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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
All-female MMA organization Invicta FC made their return to the fold in September, bringing their first event of 2014 to UFC Fight Pass as part of a new distribution deal inked over the summer. Now, the rest of their 2014 schedule is coming together as well, including the debut of Cris Cyborg in the bantamweight division.
According to the latest "UFC Minute" - a daily quick news update on UFC.com - Invicta FC 9 will hit UFC Fight Pass on Nov. 1 from the River Center in Davenport, Iowa.
The event will be headlined by a Flyweight Championship bout between Barb Honchak and Takayo Hashi, the one time Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Title challenger, who lost to Sarah Kaufman back in 2010.
That card will also represent Invicta's first foray outside of Kansas City, Missouri, as all of their cards to date have come from either Memorial Hall or the Ameristar Casino in that city.
Following that Invicta FC 9 event, Invicta FC 10 will come to UFC Fight Pass on Dec. 5, and will officially feature Cris Cyborg's 135 lb. debut. Her opponent for that card hasn't yet been set, but she'll make her first attempt at hitting 135 lbs., perhaps the first step to getting her into a fight with Ronda Rousey in the UFC.
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