An injury has forced one of the major bouts at Invicta 5, which is coming up next weekend, to make a change as Ediane Gomes has suffered an injury and is out of her scheduled fight against former Strikeforce champ Cris \"Cyborg\" Santos. <\/p>\n
Invicta officials announced Gomes' injury on Tuesday, but it didn't take long for them to find a replacement and it happens to be somebody else already scheduled for the card. <\/p>\n
Fiona Muxlow, who was originally scheduled to face off against Julia Budd on the card, will instead face Santos as one of the featured bouts on the Invicta 5 internet pay-per-view. <\/p>\n
The new fight was confirmed by Invicta officials on Tuesday evening. <\/p>\n
Fiona Muxlow comes to Invicta with a 6-2 record overall primarily fighting out of her home area in Australia. <\/p>\n
Ironically enough, Muxlow's last fight was a loss to current Invicta 145-pound contender Marloes Coenen at the DREAM New Year's Eve show to close 2012. Muxlow lost to Coenen by first round armbar in Japan. <\/p>\n
The expected plan for the winner of the bout between Santos and Muxlow is to face Coenen next for the inaugural Invicta featherweight women's world title. <\/p>\n
Muxlow is facing a tall order stepping in on short notice to face Santos, who returns to action after more than a year away from the sport after testing positive for a banned substance following her last fight in Strikeforce at the end of 2011. <\/p>\n
Since that time, Santos has exited Strikeforce after the promotion dissolved, and with her fighting weight at 145-pounds, she's ineligible to sign with the UFC because they only currently have the 135-pound women's division. <\/p>\n
Instead, Santos signed a multi-fight deal with Invicta with hopes of fighting next weekend, and then battling Coenen for the first ever featherweight title for the promotion. <\/p>\n
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