Invicta FC 20 Results: Kunitskaya dethrones Tonya Evinger, Angela Hill retains

RUSSIAN YANA KUNITSKAYA shocked the world at Invicta FC 20 when she defeated Tony Evinger to become the new Bantamweight champion of Invicta. Kunitskaya, who came into the fight with a record of 9-2 to her name, defeated Evinger via an arm bar in the first round despite having a slow start. This marked the first defeat of Evinger in more than five years.

Elsewhere, in the co-main event of the night, Angela Hill retained her Strawweight championship by defeating Kaline Medeiros. Kaline, who earned the title shot against Hill after her solid win against India’s Manjit Kolekar, was seen struggling on numerous occasions of the fight. Hill came in with a perfect plan which she executed to the core and this in turn helped her to pick up the win quite comfortably.

Former Atomweight champion Herica Tiburcio and debutant Ashley Yoder also secured wins at the event when the woes of Lynn Alvarez continued as she suffered her second straight loss. Samantha Diaz, who was all over the news for cutting her hair to make weight, was defeated by Miranda Maverick. Below are the complete results:

• Yana Kunitskaya def. Tonya Evinger by submission (armbar). Round 1, 1:59 – for Bantamweight title
• Angela Hill def. Kaline Medeiros by unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46, 48-47) – for Straw weight title
• Herica Tiburcio def. Simona Soukupova by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
• Ashley Yoder def. Amber Brown by submission (armbar). Round 2, 2:31
• Pam Sorenson def. Jessica-Rose Clark by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
• J.J. Aldrich def. Lynn Alvarez by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
• Alexa Conners def. Stephanie Egger by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Miranda Maverick def. Samantha Diaz by submission (rear-naked choke). Round 1, 4:26

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