Mizuki Inoue will not be making her return to Invicta FC this year after all.
Inoue had to withdraw from the Invicta 26 co-main event for undisclosed reasons and will be replaced by Kinberly Novaes against Janaisa Morandin, according to the promotion’s website. The bout will be in the strawweight division.
Novaes (9-3) is coming off a loss to Syuri Kondo under the Pancrase banner in May. The Brazilian fighter was on a three-fight winning streak prior to that bout. Novaes, 28, drew international headlines when she won a title in Brazil while 12 weeks pregnant in 2015.