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 (11/29/24)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1)
2) Zhang Weili (2)
3) Valentina Shevchenko (3)
4) Alexa Grasso (4)
5) Julianna Peña (5)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Raquel Pennington (7)
8) Dakota Ditcheva (9)
9) Taila Santos (8)
10) Elisandra Ferreira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Marina Mokhnatkina, Jennifer Maia, Seika Izawa, Danni McCormack, Larissa Pacheco
*Ronda Rousey, Jéssica Delboni, Tatiana Suarez, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane and Jillian DeCoursey are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (11/29/24)
1) Daiane Silva (1)
2) Elizabeth V. Faumuina (2)
3) Jamie Edenden (3)
4) Genah Fabian (4)
5) Destanie Yarbrough (5)
6) Faith McMah (6)
7) Claressa Shields (7)
8) Savannah Marshall (8)
9) Mayumi Aoki (9)
10) Kelsey DeSantis (10)
Honorable Mentions
Sayaka Hishinuma, Momo Shimizu, Regina Labajova, Brittney Spinks, Mirela Vargas, Drobenka Kotlarova
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Jozette Cotton, Latoya Walker and Lei’D Tapa are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (11/29/24)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Sara Collins (3)
4) Leah McCourt (4)
5) Arlene Blencowe (5)
6) Sinead Kavanagh (6)
7) Aspen Ladd (8)
8) Michelle Montague (9)
9) Riley Martinez (10)
10) Jackie Cataline (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jamie Edenden, Taylor Guardado, Ali Pellegrini, Zurina Turrey, Ekaterina Shakalova
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Marina Mokhnatkina, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (11/29/24)
1) Julianna Peña (1)
2) Raquel Pennington (2)
3) Macy Chiasson (3)
4) Norma Dumont (4)
5) Mayra Bueno Silva (5)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Karol Rosa (7)
8) Irene Aldana (8)
9) Ketlen Vieira (9)
10) Pannie Kianzad (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Talita Bernardo, Yana Santos, Ailín Pérez, Jacqueline Cavalcanti
*Miesha Tate, Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are both ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (11/29/24)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Alexa Grasso (2)
3) Manon Fiorot (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Dakota Ditcheva (10)
6) Taila Santos (5)
7) Liz Carmouche (6)
8) Natália Silva (7)
9) Viviane Araújo (8)
10) Maycee Barber (9)
Honorable Mentions
Karine Silva, Rose Namajunas, DeAnna Bennett, Shanelle Dyer, Eduarda Moura
*Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Antonina Shevchenko and Justine Kish are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (11/29/24)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Yan Xiaonan (2)
3) Virna Jandiroba (3)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Jessica Andrade (5)
6) Iasmin Lucindo (6)
7) Marina Rodriguez (7)
8) Mackenzie Dern (8)
9) Amanda Ribas (9)
10) Tabatha Ricci (10)
Honorable Mentions
Gillian Robertson, Denise Gomes, Danni McCormack, Sam Hughes, Stephanie Luciano, Tecia Pennington
*Tatiana Suarez is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (11/29/24)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Kanna Asakura (3)
4) Andressa Romero (4)
5) Saori Oshima (5)
6) Claire Lopez (6)
7) Rena Kubota (7)
8) Park Si-yoon (8)
9) Ayaka Hamasaki (N/A)
10) Aya Murakami (9)
Honorable Mentions
Akari Kamise, Arisa Matsuda, Ana Palacios, Misaki Suda, Jeong Eun Park, Kate Oyama
*Jillian DeCoursey, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.