Marina Rodriguez earns Invicta Flyweight title shot

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Last night Invicta FC 35 aired on UFC Fight Pass. The main event of Marina Rodriguez vs DeAnna Bennett was as awful as I expected. Marina won by unanimous decision and she will challenge Vanessa Porto for the Invicta Flyweight Championship. Invicta commentator Julie Kedzie thought DeAnna won. I thought she did too. The problem is neither fighter does anything to win fights decisively. Like her Lobo teammates Alexa Grasso and Irene Aldana, Marina is a striker who doesn't throw enough punches. The only thing DeAnna can do is clinch on the fence. So that's where most of the fight was spent. The funny part is DeAnna was claiming that she changed gyms and she's a new and improved fighter. And then she does the same crap that she always does. And that's why I don't believe fighters claiming improvements. Cage control is a poor strategy to win a fight because a lot of judges don't consider it to be valid. TJ DeSantis pointed this out to Julie. But Marina didn't do enough to win either. That's why I hated this fight in the first place. Both are mediocre. Let's look at the other fights. Viviane Pereira beat Alisha Zappitella by unanimous decision. Viviane fought in the UFC as a Strawweight. This was her first fight at Atomweight. Too bad she missed weight. She better not miss weight again. In a Strawweight bout, Kanako Murata beat Liana Pirosin by first round rear naked choke. Kanako got the performance of the night bonus. She was the best fighter on the show. In a Bantamweight bout, Lisa Spangler beat Katharina Lehner by unanimous decision. In a Featherweight bout, Kaitlin Young beat Faith McMah by third round TKO. In a Bantamweight bout, Chelsea Chandler beat Brittney Victoria by second round TKO. In an Atomweight bout, Kelly D'Angelo beat Jillian DeCoursey by unanimous decision. Kelly missed weight. In an Atomweight bout Loma Lookboonmee beat Monique Adriane by unanimous decision. I didn't see most of this fight as the feed went down. Once it came back, I had no further problems. And in the opening Strawweight bout, Genia Gooden beat Valerie Wong by unanimous decision. Most of the fights were dull. And the main event was awful.