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Vanessa Porto wants shot at Invicta FC title with win over Roxanne Modafferi

Vanessa Porto wants another chance to fight for the Invicta FC title, but she has to get past Roxanne Modafferi first.

Porto and Modafferi were originally set to battle at Invicta FC 10 in December, but visa issues kept Porto in Brazil. The flyweight veterans will finally meet at Friday’s card at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, and the Brazilian wants revenge.

"It’s going to sound as an excuse, but I wasn’t ready at all for that fight," Porto said of her third-round TKO loss to Modafferi in 2008. "She was better than me that time and won.