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 (3/30/23)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)
2) Zhang Weili (4)
3) Jillian DeCoursey (3)
4) Larissa Pacheco (5)
5) Alexa Grasso (6)
6) Valentina Shevchenko (7)
7) Julianna Peña (8)
8) Kayla Harrison (9)
9) Rose Namajunas (10)
10) Liz Carmouche (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Tatiana Suarez, Jéssica Delboni, Taila Santos, Lauren Murphy, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
*Ronda Rousey, Cristiane Venâncio and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (3/30/23)
1) Kayla Harrison (2)
2) Olena Kolesnyk (3)
3) Genah Fabian (5)
4) Abigail Montes (6)
5) Vanessa Melo (7)
6) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (8)
7) Julia Dorny (N/A)
8) Aspen Ladd (N/A)
9) Jozette Cotton (N/A)*
10) Latoya Walker (N/A)*
*Due to a lack of depth in the weight class, the following fighters have exceptions to eligibility.
**Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Olivia Parker, Camee Adams and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
***Larissa Pacheco, Jeslen Michelle and Martina Jindrová have vacated the weight class.
****Kaitlin Young has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (3/30/23)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)*
2) Larissa Pacheco (N/A)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Sara McMann (N/A)
5) Sinead Kavanagh (6)
6) Macy Chiasson (4)
7) Norma Dumont (5)
8) Marina Mokhnatkina (8)
9) Arlene Blencowe (9)
10) Leah McCourt (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve, Evelyn Martins
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple classes but is an exception to the rule.
**Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cristiane Venâncio and Talita Nogueira are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (3/30/23)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)*
2) Julianna Peña (2)
3) Raquel Pennington (3)
4) Mayra Bueno Silva (6)
5) Ketlen Vieira (8)
6) Talita Bernardo (10)
7) Irene Aldana (N/A)
8) Claire Guthrie (N/A)
9) Holly Holm (N/A)
10) Yana Kunitskaya (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Olga Rubin, Veronica Hardy, Joselyne Edwards, Taneisha Tennant, Montserrat Rendon
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple divisions but is an exception.
**Ronda Rousey, Julia Avila, Sarah Kleczka, Pannie Kianzad and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible.
***Karol Rosa and Stephanie Egger have vacated the weight class.
****Lina Länsberg has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (3/30/23)
1) Alexa Grasso (1)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
3) Tatiana Suarez (3)
4) Taila Santos (4)
5) Erin Blanchfield (5)
6) Jessica Andrade (6)
7) Lauren Murphy (7)
8) Manon Fiorot (8)
9) Liz Carmouche (10)
10) Jennifer Maia (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Maycee Barber, Antonina Shevchenko, Amanda Ribas, Dakota Ditcheva
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (3/30/23)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Rose Namajunas (2)
3) Carla Esparza (3)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Marina Rodriguez (5)
6) Yan Xiaonan (6)
7) Mackenzie Dern (7)
8) Luana Pinheiro (N/A)
9) Michelle Waterson (9)
10) Gillian Robertson (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Virna Jandiroba, Angela Hill, Cory McKenna, Tabatha Ricci, Emily Ducote
*Tecia Torres is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (3/30/23)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Rayanne dos Santos (10)
3) Jéssica Delboni (2)
4) Seika Izawa (3)
5) Si Woo Park (4)
6) Rena Kubota (5)
7) Saori Oshima (6)
8) Kanna Asakura (7)
9) Ayaka Hamasaki (8)
10) Elisandra Ferreira (9)
Honorable Mentions
Machi Fukuda, Aya Murakami, Jeong Eun Park, Miki Motono, Ayaka Watanabe
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.