The stakes have been raised for the Invicta Fighting Championships 21 headliner.
The all-female promotion announced on Friday that the featherweight showdown between Megan Anderson and Charmaine Tweet has been elevated to a five-round interim championship bout. Invicta FC 21 takes place at the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Mo. The eight-bout card streams in its entirety on UFC Fight Pass.
CristianeJustino is the reigning Invicta 145-pound queen but hasn’t fought for the organization since a first-round knockout of Daria Ibragimova on Jan. 16, 2016. Since then, she has twice appeared in 140-pound catch-weight bouts for the UFC.