Invicta FC

Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada was a mixed martial-arts event that took place on September 6, 2014. Background Invicta FC 8 was the first Invicta event to be broadcast on UFC's Fight Pass as part of the new deal between Invicta and UFC. Invicta FC 8 was headlined by Michelle Waterson defending her atomweight championship against Yasuko Tamada along with a co-main event of Stephanie Eggink vs. Katja Kankaanpää for the vacant strawweight championship. The event also featured the third fight between Roxanne Modafferi and Tara LaRosa. After the event, the co-main event of Katja Kankaanpää vs. Stephanie Eggink was awarded Fight of the Night. Main Card: Michelle Waterson def Yasuko Tamada, Katja Kankaanpaa def Stephanie Eggink, Tonya Evinger def Ediane Gomes, Roxanne Modafferi def Tara LaRosa, DeAnna Bennett def Michelle Ould, Charmaine Tweet def Veronica Rothenhausler.

Invicta FC 9: Honchak vs. Hashi was a mixed martial-arts event that took place on November 1, 2014 Background Invicta FC 9 was headlined by Barb Honchak defending her flyweight championship against Takayo Hashi. The co-main event was Mizuki Inoue against Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Kaitlin Young was originally scheduled to fight Cindy Dandois but Dandois was forced to withdraw due to visa issues and was replaced by Raquel Pa'aluhi. Herica Tiburcio vs. Ayaka Hamasaki has been scratched from this Invicta FC 9 event, as visa issues for Tiburcio have forced the 22-year-old Brazilian off the card at the last minute. Main Card: Barb Honchak def Takayo Hashi, Karolina Kowalkiewicz def Mizuki, Raquel Pa'aluhi def Kaitlin Young, Jodie Esquibel def Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc, Amber Brown def Liz McCarthy.

Invicta FC 10: Waterson vs. Tiburcio is a mixed martial arts event that took place on December 5, 2014. It was announced that Cristiane Justino would return and drop down in weight to bantamweight. However at Invicta FC 9, it was announced that Justino suffered an injury that forced her off the card. As a result, the new main event was announced to be atomweight champion Michelle Waterson defending her championship against Herica Tiburcio. The fight between Roxanne Modafferi and Vanessa Porto was expected to determine who gets the next title shot against Barb Honchak. On November 20, Porto was removed from the card due to visa issues and was replaced by Andrea Lee. A bantamweight bout between Irene Aldana and Marion Reneau was scheduled to take place but four days before the event, Aldana was hospitalized with bronchitis and it was announced that the fight would be postponed. On December 3, the fight between Charmaine Tweet and Faith Van Duin was pulled from the event due to medical concerns. Main Card: Herica Tiburcio def Michelle Waterson, Tonya Evinger def Cindy Dandois, Roxanne Modafferi def Andrea Lee, DeAnna Bennett def Jennifer Maia.