Alesha Zappitella recently held on to her atomweight title by the skin of her teeth and now she’s going to have eight potential challengers coming for her.
Invicta FC announced Wednesday that it is holding a one-night, eight-woman atomweight tournament on June 11 to determine the No. 1 contender for Zappitella’s title. The field includes Jessica Delboni (10-3), who lost a split decision to Zappitella on May 21 and can earn herself a rematch in short order should she conquer the tournament.
Also named to the field are Invicta’s Jillian DeCoursey (4-3), Linda Mihalec (2-1), Katie Saull (3-4), and Lindsey VanZandt (7-4), plus newcomers Paulina Granados (4-4), Katie Perez (2-1), and Tabatha Watkins (3-3).