Invicta Fighting Championship has been a foundation for women's mixed martial arts since its launch in 2012. Name a high-profile women's fighter or rising contender and they've likely made a stop ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Maria Jose Favela returned to the cage Friday in Kansas City for Invicta FC 57. The bantamweight fighter has already been through the fight of her life battling cancer after ...

Little girls don’t grow up wanting to get punched in the face — not at least, according to Shannon Knapp, president of Invicta Fighting Championships. But once they do grow up, some decide to go and ...

KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County. Share your story idea with Tod. Growing up in Rockport, Missouri, Shannon Knapp was something of a tomboy, roughhousing ...

Invicta FC's CBS Sports era kicked off with Invicta FC 55 on June 28. That card saw Talita Bernardo defeat Olga Rubin in a bantamweight title fight in the main event. Bernardo is back in action to ...

We aren't back because we never left. Now it's time for us to do the talking....#InvictaFC55 | Kansas City, Kansas at Memorial Hall @Talita_MMA(c) vs @bigbad2_0 for the bantamweight title Full card ...

Former WWE star Sonya Deville (real name Daria Berenato) is going back to her MMA roots with a follow-up appearance at Invicta Fighting Championships. Last month, Deville attended the Invicta FC 61 ...

Let’s take a look beyond our familiar area sports scene and get to know a local athlete who is making her mark in the world of mixed martial arts. Anna Somers, a Crestwood native and a member of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Maria Jose Favela ...