Ayaka Hamasaki wants to make a statement.
The Invicta FC women’s atomweight champion will move up to strawweight to face former champion Livia Renata Souza at Invicta 22 on March 25 in Kansas City, sources told MMA Fighting on Monday.
Invicta president Shannon Knapp confirmed the news and said it would be the co-main event of the card. It should be announced officially this week, she said.
Hamasaki (14-1), the current 105-pound champion, is moving up for this fight at 115, per sources, because she is trying to make a statement to the UFC that she can compete in that weight division.