Invicta returns with a score to settle. Back in November of 2016, Tonya Evinger took on Yana Kunitskaya in a title defense most considered to be a walk in the park for the surging vet. Kunitskaya, despite her decent 9-2 didn’t seem like she had the proper style to handle Evinger’s wrestle-boxing game. Just two minutes into round 1, she was the new champ, with an armbar submission that shocked everyone.
Controversy followed quickly. A referee instruction that Evinger couldn’t fight off the arm bar attempt using her foot on Kunitskaya’s face seemed to fly in the face of MMA’s rule set.