Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 Bantamweight Tournament

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Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 Ceremonial Weigh-in:

 

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Gotta love a live tournament bracket draw, making the matchups on the fly for the eight bantamweights in the one night tournament.

 

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Big size advantage for Julia Ottolino vs Hope Chase in that tournament bout.

 

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Matchups for the tournament bouts selected today at random:

Bantamweight Reserve Bout No. 2: Mitzi Merry (135.5) vs. Morgan Hickam (135.6)
Bantamweight Reserve Bout No. 1: Kelly Clayton (135.5) vs. Florina Moeller (135)

Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal: Taneisha Tennant (135.7) vs. Brittney Victoria (135.1)
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal: Julia Ottolino (134.7) vs. Hope Chase (135.8)
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal: Claire Guthrie (135.7) vs. Taylor Guardado (135.8)
Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal: Kerri Kenneson (135.5) vs. Serena DeJesus (135.3)

 

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Invicta FC main event odds:

 

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Invicta FC Phoenix Series 3 Risk $100.00

Julija Stoliarenko (+140) vs Lisa Verzosa $50.00 for $70.00
Julija Stoliarenko (+125) vs Lisa Verzosa $50.00 for $62.50

 

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wmma

 

[PolarBearPaulVarelans]

What a great example that open scoring in no way prevents bullshit judging.

The judge who gave Stoliarenko round 3 with a score of 10-8 should never work again, and 2 of 3 judges giving her round 4, which Verzosa clearly won, is complete horseshit.

 

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Bloodiest WMMA fight ever

 

[PolarBearPaulVarelans]

Absolute horseshit judging. Verzosa clearly won rounds 2, 4, and 5, and while I gave 3 to Stoliarenko, it was close.

The only way to give Stoliarenko rounds 4 (which 2 of 3 judges did) and especially 5 (which 1 of 3 judges did) is to pay attention to the blood from Verzosa's cut and literally nothing else.

 

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It was nice as a gambler to see the open scoring used for the first time that I can recall in a five round MMA fight. I don't think the corners paid much attention to it for whatever reason oddly enough. I thought it was fairly competitive with Julija clearly winning round 1, and then Verzosa round 2 pretty clearly. And then after that the cut and the blood was a big factor for the judges no doubt. I was a little surprised it didn't get stopped by the doctor. Julija landed some great elbows in the middle and later rounds too so I wasn't shocked to see her get some of those scorecards as well. In any case I was happy to cash on Julija as a underdog.