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Invicta’s Celine Haga challenging Missouri commission ruling in court

The Invicta FC fighter filed a petition in Cole County Circuit Court for judicial review of the commission’s decision not to overturn her controversial loss from January on Monday, per documents obtained by MMA Fighting. One of Haga’s claims is that the denying of her appeal is a violation of her constitutional rights, because she was not granted a hearing.

Haga choked opponent Amy Montenegro unconscious at the third-round bell in their fight at Invicta FC 21 on Jan. 14 in Kansas City. Referee Greg Franklin did not determine that Montenegro was unconscious prior to the bell, but she was when Franklin stopped the fight.