Another Brazilian underdog. Another submission upset. Another new champion.
Four months after Herica Tiburcio stunned Michelle Waterson to win the Invicta FC women's atomweight title, Livia Renata Souza defeated Katja Kankaanpaa with a slick triangle choke to take the Invicta women's strawweight belt to Brazil. The finish came at 3:58 of the fourth round. Souza was potentially losing the fight at the time.
The undefeated Souza (8-0) showed off some slick grappling the entire time, but Kankaanpaa (10-2-1) was relentless and got out of every attempted submission attempt, mounting her own offense on the canvas.