Invicta FC 9 Results: Honchak Retains Flyweight Title In Davenport

Invicta FC 9 went down live on UFC Fight Pass tonight (Sat., November 1, 2014) from the River Center in Davenport, Iowa.

The event featured a flyweight championship bout between Barb Honchak and Takayo Hashi. Honchak was effective from the clinch in the first round, and dropped Hashi with a vicious low kick in the second.

Hashi got a takedown in the third but Honchak controlled the pace with more clinch work in the fourth. Honchak opened up her striking with some big shots in the fifth to retain the belt with a unanimous decision.

Mizuki Inoue squared off with Karolina Kowalkiewicz in an amazing back-and-forth co-main event. Inoue controlled the grappling for the most part, but the undefeated Kowalkiewicz put out a nonstop volume of accurate strikes to take home a close split decision.

After taking a ton of damage from Kaitlin Young in the first round, Raquel Pa’aluhi used her grappling to dominate the second round. The fighters went to war in the final frame, with Pa’aluhi landing some huge shots and a takedown to win a unanimous decision in a great fight.

Amber Brown outlasted Liz McCarthy with a close-fought split decision. The card got its first finish when Amanda Bell beat Maria Hougaard Djursaa with a late first round TKO.

Andrea Lee beat Shannon Sinn via unanimous decision, while Jamie Moyle did the same to Jenny Liou. Kelly McGill used some vicious ground elbows to outscore Maegan Goodwin in the card’s opening bout.

Invicta FC 9 Results:

Barb Honchak def. Takayo Hashi via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Mizuki Inoue via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Raquel Pa’aluhi def. Kaitlin Young via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-38)

Jodie Esquibel def. Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Amber Brown def. Liz McCarthy via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

Amanda Bell def. Maria Hougaard Djursaa via R1 TKO (4:55)

Andrea Lee def. Shannon Sinn via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jamie Moyle def. Jenny Liou via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Kelly McGill def. Maegan Goodwin via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)