Julija Stoliarenko is the new Invicta Bantamweight Champion

Bloodbath: Julija Stoliarenko tames Lisa Verzosa, nets vacant Invicta bantamweight title https://t.co/jqhLl00jAs via @bknapp52635 #PhoenixSeries3 pic.twitter.com/YKoDaUcPZI

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Most of last night's Invicta show was a Bantamweight tournament. But the main event of Julija Stoliarenko vs Lisa Verzosa crowned a new Bantamweight champ. Julija likes to finish fights in the first round so she got off to a very quick start. But when she wasn't able to get a finish, she slowed down a lot and Lisa won the second round. The turning point of this fight was when Julija busted Lisa open with a third round elbow. The fight should have been stopped at that point. I don't know why the doctor let it continue. I thought Julija won the other two rounds and won the fight 49-46. A big deal was made about using open scoring on this show. As I have said all along, open scoring does not make inept judges competent. One of the judges scored this fight 49-46 for Lisa. I don't know what he was looking at but that is why Julija won by split decision. So the answer is still state ACs need to get rid of inept judges and get rid of inept doctors while you're at it as this fight should have been stopped. The other fight that was not part of the tournament was Kay Hansen winning dominantly by unanimous decision over Liana Pirosin. This was at Strawweight. The rest of the show was the tournament and I hate the one round fights. The final was three rounds. In that final, Taneisha Tennant beat Taylor Guardado by unanimous decision. Taneisha used her height to employ the dreaded keep away strategy. It's a strategy that can win fights at a lower level. But it tends to fail against better fighters who are willing to risk getting hit and be more aggressive. The fight was boring. Taylor admitted afterwards that she didn't listen to her coach/husband. She looked pretty good in the other fights. Remember this was her pro MMA debut and her first time in a cage since 2011. If she learns from this, she could have potential. Other than that, the one round fights were dull and I wish Invicta would stop doing them.