Ashley_Cummins

Ashley Cummins

Ashley Cummins

American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter


Ashley Cummins (born August 2, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Atomweight division. She has previously fought in Invicta FC.[3]

Quick Facts Born, Other names ...

Personal life

Cummins started martial arts as a child with karate. She continued as a practitioner until she reached 18 years old. It was later that she started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, muay thai and boxing.

She currently works as a police officer and animal rescuer for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.[4]

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Cummins was scheduled to make her professional debut against Chelsea Colarelli at XFN 5, for Colarelli's XFL Strawweight title. Her debut came after a successful amateur career, during which she went on a perfect 8–0 run.[5] Cummins won the fight by a fifth-round rear-naked choke, following a back-and-forth fight.[6]

Cummins was scheduled to fight Stephanie Frausto at NAAFS: Caged Fury 16. She won the fight by a unanimous decision.[7]

Invicta FC

Invicta FC Strawweight career

Cummins was scheduled to make her debut with Invicta FC at their very first event, against Sofia Bagherdai. She won the fight by unanimous decision.[8]

In her second fight with the organization, Cummins was scheduled to fight Joanne Calderwood at Invicta FC 3: Penne vs. Sugiyama. Cummins lost the fight by a first-round knockout. Cummins lost vision in one of her eyes during the bout, as a results of a punch, which didn't return following the end of the fight. The injury required surgery, with her vision returning two months later.[9]

Following her eye surgery, Cummins returned to fight Emily Kagan at Invicta FC 6: Cyborg vs. Coenen 2.[10] Cummins lost the fight by split decision, although the majority of media members awarded her the victory.[11]

Cummins was scheduled to fight Alexa Grasso at Invicta FC 8: Waterson vs. Tamada.[12] Grasso won by unanimous decision, extending Cummins' losing streak to three fights.[13]

She briefly left Invicta to fight Nicole Smith at Bellator 157: Dynamite 2. Cummins won the fight by submission.[14]

Invicta FC Atomweight career

In her next fight, Cummins moved down to atomweight to fight Amber Brown at Invicta FC 22: Evinger vs. Kunitskaya II. Brown was likewise moving down to atomweight from strawweight.[15] Cummins won the fight by unanimous decision.[16] This victory earned Cummins a "Performance of the Night" award.[17]

After her successful atomweight debut, Cummins was scheduled to fight the one-time Invicta Atomweight title challenger Jinh Yu Frey at Invicta FC 24: Dudieva vs. Borella.[18] Frey won the fight by unanimous decision, winning all three rounds of a bout that consisted mostly of grappling exchanges.[19]

Cummins was scheduled to fight Stephanie Alba at Invicta FC 27: Kaufman vs. Kianzad.[20] She won the fight by unanimous decision.[21]

Cummins fought Jéssica Delboni at Invicta FC 32: Spencer vs. Sorenson in a potential number-one challenger bout.[22] She won the fight by unanimous decision.[23]

Her last two victories earned Cummins the chance to fight a rematch with the reigning Invicta Atomweight champion Jinh Yu Frey at Invicta FC 39: Frey vs. Cummins II.[24] Frey came into the bout 0.8 lbs over the title limit of 105 lbs, which resulted in her being stripped of the championship belt and only Cummins being elligeble to win the title.[25] Frey won the fight by unanimous decision.[26]

Due to Frey missing weight, the Invicta FC Atomweight title was left vacant. A rematch was impossible, as Frey signed with the UFC in the meantime. As a results of all this, Cummins was scheduled to fight Alesha Zappitella for the vacant title at Invicta FC 42: Cummins vs. Zappitella.[27] Cummins was the more dominant party throughout the first two rounds, winning the majority of striking exchanges and stopping Zappitella's takedowns. In the first minute of the third round, Zappitella managed to land an early takedown and countered Cummins' guillotine choke attempt with a Von Flue choke.[28] It was the first Von Flue choke finish in Invicta FC history.[29]

Bellator MMA

Cummins faced Randi Field on March 31, 2023 at Bellator 293.[30] She lost the fight by unanimous decision.[31]

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
14 matches 7 wins 7 losses
By knockout 0 1
By submission 2 1
By decision 5 5
More information Res., Record ...

