Two title fights are set for Invicta FC 19 on September 23, in Kansas City, MO. Jennifer Maia will face Roxanne “The Happy Warrior” Modafferi for the flyweight belt, and Ayaka Hamasaki defends her atomweight title against Jinh Yu Frey.
Maia is from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, fighting out of Chute Boxe Academy. She began her fighting career with Muay Thai and professional boxing in 2008, and got three wins before transitioning to MMA in 2009. In Invicta, she had mixed success facing Zoila Frausto, Leslie Smith, and DeAnna Bennett before going on a three-fight winning streak in Brazil, continuing back in Invicta with her unanimous decision win against fellow Brazilian Vanessa Porto in March of this year.