Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos Could the UFC’s strawweight division soon have a new notable addition? Invicta FC atomweight champion Ayaka Hamasaki – and her manager – hope so. This past Friday in Invicta FC 16’s headliner, Hamasaki (13-1), the world’s top-ranked 105-pound female fighter, made her first successful title defense. Amber Brown (6-2) put up a worthy challenge but ultimately suffered a third-round submission loss  in the UFC Fight Pass-streamed headliner of the Las Vegas event. After the show, 105-pound Hamasaki said her sights are now on the UFC. “Yes, I’m thinking about strawweight,” Hamasaki, referencing the UFC’s lightest female weight class (115 pounds), said after the fight when asked about a move to the industry-leader

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Invicta FC champ Ayaka Hamasaki’s manager ‘always talking’ to UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby – MMA Junkie

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