ONE Championship releases a number of fighters one was ranked

#ONEChampionship just released Meng Bo, who was recently ranked in the Atomweight Women's Division. ONE no longer has the division listed on their app. This comes right after the announcement of Denice Zamboanga facing Ayaka Miura in November.

Which is embarrassing for ONE when they advertise Stamp Fairtex constantly. I know most fans don't care about the rankings but it's a system in place to let fans and fighters know who is considered at the top. ONE FC calls 115lbs "atomweight" but regardless of the name change 115lbs is the most exciting Women's division right now. 115lbs (52kg) is deep in MuayThai at ONE also. I believe they removed all of the Women's rankings so that they can determine who fights for the title whether they deserve it or not. Perfect example is Allycia H.Rodrigues who has been defending her Muay Thai title against random fighters instead of the women who are active in ONE. ONE also let go of their first female BJJ champ Danielle Kelly. Which was actually a good thing. Now she can return to ADCC or even try out the UFCs bjj promotion on Fight Pass. ONE FC, PFL and GFL have learned the hard way that they can't defeat the machine (UFC) but they can copy the machine the way Bellator did and survive. 

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