Alex Chambers and Bec Hyatt snatched dominant first round victories at Invicta Fighting Championships 5 today while Fiona Muxlow was no match for a fired up Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos.
Despite a brave effort from Muxlow (6-3) in her Invicta FC debut with “Cyborg” Santos (11-1), ultimately the Townsville local was no match for the former Strikeforce women’s featherweight champ.
From the opening bell the Brazilian controlled the one sided contest with an array of heavy strikes and dominant wrestling, while a desperate Muxlow — who stepped up for this one on less than three weeks notice — searched unsuccessfully for a takedown.
The end came for the Aussie at 3:46 of round one via TKO.
After weeks of pre-fight smack talk between Bec Hyatt and Austria’s Jasminka Cive, it was the Aussie who claimed bragging rights today after comprehensively beating the ISKA Muay Thai champion. Hyatt submitted Cive at 3:30 in the opening round with a belly down arm-bar after gaining mount from a big slam, then forcing Cive to roll with heavy elbows and punches.
This win is Hyatt’s first for Invicta after losing a unanimous points decision to strawweight champion Carla Esparza at Invicta 4. Hyatt moves her pro record to 5-2 while Cive suffers her first loss and drops to 5-1.
It took Sydney’s Alex Chambers just 1:35 to stop the previously undefeated striker Jodie Esquibel and win her debut appearance for the promotion. The VT1 MMA Academy fighter took early control with a take down before finding her opponent’s back and ending the atomweight tussle with a rear-naked choke.
Chambers improves her record to 4-1 while Esquibel — who defeated Team Quest product Liz McCarthy in her promotional debut at Invicta 4 — slips to 3-1.
Invicta FC 5 was held at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.
For a detailed recap of the Aussie’s fights check out the fightnewsaustralia.com live Invicta FC 5 play-by-play.
Event Results:
Main Card:
- Michelle Waterson def Jessie Penne via Submission (Armbar), Rd 4, 2:31 – Atomweight Title Fight
- Barb Honchak def Vanessa Porto via Decision (Unanimous – 50-45, 49-46, 48-47) – Strawweight Title
- Cristiane Santos def Fiona Muxlow via TKO (Punches), Rd 1, 3:46
- Sarah Kaufman def Leslie Smith via Decision (Split – 29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Jennifer Maia def Zoila Frausto Gurgel via Decision (Unanimous – 30-27, 29-28)
- Lauren Taylor def Kaitlin Young via Decision (Unanimous – 29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Julia Budd def Mollie Estes via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Rd 3, 1:04
- Bec Hyatt def Jasminka Cive via Submission (Armbar), Rd 1, 3:30
Preliminary Bouts:
- Cassie Rodish vs Simona Soukupova via Submission (Guillotine), Rd 2, 3:20
- Miriam Nakamoto def Jassamyn Duke via TKO/KO (Knee), Rd 1, 2:20
- Katja Kankaanpaa def Juliana Carneiro Lima via Decision (Unanimous – 30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Rose Namanjunas def Kathina Catron via Submission (Flying Armbar), Rd 1, 0:12
- Alex Chambers def Jodie Esquibel via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Rd 1, 1:35
