Ashley Cummins has pursued her dream to become a UFC fighter for the past ten years. She competed on Season 23 of "The Ultimate Fighter" as a strawweight. She defeated Lanchana Green in her first fight, despite losing three inches of height. However, the second round was an entirely different story. Green used her physical strengths to break Ashley Cummins’ bones.
ONE Championship
The ONE Championship has rescheduled its atomweight grand prix to Sept. 3 after travel restrictions prevented the bout from being held in May. The strawweight title fight will continue, as well the quarterfinal round in the ONE Championship atomweight crown.
Invicta FC
Alesha Zappitella of Invicta FC is the current champion at atomweight. The former strawweight is currently on a four-fight winning streak. She is considered one of top atomweights around the globe. Her strong hands and ability to grapple are her trademark. She is a Scorpio Fighting System instructor and has previously trained at Knoxville MMA, Strongstyle MMA, and Knoxville MMA.
Xiong Jing Nan
Xiong Jing Nan, the reigning ONE Women's Strawweight World Champion is Xiong Jing Nan. In 2018, Tiffany Teo defeated her to win the title for the first time. Since then she has been able to defend her title six times, including victory over Angela Lee. Xiong, however, recently announced that she will be moving down to atomweight.
Stamp Fairtex
Atomweight Stamp Fairtex won in under 30 seconds her first match and continued on her Muaythai career. She won many titles and fought more than 80 times in the sport. Stamp made her ONE Championship debut in 2007 with the best performance ever recorded at the tournament. She started Muay Thai when she was six years old in Thailand and has a remarkable resume.
Ayaka Hamasaki
Ayaka Hayashi is one the most dominant fighters within the atomweight division. Seika Fujino and Emi Izawa were her wins in recent fights. She has also won three consecutive bouts and is undefeated in nine bouts. Her professional record is 23 victories and five losses. She has also won three stoppage fights. Her average fight length is 2.25 rounds.
Magdalena Czaban
Czaban, a rising star in Poland, is one the top prospects for MMA. Czaban stands at 155cm and is the former Junior Atomweight World Champion. Her success in the sport has shown that MMA can be a great place for anyone to succeed.
Alesha Zappitella
Megan Anderson posed once with Alesha Zippitelli, an atomweight. This revealed that Anderson is more about a foot taller to the Brazilian. While Anderson's height may not be surprising, her weight-cutting methods are even more impressive. She once went from a whopping 170 pounds to 146 pounds in just one week.