As Invicta FC’s resident “Ring Boy,” Elias Theodorou has witnessed first-hand some of the promotion’s best fights.
But he’d never seen anything like the bloody five-round battle between Julija Stoliarenko and Lisa Verzosa.
The two women met this past March in the main event of Invicta FC: Phoenix Series 3 to crown a new bantamweight champion. After 25 minutes, both fighters and the canvas were painted red. Stoliarenko and Verzosa opened up each other up early in the fight and never stopped attacking each other until the final bell. In the end, it was Stoliarenko who walked out as the new champion via split decision.