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 (2/29/24)
1) Cristiane Venâncio (1)
2) Zhang Weili (2)
3) Larissa Pacheco (3)
4) Alexa Grasso (4)
5) Valentina Shevchenko (5)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Jillian DeCoursey (7)
8) Liz Carmouche (8)
9) Tatiana Suarez (9)
10) Raquel Pennington (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Jéssica Delboni, Marina Mokhnatkina, Yan Xiaonan, Danni McCormack
*Ronda Rousey, Julianna Peña and Germaine de Randamie are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (2/29/24)
1) Kayla Harrison (1)
2) Daiane Silva (2)
3) Elizabeth V. Faumuina (3)
4) Aspen Ladd (4)
5) Olena Kolesnyk (5)
6) Destanie Yarbrough (6)
7) Faith McMah (7)
8) Evelyn Martins (8)
9) Claressa Shields (9)
10) Sayaka Hishinuma (10)
Honorable Mentions
Mayumi Aoki, Yuko Matsuura, Momo Shimizu, Kelsey DeSantis, Brittney Hoover
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Jozette Cotton, Latoya Walker and Lei’D Tapa are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (2/29/24)
1) Cristiane Venâncio (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Leah McCourt (4)
5) Sara McMann (5)
6) Sara Collins (6)
7) Sinead Kavanagh (7)
8) Norma Dumont (8)
9) Marina Mokhnatkina (9)
10) Arlene Blencowe (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve, Jacqueline Cavalcanti
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith and Talita Nogueira are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (2/29/24)
1) Raquel Pennington (1)
2) Mayra Bueno Silva (2)
3) Irene Aldana (3)
4) Ketlen Vieira (4)
5) Macy Chiasson (N/A)
6) Pannie Kianzad (5)
7) Olga Rubin (7)
8) Holly Holm (8)
9) Karol Rosa (N/A)
10) Yana Kunitskaya (9)
Honorable Mentions
Veronica Hardy, Zurina Turrey, Nora Cornolle, Darya Zheleznyakova, Miesha Tate
*Sarah Kleczka, Talita Bernardo, Taneisha Tennant, Julianna Peña and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (2/29/24)
1) Alexa Grasso (1)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
3) Erin Blanchfield (3)
4) Taila Santos (4)
5) Manon Fiorot (5)
6) Liz Carmouche (6)
7) Viviane Araújo (7)
8) Jennifer Maia (8)
9) Maycee Barber (9)
10) Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (10)
Honorable Mentions
DeAnna Bennett, Dakota Ditcheva, Justine Kish, Rose Namajunas, Kana Watanabe
*Antonina Shevchenko is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
**Joanne Wood has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (2/29/24)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Yan Xiaonan (3)
3) Amanda Lemos (2)
4) Virna Jandiroba (4)
5) Marina Rodriguez (5)
6) Tatiana Suarez (6)
7) Jessica Andrade (7)
8) Mackenzie Dern (8)
9) Amanda Ribas (9)
10) Luana Pinheiro (10)
Honorable Mentions
Tabatha Ricci, Gillian Robertson, Lupita Godinez, Angela Hill, Talita Alencar
*Tecia Torres and Carla Esparza are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (2/29/24)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Si Woo Park (3)
4) Saori Oshima (7)
5) Claire Lopez (4)
6) Rena Kubota (5)
7) Park Si-yoon (6)
8) Kanna Asakura (8)
9) Elisandra Ferreira (9)
10) Aya Murakami (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jeong Eun Park, Suwanan Boonsorn, Reina Kobayashi, Arisa Matsuda, Akari Kamise
*Ayaka Hamasaki, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are all ineligible.
Of note, congratulations to Joanna Jędrzejczyk for her induction into the UFC Hall of Fame.