Invicta FC 35 analysis

Yesterday Invicta announced the full card from Invicta FC 35 which will air June 7 on UFC Fight Pass. So the number one problem with this show is the main event is a dog. The winner of this fight will get a shot at the Invicta Flyweight Championship. It's DeAnna Bennett vs Marina Rodriguez. When they fought last year, Marina won by split decision. She is a teammate of Alexa Grasso at Lobo in Mexico. And her fighting style is very similar to Alexa. She's a striker with no power or ground game. DeAnna has been in Invicta for years. She tried to get into the UFC through TUF 26 but failed. She's just not very good though she beat Miranda Maverick in Feb. to get this opportunity. And this snorefest is going to go five rounds. Ugh! So what about the rest of the show? In an Atomweight bout, Alisha Zappitella will face Viviane Pereira. Alisha is from Michigan. She is 5-0 and 2-0 in Invicta. She's been pretty good so far. Viviane is 35 years old from Brazil. She went 2-2 in the UFC as a Strawweight. She looked so bad in her two losses they released her. Then she lost her Invicta debut to Mizuki. So now she's going to try Atomweight. I don't like her chances. In a Strawweight bout, Kanako Murata will face Liana Pirosin. Kanako works for RIZIN. She was a wrestler at Nihon University who was recruited to RIZIN by Olympic wrestling champ Saori Yoshida. She was supposed to fight in Invicta Dec. 2018. But she got pulled. She has fought for RIZIN since then. Her big problem is RIZIN has been concentrating on Atomweight though RENA is now fighting at Strawweight. Liana is 36 years old from Brazil. Her record is 7-2 on the Brazilian regional circuit including a couple of Invicta veterans. Who knows if she's any good? And she's 36 years old. At Bantamweight, Katharina Lehner will face Lisa Spangler. Katharina is from Germany. We saw her lose in the first round of TUF 28 for Featherweights and she's 1-1 in Invicta. She looked bad when she lost to Sarah Kaufman a while back. Lisa is 23 years old. She trains at Gracie Barra in  Portland, OR. She looked good in her two Invicta wins. At Featherweight, Kaitlin Young will face Faith McMah. Kaitlin has been around a long time and I know she has fans. But she's more kickboxer than MMA fighter. She moved to Thailand to concentrate on kickboxing. Then she returned to MMA with a win over King REINA in RIZIN. She will probably win because Faith is terrible. We have seen her before in Invicta but she's not very good. She's from New Zealand. At Bantamweight, Chelsea Chandler will face Brittney Victoria. Chelsea is 1-1 in Invicta. She trains at Gracie Barra in Stockton, CA. Brittney is from Los Angeles. She won her Invicta debut Dec. 2018. At Atomweight, Kelly D'Angelo will face Jillian DeCoursey. Kelly is 32 years old from St. Louis. She is 1-1 in Invicta. Jillian is 34 years old from Long Island, NY. She's 2-1 in Invicta. At Atomweight, Loma Lookboonmee will face Monique Azevedo. Loma is a Thai kickboxing legend. We've seen her in Invicta before and she needs a lot of work on her MMA. Monique is 28 years old from Brazil. She is 4-1 on the Brazilian regional circuit. This is her Invicta debut. And the opener is at Strawweight, Valerie Wong vs Genia Goodin. Both are making their Invicta and pro MMA debuts. Valerie is from Chico, CA. She has a 5-1-1 amateur record. Geena is 27 years old from Kansas City. She has an 8-0-1NC record. So I guess the main thing is I hate the main event.