Invicta FC 10 Loses Charmaine Tweet-Faith Van Duin Bout Due to ‘Medical Concern’

Charmaine Tweet will not be competing at Invicta FC 10. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com

A proposed featherweight bout between Charmaine Tweet and Faith Van Duin has been removed from the Invicta FC 10 lineup due to a “medical concern indentified by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.”

The promotion announced the cancellation on Wednesday. The eight-bout Invicta FC 10 card takes place at the Arena Theatre in Houston on Friday night and is headlined by a strawweight title clash between Michelle Waterson and Herica Tiburcio. The event will stream in its entirety on UFC Fight Pass beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

While the “medical concern” wasn’t specified, Van Duin wrote on her Twitter account that Tweet wasn’t cleared to fight.

Here it is and im so sorry to say my fight is off as my opponent wasnt cleared medically to fight. This is the... http://t.co/klMxvYV5t2
— Faith Van Duin (@faithimmortal) December 4, 2014

The 37-year-old Tweet made her second promotional appearance on Sept. 6, earning a first-round TKO victory over Veronica Rothenhausler at Invicta FC 8. Van Duin, 28, was set to make her Invicta debut after compiling a 4-1 mark on the regional circuit.