Invicta FC Phoenix Rising Full Results : Brianna van Buren Wins Strawweight Title
Invicta FC Phoenix Rising Full Results
Venue : Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas
Date : friday 03. 04.2019 at 10:00 PM ET
Invicta FC crowned a new Strawweight champion through a eight women tournament which featured one round bouts in the semi-final and Quarter Final stages in Invicta FC: Phoenix Rising Series 1 in Kansas City.
Kailin Curran and Juliana Lima both made it to the semi-finals via split decision victories against Sunna Davíðsdóttir and Danielle Taylor respectfully, while Brianna van Buren submitted Manjit Kolekar to nm book a place in the Semi Finals. The last bout ended a Unanimous Decision victory for Sharon Jacobson.
In the Semi Finals, Brianna van Buren had the luxury of choosing her opponent due to her stoppage victory in the previous round. She choosed Juliana Lima, whom she defeated via unanimous decision to secure her olace in the Finals. The other semi final ended a Unanimous Decision victory for Kailin Curran in a back and forth battle with Sharon Jacobson.
The Final was the Main Event and had the Invicta FC Strawweight title at stake. Brianna van Buren got her intentions known early, as she started aggressive attacking Kailin Curran , took her down and finished the round on the top position scoring points.
The second round, van Buren took her opponent down early and continued from where the first round ended , landing hard elbows on Curran on the top position. That forced Curran to give up her position by rolling over, giving Van Buren an opportunity to locked a rear-naked choke that eventually led to tap out.
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Fight Card And Results
Tournament final
- Brianna Van Buren def. Kailin Curran via submission (rear-naked choke) (Round 2, 3:49)
3 fights. 3 wins. 1 new strawweight champ!Congrats to @115_brianna! Incredible performances all night! #PhoenixRising pic.twitter.com/XQ1eQFyKqT
— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) May 4, 2019
Co-main event
- Magdaléna Šormovávia def. Kay Hansen via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Tournament Semifinals
- Kailin Curran def. Sharon Jacobson via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)
Four minutes of fury so far in this semifinals match! @KailinCurran @MMADreamCatcher #PhoenixRising pic.twitter.com/ii1Criq7Pp— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) May 4, 2019
- Brianna Van Buren def. Juliana Lima via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)
Tournament Quarterfinals
- Sharon Jacobson def. Amber Brown via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)
- Brianna Van Buren def. Manjit Kolekar via submission (arm-bar) (Round 1, 3:20)
It’s done! @115_brianna takes an arm at 3:20 secs of round 1 and could potentially choose her semifinals opponent with the fastest quarterfinals finish thus far! #PhoenixRising pic.twitter.com/fwgM8CuPay— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) May 4, 2019
- Juliana Lima def. Danielle Taylor via split decision (10-9, 9-10, 10-9)
- Kailin Curran def. Sunna Davíðsdóttir via split decision (10-9, 9-10, 10-9)
Reserve bout
Alyssa Krahn def. Itzel Esquivel via split decision (10-9, 9-10, 10-9)