Maria Favela will return to the Invicta FC cage on Sept. 20 for a bantamweight clash with Maria Djukic. Regardless of the outcome of that fight, Favela has already scored the biggest win of her life.

Maria Jose Favela will make her professional MMA return after overcoming cancer. In August 2022, Favela ended a two-fight skid with a third-round TKO, pushing her professional MMA record to 3-2.

The move from a cramped apartment to a spacious town-home thrilled Maria Favela and her children. But joy turned to disappointment 15 months later when the single mom was forced to sell because she no ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A MMA fighter has gone going from fights in the cage to be confined to a hospital bed. Last week, she was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. Maria Favela moved to Las Vegas two ...