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CLAUDIA GADELHA FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM INVICTA FC STRAWWEIGHT TITLE BOUT VS. CARLA ESPARZA DUE TO ILLNESS

By Mike Johnson on 12/7/2013 12:37 PM

CLAUDIA GADELHA FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM

INVICTA FC STRAWWEIGHT TITLE BOUT VS. CARLA ESPARZA

DUE TO ILLNESS

 

Invicta Fighting Championships 7 To Go On With Eight-Fight Card

Saturday, Dec. 7, LIVE on PPV at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT

FREE One-Hour Live Preview at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT

 

KANSAS CITY, MO. (Dec. 7, 2013) – Invicta Fighting Championships Strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha was forced to withdraw from Saturday’s scheduled title bout against Carla Esparza after contracting a bacterial infection. 

 

“Claudia ran a high fever late Friday evening and went to the hospital where she was diagnosed with a bacterial infection in her intestines,” said Shannon Knapp, President Invicta Fighting Championships.  “We know Claudia wanted this title opportunity more than anything and all of us at Invicta wish her a speedy recovery.

 

“Tonight’s PPV will go on as planned with two world championship fights and a stacked undercard.” 

 

Invicta Fight Championships 7 is being distributed in North America by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via IN Demand, DISH, Avail-TVN in the United States, as well as Bell TV, Shaw PPV, SaskTel, TELUS, and MTS in Canada, for a suggested retail price of only $14.95.  In addition, viewers worldwide may purchase the show at www.invictafc.com and the Invicta Fighting Championship’s Facebook page. 

 

For additional information please visit www.IntegratedSportsnet.com or www.invictafc.com

 

About Invicta Fighting Championships:  Invicta is a world championship Mixed Martial Arts fight series dedicated to providing female athletes with a major platform to hone their skills on a consistent basis.  Founded in 2012 by longtime MMA executive Shannon Knapp and sports aficionado Janet Martin, Invicta is committed to pioneering the future growth of women’s MMA by promoting the best possible match-ups between female competitors and identifying and developing future superstars of the sport.  For more information about Invicta or its events and fighters visit www.invictafc.com or follow on Twitter @InvictaFights.

 

About Integrated Sports Media: North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sports events has presented World Championship and world-class mixed martial arts shows featuring Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Bobby Lashley, Mirko Filipovic, Bob Sapp, Jeff Monson and Roy Nelson, in addition to World Championship and world-class boxing matches featuring Gennady Golovkin, Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko, Ricky Hatton, Cristian Mijares, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones, Jr., Tomasz Adamek, Paulie Malignaggi, Ivan Calderon, Rocky Martinez, Nicolai Valuev, Amir Khan, Marco Antonio Barrera, Arthur Abraham, David Haye, John Ruiz, Wilfredo Vasquez, Jr., Brian Viloria, Giovani Segura and Ruslan Chagaev.  In addition, Integrated Sports Media has distributed numerous International soccer matches featuring teams like Real Madrid, Club America of Mexico and the National Teams of Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador and the USA. For more information on upcoming Integrated Sports events visit www.integratedsportsnet.com or follow on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.