The MMA Freak rankings are voted on by members of the writing staff. Fighters who are serving drug related suspensions, have been inactive for twelve months or have recently retired are currently ineligible. Also fighters are only eligible for one weight class unless they are champions in multiple divisions in which case they are exceptions to the rule:
Top 10 Women’s P4P Fighters (9/30/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Amanda Nunes (2)
3) Julianna Peña (3)
4) Cristiane Venacio (4)
5) Kayla Harrison (5)
6) Carla Esparza (6)
7) Jillian DeCoursey (7)
8) Jéssica Delboni (8)
9) Taila Santos (9)
10) Rose Namajunas (10)
Honorable Mentions
Lauren Murphy, Jessica Andrade, Larissa Pacheco, Raquel Pennington, Zhang Weili
*Ronda Rousey, Germaine de Randamie, and Tatiana Suarez are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (9/30/22)
1) Kayla Harrison (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Olena Kolesnyk (3)
4) Martina Jindrová (4)
5) Genah Fabian (5)
6) Marina Mokhnatkina (6)
7) Julia Budd (7)
8) Abigail Montes (8)
9) Vanessa Melo (9)
10) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jozette Cotton, Kaitlin Young, Jeslen Michelle, Michelle Montague, Jackie Cataline
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Bianca Daimoni, and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (9/30/22)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)
2) Cristiane Venâncio (2)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Macy Chiasson (4)
5) Norma Dumont (5)
6) Sinead Kavanagh (6)
7) Arlene Blencowe (7)
8) Leah Letson (8)
9) Leah McCourt (9)
10) Pam Sorenson (10)
Honorable Mentions
Yoko Higashi, Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Dayana Silva
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple classes but is an exception to the rule.
**Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (9/30/22)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)
2) Julianna Peña (2)
3) Raquel Pennington (3)
4) Aspen Ladd (4)
5) Sara McMann (5)
6) Pannie Kianzad (6)
7) Karol Rosa (N/A)
8) Lina Länsberg (7)
9) Mayra Bueno Silva (8)
10) Ketlen Vieira (9)
Honorable Mentions
Stephanie Egger, Taneisha Tennant, Talita Bernardo, Auttumn Norton, Irene Aldana
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple divisions but is an exception.
**Ronda Rousey, Julia Avila, Yana Kunitskaya and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (9/30/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Taila Santos (2)
3) Lauren Murphy (3)
4) Manon Fiorot (5)
5) Katlyn Chookagian (4)
6) Jennifer Maia (6)
7) Liz Carmouche (7)
8) Juliana Velasquez (8)
9) Alexa Grass (10)
10) Viviane Araújo (9)
Honorable Mentions
Maycee Barber, DeAnna Bennett, Maryna Moroz, Antonina Shevchenko, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (9/30/22)
1) Carla Esparza (1)
2) Rose Namajunas (2)
3) Weili Zhang (3)
4) Marina Rodriguez (4)
5) Yan Xiaonan (7)
6) Mackenzie Dern (5)
7) Tecia Torres (6)
8) Jessica Andrade (8)
9) Amanda Lemos (9)
10) Michelle Waterson (10)
Honorable Mentions
Virna Jandiroba, Angela Hill, Cheyanne Vlismas, Tabatha Ricci, Emily Ducote
*Tatiana Suarez is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (9/30/22)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Jéssica Delboni (2)
3) Seika Izawa (3)
4) Si Woo Park (N/A)
5) Rena Kubota (5)
6) Ayaka Hamasaki (4)
7) Marisa Messer-Belenchia (6)
8) Katie Saull (7)
9) Mina Kurobe (8)
10) Namiko Kawabata (9)
Honorable Mentions
Moeri Suda, Aya Murakami, Saori Oshima, Jeong Eun Park, Lindsey VanZandt
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.
**Elle Wagman has vacated the weight class.