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On the heels of InvictaFC 6, all divisions seen changes with a new #1 fighter in the featherweight division.

Cyborg Justino, after winning the initial InvictaFC 145 title, retakes the #1 spot, and her opponent, Marloes Coenen, drops out down to #3.. This bumps Julia Budd from her #3 spot in July to #4.

With Lauren Taylor’s win over Sarah D’Alelio, Taylor enters the top 10 at bantamweight at #9, dropping D’Alelio to #10.  This bumps Leslie Smith out of the bantamweights, but…..

…Smith, with her win over Jennifer Maia enters the flyweight rankings at #5. This shifts Maia, Munah Holland, and Zoila Gurgel down a spot to 6, 7, and 8 respectively. Kalindra Faria enters the list at #9 after her win Brazil over Carina Damm. Tonya Evinger drops to #10.

After winning her InvictaFC match with Ayaka Hamasaki, Claudia Gadelha debuts on the strawweight rankings as she takes the #4 spot. Ayaka Hamasaki drops to the # 5 spots, which shifts Felice Herrig (now 6), Katja Kankaanpää (now 7), Joanne Calderwood (now 8), and Mei Yamaguchi (now 9) down a spot.  Emi Fujino drops out of the top 10.

With her win in Japan this past weekend over Kikuyo Ishikawa, Amber Brown enters the top 10 atomweights at #5. This bumps the rest of the division down a spot, seeing Stephanie Fruasto dropping out of the top 10.

You can see the complete list of the August 2013 rankings here.

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