In an effort to bring more attention to the global stage of mixed martial arts, this list does not focus on major North American-based promotions such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator MMA and the World Series of Fighting:
The crosshairs of every Invicta Fighting Championships atomweight contender are now trained on Ayaka Hamasaki.
Hamasaki will defend her atomweight crown for the first time when she meets once-beaten Fit NHB representative Amber Brown in the Invicta 16 headliner on March 11 at the Trinidad Pavilion in Las Vegas.