Invicta FC 39 analysis

Yesterday Invicta announced the full card for Invicta FC 39 Feb. 5. This will air on UFC Fight Pass at 8PM. The main event will have Jinh Yu Frey defending her Invicta Atomweight championship against Ashley Cummins. Jinh is 34 years old from Arlington, TX. Her record is 8-4. She won the title with a win over Minna Grusander that many felt Minna won and the judges messed up. She won the rematch by split decision but I thought she did better in that fight. Her Invicta fights are always close and that's a double edged sword. But I guess she is hard to read because the Kansas judges always seem to save their worst decisions for her fights. She also lost to Ayaka Hamasaki in Japan in one of the worst fights of the year. Ashley is 32 years old from St. Louis but she now trains at San Diego Combat Club. Obviously she has a lot of fans in the area. Her record is 7-4. The problem I see is she doesn't win fights decisively either. The champ has an advantage when the fight is a tossup like that. I have my doubts that Ashley can do enough to win the title. And you can't go by crowd reaction because Ashley is the home town favorite. In a Flyweight bout, Pearl Gonzalez will face Miranda Maverick. Pearl is 33 years old from Chicago but she trains at San Diego Combat Club. Sex appeal is her calling card. After an awful run in the UFC, Invicta propped her up against blah opponents. After losing a title shot, she got a win in her last fight. Miranda is 22 years old originally from Springfield, MO but she now lives in Norfolk, VA. Her record is 6-2. But the last time we saw her, she won the Phoenix Rising 2 tournament. So my guess is if she wins, she gets a Flyweight title shot. In a Flyweight bout Mariya Agapova will face Daiana Torquato. Mariya is 22 years old from Kazakhstan but she trains at American Top Team in Florida. Her record is 8-1. She has won two fights in Invicta against questionable opponents since failing to win a UFC contract on the Contender Series. Daiana is 29 years old from Brazil. Her record is 9-3. She made her Invicta debut on Phoenix Rising 2 and she lost in round two. In an Atomweight bout, Alisha Zappitella will face Kelly D'Angelo. Alisha is 24 years old. She trains at Scorpion in Michigan. Her record is 5-2. She looked great until she lost her last Invicta fight to Viviane Pereira. Then she lost to Kanna Asakura in RIZIN in Japan. Kelly is 32 years old from St. Louis which is why she is on this show. Her record is 4-2 and she won her last two Invicta fights. In a Flyweight bout, Erin Blanchfield will face Victoria Leonardo. Erin is 20 years old. She trains at Renzo Gracie in New York. Her record is 4-1. But the big deal about her is she won the Eddie Bravo Invitational a couple of years ago. I just don't think she has looked very good in Invicta especially after she lost to Tracy Cortez. Victoria is 29 years old from Shreveport, LA. Her record is 6-1. After she won her Invicta debut, she lost in the first round of the Phoenix Rising tournament. In an Atomweight bout, Jillian DeCoursey will face Linda Mihalec. Jillian is 35 years old from Long Island, NY. Her record is 3-2 and 2-2 in Invicta. Linda is 37 years old from Kentucky. She won her Invicta debut a few months ago. Both are too old to be prospects. And in the opener, Kristina Pettigrew will face an opponent TBA. Kristina is 1-0. She trains at Alliance in San Diego. This will be her Invicta debut at Bantamweight.