Invicta FC 59: Bernardo vs. Maia is an upcoming mixed martial arts event by Invicta Fighting Championships scheduled to take place on December 13, 2024 at The Eastern in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Fight Card
Main Card (CBS Sports Network)
Bantamweight Talita Bernardo (c) vs. Jennifer Maia Bantamweight Championship
Featherweight Riley Martinez vs. Jackie Cataline
Flyweight Alejandra Lara vs. Paula Cristina
Strawweight Valesca Machado vs. Yasmin Castanho
Preliminary card
Atomweight Monique Adriane vs. Ana Palacios
Atomweight Giulliany Perêa vs. Natalie Salcedo
Strawweight Ashley Barrett vs. Fernanda Orellana
Background
The event is scheduled to be headlined by Talita Bernardo defending her bantamweight championship against former champion Jennifer Maia.
Invicta Fighting Championships is headed to the Peach State on Friday, Dec. 13 with a bantamweight title bout between current champion Talita Bernardo (11-4) and former flyweight titleholder Jennifer Maia (22-10-1). The action will take place from The Eastern in Atlanta, with the main card airing live on CBS Sport Network.
The two Brazilian veterans have established themselves among the best 135-pound fighters on the planet with their recent performances. Bernardo aims to defend her belt for a second time and extend her winning streak to six straight. Four of those wins have come inside the Invicta cage — including three submission finishes — most recently defeating Olga Rubin at Invicta FC 55 in June. Maia, meanwhile, made a triumphant return to the promotion at Invicta FC 56, besting countrywoman Mayra Cantuária. As she sets her sights on the bantamweight crown, the former 125-pound queen looks to become the first woman in Invicta to win titles in multiple weight classes.
In the night’s co-feature, featherweights Riley “Rad” Martinez (4-0) and Jackie “The Hybrid” Cataline (5-3) jockey for position near the top of the 145-pound division. Idaho’s Martinez has opened her career with four first-round finishes, including a sub-two-minute rear-naked choke of Julia Dorny at Invicta FC 54. The decorated wrestler Cataline impressed in her Invicta debut in August, handing previously undefeated Brazilian Kelly Ottoni her first loss.
Also on the main card, Colombia’s Alejandra “Azul” Lara (11-7) takes on Brazilian Paula “Bittencourt” Cristina (6-3) in a flyweight match-up, and former strawweight champion Valesca “Tina Black” Machado (14-4) meets fellow Brazilian Yasmin “Monstrinha” Castanho (6-1). Atomweights contenders Monique Adriane (6-2) and Ana “Guerrera” Palacios (9-3-1) collide in the preliminary card headliner, and are joined by undefeated 105-pound prospects Giulliany “Giu” Perêa (2-0) and Natalie Salcedo (3-0), as well as strawweights Ashley “Smashley” Barrett (1-0) and Fernanda Orellana (2-0).
