As standard, the matchmaking has been very good this time around. Some further professional talents are taking on younger, hungry up and comers in some prime quality movement fights.

So we start with the main match, as Jesssica Delboni (12-3) defends her belt in opposition to plucky fireball Jillian DeCoursey (5-3). Delboni blazed all through the Phoenix Rising tournament ultimate year to take the establish from Alesha Zappitella in a rematch after falling fast the main time around.

DeCoursey were given right here up all through the New York/New Jersey circuit and punched her ticket to the establish with a sensational promotional debut where she knocked out Lindsey VanZandt. Delboni will have a grappling get advantages proper right here, alternatively DeCoursey cannot be counted out in conjunction with her physicality and tool in her palms. Delboni could be sooner and have further cardio, plus she’s got the experience of being in five-round establish fights already.

Ketlen Souza (11-3) makes her Invicta and stateside debut, the use of a three-fight win streak. Granted, two of those wins have been in opposition to warring parties that have been 1-0 and 0-0 with one draw. This streak snapped a rut by which she had once more to once more losses, one amongst them to give UFC fighter Ariane Carnelossi. She’s at her absolute best imaginable when she’s going to get in her opponent’s face and get began doing artwork inside, specifically in conjunction with her hooks.

She was once as soon as at first scheduled to face Kristina Williams, alternatively Williams withdrew and might be modified by the use of Finland’s Maiju Suotama (8-6). Suotama is not a stranger to Invicta, having fought there faster than and put on some very gritty performances. She’s some other smash-first roughly fighter that does a lot of problems well in a large number of aspects of the MMA metagame.

On the other hand prior to that, former Contender Collection participant Valesca Machado (9-3) meets returning Invicta mainstay Liz Tracy (7-4). Tracy’s got once more to once more wins over Jodie Esquibel and Danielle Taylor, and carries a excellent little bit of mass on her frame. This allows for her to use heavier grappling and round out her strong best keep watch over sport.

Machado had a six-fight win streak heading into Contender Collection, suffered a loss, alternatively bounced once more with a submission win in February. That win, on the other hand? It were given right here in opposition to an opponent that was once as soon as 2-4. Proper right here’s what I had to say about her prior to her Contender Collection glance ultimate year:

Brazil’s Valesca Machado (a.ok.a. Tina Black, 8-2) holds a win in opposition to Julia Polastri, who fought on Contender Collection earlier this year, and has a formidable kickboxing base. Unfortunately, her method is all over the place. She puts on a lot of energy and hits laborious, alternatively her whole sport feels clunky normal. It truly works for her, as she’s in a position to overpower warring parties and counter with laborious photos.

How so much has she advanced since then? Guess we’ll to determine. On the other hand she’s got a big drawback ahead with a strong and controlling grappler that isn’t fascinated with eating a few photos to land a big on on her opponent.

Laborious-hitting Helen Peralta (5-2) comes into this one after garnering rather of attention at the weigh-ins, and went into The Ultimate Fighter earlier this year with once more to once more wins. She fell fast on the show and now returns to her earlier stomping grounds with cinderblock palms and metric lots of toughness.

She meets former UFC ability Poliana Botelho (8-5), who started her run there moderately impressively with a decision win over Pearl Gonzalez that was once as soon as followed up with a crushing victory over current World of Stardom champion Syuri Kondo. After dropping 3 straight away, she parted techniques with the crowd and now makes her Invicta debut in opposition to an excessively sport opponent with a solid gasoline tank and who can have compatibility her tenacity.

Finally, Montserrat Rendon (4-0) appears to be to be Mexico’s next huge breakout ability as she makes her promotional debut in opposition to strong and durable bantamweight Brittney Cloudy (4-4).

Weigh-ins were not streamed, alternatively this clip was once as soon as shared on Twitter:

Entire card is as follows:

Jéssica Delboni (104.8) vs. Jillian DeCoursey (104.7) – Invicta atomweight establish struggle

Maiju Suotama (123.0) vs. Ketlen Souza (123.0) – Flyweight

Liz Tracy (115.9) vs. Valesca Machado (115.8) – Strawweight

Kaytlin Neil (125.5) vs. Hannah Guy (126.0) – Flyweight

Helen Peralta (125.9) vs. Poliana Botelho (125.4) – Flyweight

Brittney Cloudy (135.6) vs. Montserrat Rendon (135.0) – Bantamweight

Nadia Vera (115.2) vs. Shauna Bannon (115.4) – Strawweight

Invicta 49: Delboni vs DeCoursey takes place this Wednesday night time time starting at 8:00pm EST. The advance might be simulcast on AXS TV, along with Invicta’s YouTube and Facebook pages.