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 (9/29/23)
1) Cristiane Venâncio (N/A)
2) Zhang Weili (1)
3) Larissa Pacheco (2)
4) Alexa Grasso (3)
5) Valentina Shevchenko (4)
6) Kayla Harrison (5)
7) Rayanne dos Santos (6)
8) Jillian DeCoursey (7)
9) Liz Carmouche (8)
10) Tatiana Suarez (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Jéssica Delboni, Amanda Lemos, Cat Zingano, Danni McCormack
*Ronda Rousey, Julianna Peña and Germaine de Randamie are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (9/29/23)
1) Kayla Harrison (1)
2) Olena Kolesnyk (2)
3) Genah Fabian (3)*
4) Kaitlin Young (4)*
5) Vanessa Melo (5)*
6) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (6)*
7) Olivia Parker (7)*
8) Julia Dorny (8)*
9) Jozette Cotton (9)*
10) Latoya Walker (10)*
*Due to a lack of depth in the weight class, the following fighters have exceptions to eligibility.
**Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Camee Adams and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (9/29/23)
1) Cristiane Venâncio (N/A)
2) Larissa Pacheco (1)
3) Cat Zingano (2)
4) Leah McCourt (9)
5) Sara McMann (3)
6) Sara Collins (N/A)
7) Sinead Kavanagh (4)
8) Norma Dumont (6)
9) Marina Mokhnatkina (7)
10) Arlene Blencowe (8)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve, Aspen Ladd , Karol Rosa
*Megan Anderson, Macy Chiasson, Leslie Smith and Talita Nogueira are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (9/29/23)
1) Irene Aldana (1)
2) Raquel Pennington (2)
3) Mayra Bueno Silva (3)
4) Ketlen Vieira (4)
5) Pannie Kianzad (5)
6) Talita Bernardo (6)
7) Olga Rubin (7)
8) Holly Holm (8)
9) Yana Kunitskaya (9)
10) Veronica Hardy (10)
Honorable Mentions
Zurina Turrey, Nora Cornolle, Taneisha Tennant, Montserrat Rendon, Claire Guthrie
*Ronda Rousey, Julia Avila, Sarah Kleczka, Julianna Peña and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (9/29/23)
1) Alexa Grasso (1)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
3) Erin Blanchfield (4)
4) Taila Santos (3)
5) Manon Fiorot (5)
6) Liz Carmouche (6)
7) Viviane Araújo (N/A)
8) Jennifer Maia (7)
9) Maycee Barber (9)
10) Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (8)
Honorable Mentions
DeAnna Bennett, Amanda Ribas, Dakota Ditcheva, Joanne Wood, Justine Kish
*Antonina Shevchenko and Katlyn Chookagian are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (9/29/23)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Carla Esparza (2)
3) Amanda Lemos (3)
4) Virna Jandiroba (4)
5) Marina Rodriguez (5)
6) Yan Xiaonan (6)
7) Tatiana Suarez (7)
8) Jessica Andrade (8)
9) Mackenzie Dern (9)
10) Luana Pinheiro (10)
Honorable Mentions
Cory McKenna, Tabatha Ricci, Gillian Robertson, Lupita Godinez, Angela Hill
*Tecia Torres is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (9/29/23)
1) Rayanne dos Santos (1)
2) Jillian DeCoursey (2)
3) Seika Izawa (3)
4) Si Woo Park (4)
5) Claire Lopez (5)
6) Rena Kubota (6)
7) Park Si-yoon (N/A)
8) Saori Oshima (7)
9) Kanna Asakura (8)
10) Elisandra Ferreira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Machi Fukuda, Aya Murakami, Jeong Eun Park, Suwanan Boonsorn, Reina Kobayashi
*Ayaka Hamasaki, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are all ineligible.