Invicta FC 3: Penne vs. Sugiyama Predictions

Sam's Picks

Jessica Penne vs. Naho Sugiyama: I am seriously looking forward to this fight. The top two atomweight fighters in the world challenging for the first ever Invicta FC belt. Sugiyama has looked unstoppable in her MMA career, going undefeated in 8 fights and Penne is a devastating finisher, something that women’s MMA lacks. The main problem with this fight is that Sugiyama has never fought someone on the level of Penne and she isn’t a finisher. I see a close fight everywhere it goes and Penne eventually finishing in the later rounds = Penne via 4^th round TKO.

Shayna Baszler vs. Sarah D’Alelio = Baszler via 2^nd round submission.

Leslie Smith vs. Kaitlin Young = Young via majority decision.

Barb Honchak vs. Aisling Daly = Daly via split decision.

Tara LaRosa vs. Vanessa Porto = LaRosa via unanimous decision.

Raquel Pennington vs. Cat Zingano = Zingano via 1^st round KO.

Michelle Waterson vs. Lacey Schuckman = Waterson via unanimous decision.

Julia Budd vs. Danielle West = Budd via 1^st round TKO.

Carla Esparza vs. Lynn Alvarez = Esparza via 3^rd round submission (RNC).

Amy Davis vs. Stephanie Frausto = Davis via split decision.

Ashley Cummins vs. Joanne Calderwood = Cummins via split decision.

Jessamyn Duke vs. Marciea Allen  = Duke via 3^rd round TKO.

Tecia Torres vs. Kaiyana Rain = Torres via unanimous decision.

Dave's Picks

Jessica Penne vs. Naho Sugiyama = Penne via  2nd round TKO.

Shayna Baszler vs. Sarah D’Alelio = Baszler via 3rd round submission.

Leslie Smith vs. Kaitlin Young = Young via unanimous decision.

Barb Honchak vs. Aisling Daly = Daly via unanimous decision.

Tara LaRosa vs. Vanessa Porto = LaRosa via 2^nd round submission.

Raquel Pennington vs. Cat Zingano = Zingano via 1st round TKO.

Michelle Waterson vs. Lacey Schuckman = Waterson via 1^st round submission.

Julia Budd vs. Danielle West = Budd via 2nd round TKO.

Carla Esparza vs. Lynn Alvarez = Esparza via 2nd round submission.

Amy Davis vs. Stephanie Frausto = Davis via unanimous decision.

Ashley Cummins vs. Joanne Calderwood = Cummins via split decision.

Jessamyn Duke vs. Marciea Allen  = Duke via split decision.

Tecia Torres vs. Kaiyana Rain = Torres via unanimous decision.

Women's MMA Rankings: September Edition

So we here at CR have decided to bring back rankings (we had them when we first started but scrapped them) and we’re bringing more to the table than most do. We are bringing in women’s MMA and we are ranking them from atomweight to featherweight, including Pound-for-Pound. We look forward to doing this every month, updating and discussing with you guys. We did include people under suspension and also people who have been out for an extended period of time.

Without further ado, here are our rankings:

Ronda celebrating her win over Miesha Tate
Photo via MMAMania.com

WMMA P4P:

1) Ronda Rousey

2) Cris Cyborg

3) Naho Sugiyama

4) Jessica Aguilar

5) Tara LaRosa

6) Megumi Fujii

7) Marloes Coenen

8) Miesha Tate

9) Jessica Penne

10) Rosi Sexton

Cris Cyborg
Photo via Esther Lin/Strikeforce

Featherweight:

1) Cris Cyborg

2) Marloes Coenen

3) Milana Dudieva

4) Germaine de Randamie

5) Rin Nakai

6) Elaina Maxwell

7) Hiroko Yamanaka

8) Romy Ruyssen

9) Julia Budd

10) Ediane Gomes

Ronda Rousey

Bantamweight:

1) Ronda Rousey

2) Miesha Tate

3) Sarah Kaufman

4) Sara McMann

5) Alexis Davis

6) Liz Carmouche

7) Shayna Baszler

8) Sarah D'Alelio

9) Amanda Nunes

10) Julie Kedzie

Tara LaRosa
Photo via Cagepotato.com

Flyweight:

1) Tara LaRosa

2) Rosi Sexton

3) Cat Zingano

4) Sheila Gaff

5) Barb Honchak

6) Munah Holland

7) Aisling Daly

8) Jessica Eye

9) Takayo Hashi

10) Reyna Cordoba

Jessica Aguilar
Photo via MMAWeekly.com

Strawweight:

1) Jessica Aguilar

2) Megumi Fujii

3) Zoila Gurgel

4) Ayaka Hamasaki

5) Carla Esparza

6) Katjan Kankaanpaa

7) Seo Hee Ham

8) Mei Yamaguchi

9) Felice Herrig

10) Ashley Cummins

Naho Sugiyama
Photo via Sherdog.com

Atomweight:

1) Naho Sugiyama

2) Jessica Penne

3) Kikuyo Ishiwaka

4) Yasuko Tamada

5) Michelle Waterson

6) Lisa Ellis

7) Misaki Takimoto

8) Amy Davis

9) Naoko Omura

10) Nicdali Rivera-Calonic

So what do you guys think? Let me know in the comments section on what you guys either agreed on or disagreed on.