Amber Brown (fighter)
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 . She won the fight by split decision. Brown was scheduled to fight Catherine Costigan at . She won the fight by a first round submission. Brown was scheduled to fight Shino VanHoose at . 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 . Hamasaki won the fight by a third-round armbar submission. Brown was next scheduled to fight Ashley Yoder at . Brown lost the fight by a second round submission. Brown was scheduled to fight Ashley Cummins at . Cummins won the fight by unanimous decision, extending Brown's losing streak to three fights. Brown snapped her losing streak at , submitting Tessa Simpson with an armbar, 50 seconds into the fight. Brown was scheduled to fight Alesha Zappitella at . 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.