Invicta FC 18: Grasso vs. Esquibel is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held July 29, 2016 at the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Kansas.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Strawweight Mexico Alexa Grasso vs. United States Jodie Esquibel Invicta FC Strawweight Championship Title Eliminator
Bantamweight Mexico Irene Aldana vs. Brazil Taila Santos Invicta FC Bantamweight Championship Title Eliminator
Flyweight Poland Agnieszka Niedzwiedz vs. Brazil Claudia Rey
Bantamweight Belgium Cindy Dandois vs. United States Jessamyn Duke
Featherweight Australia Megan Anderson vs. United States Peggy Morgan
Atomweight England Simona Soukupova vs. United States Tessa Simpson
Strawweight Japan Mizuki Inoue vs. United States Lynn Alvarez
Bantamweight United States Aspen Ladd vs. United States Jessica Hoy
Bantamweight United States Sijara Eubanks vs. United States Amberlynn Orr
Background
To be headlined by a strawweight fight between undefeated Alexa Grasso and Jodie Esquibel. The winner of the main event is expected to receive the next strawweight title shot against champion Angela Hill. In the co-main event, Irene Aldana faces undefeated Brazilian fighter Taila Santos to determine who challenges Tonya Evinger next for the bantamweight championship. Lynn Alvarez was scheduled to fight undefeated Indian fighter Manjit Kolekar but VISA issues forced Kolekar off the card and she was replaced by Mizuki Inoue.