According to MMA Fighting Vanessa Porto (22-8) is heading to Bellator MMA. In doing so she vacates the Invicta FC flyweight championship, a title she has held since February 2019.
Porto joins a growing women’s roster at Bellator MMA, which has added notable names such as former UFC champion Cris Cyborg and former UFC title challengers Liz Carmouche and Cat Zingano. The current Bellator flyweight champion is the undefeated Ilima-Lei Macfarlane.
Porto had been with Invicta since 2012, when she made her debut versus Sarah D’Alelio. She fought 11 times for the promotion going 7-4 and taking wins over Tara LaRosa, Roxanne Modafferi and Milana Dudieva.