Laura Marcusse-Sanko

Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt was a mixed martial arts event held on January 5, 2013 at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The event will be headlined by a strawweight championship bout between Carla Esparza and Bec Hyatt. Esparza was originally scheduled to fight Ayaka Hamasaki for the title but Hamasaki pulled out of the fight due to commitments to defending her JEWELS lightweight title in December and was replaced by undefeated Brazilian fighter Claudia Gadelha. On December 28, Gadelha was forced to withdraw from the main event title fight after suffering a broken nose in training. Gadelha was replaced by Bec Hyatt, who was originally set to face Joanne Calderwood.

Titan FC 17: Lashley vs. Ott was an MMA event held on March 25, 20011 in Kansas City, Kansas. The main event of Titan FC 17 saw Bobby Lashley take on John Ott. The bout was Lashley's first since his loss in Strikeforce, yet had originally been scheduled against a different opponent. Ott took the fight on less than two weeks notice at two weight classes above his normal middleweight frame.