{"id":140669,"date":"2015-04-28T08:40:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=140669"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:33:57","slug":"former-invicta-fc-champ-karate-hottie-finds-new-home-in-ufc140669","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/former-invicta-fc-champ-karate-hottie-finds-new-home-in-ufc140669\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Invicta Champ &#8220;Karate Hottie&#8221; Signs with UFC!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Michelle-Waterson.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Michelle-Waterson.png\" alt=\"Michelle-Waterson\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Michelle-Waterson.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Michelle-Waterson-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Michelle-Waterson-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Michelle-Waterson-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson, better known to the rest of the world as &#8220;The Karate Hottie&#8221;, has officially signed with the UFC!<\/p>\n<p>The signing was announced on Monday&#8217;s special edition of &#8220;UFC Tonight&#8221; and it has been confirmed that she will be moving up in weight to fight with the rest of the strawweights.<\/p>\n<p>Waterson had an impressive reign in Invicta FC as their atomweight champion. In what would go down as one of the most one-sided fights in the company&#8217;s history, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/invicta-fc-8-results-karate-hottie-waterson-mauls-tamada-defends-atomweight-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterson mauled Tamada<\/a> at &#8220;Invicta FC 8&#8221; and impressed with her kickboxing in the performance. However, in just her next fight Waterson would go on to lose the title after <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/invicta-fc-10-results-michelle-waterson-c-vs-herica-tiburcio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">getting submitted by Tiburcio<\/a> in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Michelle Waterson face in the UFC?<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOL! &#8212; D.C. 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