The event was originally scheduled to be headlined by Alejandra Lara vs. Viviane "Sucuri" Pereira but that fight was cancelled due to illness.
[12] Invicta FC 44: A New Era was a mixed martial arts event headlined by a strawweight title bout between Emily Ducote and Danielle Taylor.
On August 23, the week of the event, Mara Romero Borella and Monique Adriane pulled out of their fights against Brogan Sanchez and Katie Saull respectively.
[17] Scheduled fights between Emily Ducote and Liz Tracy as well as Taneisha Tennant against Hope Chase were both removed from the card the week before the event.
[28] The co-main event was set to feature Erin Blanchfield against Stephanie Geltmacher, however Geltmatcher was forced to withdraw and was replaced by Brogan Walker-Sanchez.
The participants in the tournament announced on February 5 were Kerri Kenneson, Brittney Victoria, Erin Harpe, Taneisha Tennant, Claire Guthrie, Hope Chase, Auttumn Norton, and Taylor Guardado.
This event will feature open scoring between rounds after the Kansas Athletic Commission gave promoters this option following several controversial scorecards at UFC 247.
The original main event was Vanessa Porto defending her flyweight championship against top contender Karina Rodríguez, who earned her shot by winning the flyweight tournament at Invicta FC 35, however Rodríguez failed to make weight thus was no longer able to contend for the championship and the bout was changed to a non-title fight as the co-main event.
The participants of the tournament were announced on August 12 to be DeAnna Bennett, Milana Dudieva, Miranda Maverick, Cheri Muraski, Liz Tracy, Daiana Torquato, Marila Santos, and Maiju Suotama.
[44] On March 2, the announced participants in the tournament were Mizuki Inoue, Danielle Taylor, Janaisa Morandin, Juliana Lima, Kailin Curran, Brianna van Buren, Sharon Jacobson, and Sunna Davíðsdóttir.
In addition, the winner of the tournament would become the new Invicta FC Strawweight Champion, earning the title vacated by Virna Jandiroba upon signing with the UFC.
The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[71] Invicta FC 24: Dudieva vs. Borella was a mixed martial arts event originally scheduled to be headlined by Megan Anderson; defending her featherweight championship against Helena Kolesnyk.
The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[72] Invicta FC 23: Porto vs. Niedźwiedź was the third women's mixed martial event held by Invicta FC in 2017 and is scheduled to be headlined by a flyweight bout between Vanessa Porto and Agnieszka Niedźwiedź The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[74] Invicta FC 22: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya II was a mixed martial arts event headlined by Tonya Evinger defending her bantamweight championship in a rematch against Yana Kunitskaya.
The co-main event will feature Lívia Renata Souza defending her Invicta FC Strawweight Championship against Angela Hill.
The co-main event will feature an Invicta FC Strawweight Championship bout with champion Lívia Renata Souza defending her title against undefeated challenger DeAnna Bennett.
[83] The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[84] Invicta FC 14: Evinger vs. Kianzad was a mixed martial arts event that took place on September 12, 2015.
The co-main event featured a bout for the vacant Invicta FC Bantamweight Championship between top contenders Tonya Evinger and Irene Aldana.
The event featured an Invicta FC Atomweight Championship bout between current champion Hérica Tibúrcio and top contender Ayaka Hamasaki.
Sijara Eubanks was scheduled to fight Roma Pawelek but Pawlek pulled out due to injury the week of the event and was replaced by Gina Begley.
The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[94] Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada was a mixed martial-arts event that took place on September 6, 2014.
[95] The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[96] Invicta FC 7: Honchak vs. Smith was a mixed martial-arts event that took place on December 7, 2013.
A third title fight took place as Lauren Murphy faced Miriam Nakamoto to crown the first Invicta FC Bantamweight Champion.
The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[100][101] Invicta FC 6: Coenen vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event held on 13 July 2013.
The fight between Charmaine Tweet and Ediane Gomes will determine who will be the first to get a title shot against the winner of the Featherweight Championship Main Event.
The event aired on cable and satellite pay-per-view in the United States and Canada in addition to their online PPV stream, as the promotion has come to a deal with Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 9:00 p.m.
ET – 6:00 p.m. PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DISH, Avail-TVN in the United States and Bell TV in Canada, for a suggested retail price of $14.95.
On June 4, Carla Esparza withdrew from her Strawweight title defense due to a knee injury and was replaced by Cláudia Gadelha, who was originally scheduled to fight Joanne Calderwood.
The following fighters were awarded monetary bonuses:[103] Invicta FC 5: Penne vs. Waterson was a mixed martial arts event held on April 5, 2013.
After Strikeforce canceled their previously scheduled event, Cat Zingano was added back to the Invicta 3 card as the replacement opponent against Pennington.
The event was headlined by 2004 Summer Olympics women's freestyle wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann and Shayna Baszler.