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Amber Brown (born December 14, 1988) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in the Atomweight weight class.

Fight Matrix has almost continually ranked Brown as a top fifteen women's atomweight, having ranked her as high as #5 in October 2015.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Brown made her professional debut against Ashley Aguirre at KOTC Final Countdown. She won the fight by a unanimous decision. Brown won her second fight with KOTC as well, beating Abby Higginbotham by a first-round TKO at KOTC Curtain Call.

Brown was scheduled to fight Emi Fujino at Pancrase 247, as a late replacement for Monica Lovato, who had to withdraw following a car accident. Fujino won the fight by a second-round neck crank submission.

Brown was scheduled to fight Kikuyo Ishikawa at Pancrase 250. Brown won the fight by a third-round armbar submission.

Invicta

For her Invicta debut, Brown was scheduled to fight Liz McCarthy at Invicta FC 9: Honchak vs. Hashi. She won the fight by split decision.

Brown was scheduled to fight Catherine Costigan at Invicta FC 13: Cyborg vs. Van Duin. She won the fight by a first round submission.

Brown was scheduled to fight Shino VanHoose at Invicta FC 15: Cyborg vs. Ibragimova. Brown won the fight by a first-round guillotine choke.

Her three fight winning streak earned Brown the chance to challenge the reigning Invicta Atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki, at Invicta FC 16: Hamasaki vs. Brown. Hamasaki won the fight by a third-round armbar submission.

Brown was next scheduled to fight Ashley Yoder at Invicta FC 20: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya. Brown lost the fight by a second round submission. Brown was scheduled to fight Ashley Cummins at Invicta FC 22: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya II. Cummins won the fight by unanimous decision, extending Brown's losing streak to three fights.

Brown snapped her losing streak at Invicta FC 26: Maia vs. Niedzwiedz, submitting Tessa Simpson with an armbar, 50 seconds into the fight.

Brown was scheduled to fight Alesha Zappitella at Invicta FC 33: Frey vs. Grusander II. Zappitella won the fight by unanimous decision.

Brown participated in the Invicta Phoenix Series 1 strawweight tournament. She was scheduled to face Sharon Jacobson in the quarterfinals, as a late replacement for Mizuki Inoue, who was pulled from the card due to weigh-cut complications. Jacobson won the fight by unanimous decision.

Brown was scheduled to fight a rematch with Sharon Jacobson at Invicta FC: Phoenix Series 3. Brown later withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons.

Post Invicta

After three years away from MMA, Brown was scheduled to make her return and debut for LFA against Pauline Macias in July 2022. Brown withdrew from the fight after her daughter became ill.

Brown was scheduled to fight veteran Celine Haga on March 11, 2023, for Fight World MMA. However the day before the event, Haga withdrew due to illness and the bout was cancelled.

Brown made her debut in LFA against Marnic Mann at LFA 157 on April 21, 2023, with Brown losing the fight via unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

• Awakening Fighters
  • 2015 Fan Favourite Atomweight of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

See also

• List of female mixed martial artists
• List of current Invicta FC fighters

References

1. MMA Fighting Newswire (10 March 2016). "Portrait: Amber Brown". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
2. "Amber Brown". fightmatrix.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
3. "Amber Brown "The Bully"". sherdog.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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5. Sargent, Robert. "Rin Nakai, Emi Fujino Victorious At Pancrase 247 In Tokyo". mmarising.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
6. Sargent, Robert. "Kikuyo Ishikawa vs Amber Brown Announced For Pancrase 250". mmarising.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
7. Sargent, Robert; Yamamoto, Go. "Amber Brown Submits Kikuyo Ishikawa At Pancrase 250 In Tokyo". mmarising.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
8. Doyle, Dave. "Invicta FC 9 Results: Honchak vs. Hashi". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
9. Sheehan, Sean. "Catherine Costigan loses out to Amber Brown in her Invicta FC debut". severemma.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
10. "Invicta FC 15: Amber Brown Bullies Shino VanHoose, Gets First Round Win". entimports.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
11. Sloan, Mike. "Invicta FC Returns to Las Vegas on March 11 for Ayaka Hamasaki vs. Amber Brown". sherdog.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
12. Pishna, Ken. "Ayaka Hamasaki armbars Amber Brown". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
13. Boone, Amber. "Invicta FC 20's Amber Brown: Fighting Her Ass Off". combatpress.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
14. Critchfield, Tristen. "Amber Brown Returns to 105 Pounds, Meets Ashley Cummins at Invicta FC 22". sherdog.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
15. MMA Junkie Staff. "Invicta FC 22 highlights: Champ Tonya Evinger wins again, extends official streak to 10". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
16. Segura, Danny. "Amber Brown taps Tessa Simpson with nasty armbar at Invicta FC 26". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
17. Anderson, Jay. "Invicta FC 33's Amber Brown: Good Things Ahead for Atomweight Division". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
18. "Invicta FC 33 Results: Frey vs. Grusander 2". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
19. MMA Junkie Staff. "Invicta FC Phoenix Rising Series 1 weigh-ins: Tournament shuffled due to weight issues". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
20. Doyle, Dave. "'Invicta FC: Phoenix Rising Series 1' results: Brianna Van Buren defeats three foes, wins strawweight title". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
21. Tatum, Rob. "Phoenix Series 3 Loses Amber Brown vs. Sharon Jacobson". invictafc.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
22. Mitchell, Rew. "Awakening WMMA Awards 2015 Results". awakeningfighters.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

External links

• Professional MMA record for Amber Brown from Sherdog
• Amber Brown at Invicta FC

• 1988 births
• Mixed martial artists from New Mexico
• Sportspeople from Albuquerque, New Mexico
• American female mixed martial artists
• Living people
• Atomweight mixed martial artists
• Strawweight mixed martial artists
• 21st-century American sportswomen