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 (5/30/24)
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) Liz Carmouche (7)
8) Tatiana Suarez (8)
9) Raquel Pennington (9)
10) Taila Santos (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Jéssica Delboni, Marina Mokhnatkina, Talita Bernardo, Danni McCormack
*Ronda Rousey, Jillian DeCoursey and Julianna Peña are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (5/30/24)
1) Daiane Silva (1)
2) Elizabeth V. Faumuina (2)
3) Jamie Edenden (3)
4) Genah Fabian (4)
5) Olena Kolesnyk (5)
6) Destanie Yarbrough (6)
7) Faith McMah (7)
8) Evelyn Martins (8)
9) Claressa Shields (9)
10) Savannah Marshall (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Sayaka Hishinuma, Mayumi Aoki, Momo Shimizu, Kelsey DeSantis, Brittney Spinks, Mirela Vargas
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Jozette Cotton, Latoya Walker and Lei’D Tapa are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (5/30/24)
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) Arlene Blencowe (N/A)
8) Sinead Kavanagh (7)
9) Marina Mokhnatkina (8)
10) Aspen Ladd (9)
Honorable Mentions
Michelle Montague, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Riley Martinez, Jackie Cataline, Taylor Guardado
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (5/30/24)
1) Raquel Pennington (1)
2) Mayra Bueno Silva (2)
3) Irene Aldana (3)
4) Ketlen Vieira (4)
5) Macy Chiasson (5)
6) Pannie Kianzad (6)
7) Kayla Harrison (7)
8) Norma Dumont (8)
9) Holly Holm (9)
10) Veronica Hardy (10)
Honorable Mentions
Nora Cornolle, Darya Zheleznyakova, Miesha Tate, Germaine de Randamie, Chelsea Chandler
*Sarah Kleczka, Talita Bernardo, Olga Rubin, Taneisha Tennant and Julianna Peña are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (5/30/24)
1) Alexa Grasso (1)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
3) Manon Fiorot (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Taila Santos (5)
6) Liz Carmouche (6)
7) Natália Silva (7)
8) Viviane Araújo (8)
9) Jennifer Maia (9)
10) Maycee Barber (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Dakota Ditcheva, Justine Kish, Rose Namajunas, Jena Bishop
*Antonina Shevchenko is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (5/30/24)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Yan Xiaonan (2)
3) Amanda Lemos (3)
4) Virna Jandiroba (4)
5) Tatiana Suarez (5)
6) Jessica Andrade (6)
7) Marina Rodriguez (7)
8) Mackenzie Dern (8)
9) Amanda Ribas (9)
10) Angela Hill (10)
Honorable Mentions
Luana Pinheiro, Tabatha Ricci, Gillian Robertson, Lupita Godinez, Talita Alencar
*Carla Esparza are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (5/30/24)
1) Seika Izawa (1)
2) Si Woo Park (2)
3) Saori Oshima (3)
4) Claire Lopez (4)
5) Rena Kubota (5)
6) Park Si-yoon (6)
7) Aya Murakami (7)
8) Suwanan Boonsorn (8)
9) Akari Kamise (9)
10) Reina Kobayashi (10)
Honorable Mentions
Arisa Matsuda, Shim Yu-ri, Misaki Suda, Seari Sumimura, Eun Bi Cho
*Ayaka Hamasaki, Jillian DeCoursey, Kanna Asakura, Elisandra Ferreira, Jeong Eun Park, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.