa Porto and Agnieszka Niedzwiedz headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event.