[32]

See also


References

  1. "Ashley Cummins Awakening Profile". AwakeningFighters.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  2. "Ashley Cummins Invicta Page". InvictaFC.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  3. Likes, Justyn. "Ashley Cummins: Representing the Thin Blue Line in Boxing Debut". combatpress.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  4. Sargent, Robert. "Chelsea Colarelli vs Ashley Cummins Targeted For XFN 5". mmarising.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  5. Sargent, Robert. "Ashley Cummins Defeats Chelsea Colarelli, Claims XFL Title". mmarising.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  6. Sargent, Robert. "Ashley Cummins Edges Stephanie Frausto At Caged Fury 16". mmarising.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  7. McCarter, Nathan. "Invicta FC 1: Coenen vs. Ruyssen Live Results and Play-by-Play". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  8. Martin, Damon. "Ashley Cummins Nearly Lost Her Sight but Still Found Her Way Back to Fighting". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  9. Hemminger, Brian (July 11, 2013). "Exclusive: Invicta FC 6's Ashley Cummins talks recovery from nearly life-changing eye injury and more". mmamania.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  10. "Emily Kagan defeats Ashley Cummins". mmadecisions.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  11. Stover, Al. "Ashley Cummins meets Alexa Grasso in the Invicta cage". cagepages.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  12. "Bellator 157 : les résultats". yamabushi.ch. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  13. Critchfield, Tristen. "Amber Brown Returns to 105 Pounds, Meets Ashley Cummins at Invicta FC 22". sherdog.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  14. MMA Junkie Staff (March 26, 2017). "Invicta FC 22 highlights: Champ Tonya Evinger wins again, extends official streak to 10". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  15. "Invicta FC". twitter.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021. The #InvictaFC22 bonuses: FOTN: Sunna Davíðsdóttir and Mallory Martin POTN: Livia Renata Souza and Ashley Cummins
  16. Bissel, Tim (July 11, 2017). "Jinh Yu Frey hoping to seal title rematch by beating Ashley Cummins at Invicta FC 24". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  17. Saul, Denise J. "Recap: Invicta FC 24 – Atomweight Jinh Yu Frey defeats Ashley Cummins". wsenetwork.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  18. DeSantis, Michael (January 10, 2018). "Ashley Cummins Discusses Stephanie Alba Fight at Invicta FC 27". mmasucka.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  19. "Invicta FC 27: Kaufman vs. Kianzad". mmafighting.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  20. Hammond, Mick. "Ashley Cummins Plans to Prove She's the Next Title Challenger at Invicta FC 32". Mmaweekly.com | Ufc and Mma News, Results, Rumors, and Videos. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  21. Lee, Alexander K. (November 16, 2018). "Invicta FC 32 Results: Spencer vs. Sorenson". mmafighting.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  22. Combat Press. "Invicta FC 39: Frey vs. Cummins II Weigh-in Results". combatpress.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  23. Henderson, Bryan. "Invicta FC 39 Results: Frey Edges Cummins, Maverick Tops Gonzalez". combatpress.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  24. FightBookMMA (July 27, 2020). "Ashley Cummins and Alesha Zappitella Vie for Vacant Title on Sept. 17". fightbookmma.com. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  25. "Bellator 293 fight card finalized with additions of Sullivan Cauley, Joey Davis, more". MMA Junkie. February 14, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  26. Tyler Treese (March 31, 2023). "Bellator 293 'Golm vs. James' Play-by-Play, results & round scoring". Sherdog.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  27. "Ashley Cummins". sherdog.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ashley_Cummins, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.