KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer covers sports business and eastern Jackson County. Share your story idea with Tod. Growing up in Rockport, Missouri, Shannon Knapp was something of a tomboy, roughhousing ...

The UFC and Invicta FC have inked a multi-fight, multi-year deal that will see the all-female MMA promotion stream events exclusively on UFC Fight Pass, officials said in a joint statement on Thursday ...

(PRESS RELEASE) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Invicta Fighting Championships has appointed recently retired women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) superstar Julie Kedzie as the new matchmaker for the women’s world ...

It was already announced that the UFC had added the all-women’s promotion Invicta FC to its Fight Pass offerings, but the two promotions took it a step further on Thursday, announcing the first ...

Reincarnated, stargazing. 💫 These are the women of #InvictaFC56. Watch the stars THIS FRIDAY Aug. 9th only on @CBSSportsNet at 9pm ET/7pm MT with prelims on ...

Little girls don’t grow up wanting to get punched in the face — not at least, according to Shannon Knapp, president of Invicta Fighting Championships. But once they do grow up, some decide to go and ...

Maria Favela will return to the Invicta FC cage on Sept. 20 for a bantamweight clash with Maria Djukic. Regardless of the outcome of that fight, Favela has already scored the biggest win of her life.

Let’s take a look beyond our familiar area sports scene and get to know a local athlete who is making her mark in the world of mixed martial arts. Anna Somers, a Crestwood native and a member of the ...