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 (11/30/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Amanda Nunes (2)
3) Julianna Peña (3)
4) Cristiane Venacio (4)
5) Jillian DeCoursey (5)
6) Zhang Weili (6)
7) Larissa Pacheco (7)
8) Carla Esparza (8)
9) Kayla Harrison (9)
10) Rose Namajunas (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jéssica Delboni, Taila Santos, Lauren Murphy, Jessica Andrade, Raquel Pennington
*Ronda Rousey, Germaine de Randamie, and Tatiana Suarez are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (11/30/22)
1) Larissa Pacheco (1)
2) Kayla Harrison (2)
3) Olena Kolesnyk (3)
4) Martina Jindrová (4)
5) Genah Fabian (5)
6) Marina Mokhnatkina (6)
7) Abigail Montes (7)
8) Vanessa Melo (8)
9) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (9)
10) Jozette Cotton (10)
Honorable Mentions
Kaitlin Young, Jeslen Michelle, Olivia Parker, Julia Dorny, Camee Adams
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Bianca Daimoni and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (11/30/22)
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) Aspen Ladd (7)
8) Julia Budd (8)
9) Arlene Blencowe (8)
10) Leah McCourt (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Pam Sorenson, Sarah Kleczka
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple classes but is an exception to the rule.
**Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Leah Letson and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (11/30/22)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)
2) Julianna Peña (2)
3) Raquel Pennington (3)
4) Sara McMann (4)
5) Pannie Kianzad (5)
6) Karol Rosa (6)
7) Lina Länsberg (7)
8) Mayra Bueno Silva (8)
9) Ketlen Vieira (9)
10) Stephanie Egger (10)
Honorable Mentions
Taneisha Tennant, Talita Bernardo, Auttumn Norton, Irene Aldana, Holly Holm
*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 (11/30/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Taila Santos (2)
3) Lauren Murphy (3)
4) Manon Fiorot (4)
5) Katlyn Chookagian (5)
6) Jennifer Maia (6)
7) Liz Carmouche (7)
8) Juliana Velasquez (8)
9) Alexa Grasso (9)
10) Viviane Araújo (10)
Honorable Mentions
Maycee Barber, DeAnna Bennett, Maryna Moroz, Antonina Shevchenko, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (11/30/22)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Carla Esparza (2)
3) Rose Namajunas (3)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Marina Rodriguez (5)
6) Yan Xiaonan (6)
7) Mackenzie Dern (7)
8) Tecia Torres (8)
9) Jessica Andrade (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 (11/30/22)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Jéssica Delboni (2)
3) Seika Izawa (3)
4) Si Woo Park (4)
5) Rena Kubota (5)
6) Kanna Asakura (6)
7) Ayaka Hamasaki (7)
8) Marisa Messer-Belenchia (8)
9) Katie Saull (9)
10) Mina Kurobe (10)
Honorable Mentions
Namiko Kawabata, Aya Murakami, Saori Oshima, Jeong Eun Park, Miki Motono
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.