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 (8/30/25)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1) – PFL Women’s World Featherweight Champion – Next fight 12/13/25
2) Zhang Weili (2) – UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Next, 11/15/25 at UFC 322, V. Shevchenko
3) Valentina Shevchenko (3) – UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion – Next, 11/15/25, UFC 322 Zhang Weili
4) Kayla Harrison (4) – UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight was Julianna Peña on 6/7/25
5) Julianna Peña (5) – Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight, Kayla Harrison 6/7/25
6) Raquel Pennington (6) – Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Loss at UFC 307 on 10/5/24
7) Dakota Ditcheva (7) – 2024 PFL W. Flyweight Championship – Last fight, win VS Sumiko Inaba 7/19/25
8) Elisandra Ferreira (8) – Invicta FC Atomweight Champion – Last fight, win versus Ana Palacios 4/4/25
9) Virna Jandiroba (9)
10) Liz Carmouche (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Seika Izawa, Mackenzie Dern, Taila Santos, Sara Collins
*Ronda Rousey, Marina Mokhnatkina, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane and Jillian DeCoursey are all ineligible.
Women’s Openweight Division 145lbs+ (8/30/25)
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, Regina Labajova, Brittney Spinks, Mirela Vargas, Drobenka Kotlarova
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Jozette Cotton, Momo Shimizu, Latoya Walker and Lei’D Tapa are ineligible.
Women’s Featherweight Division 145lbs (8/30/25)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1) – PFL Women’s World Featherweight Champion – Next fight 12/13/25
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Jaeleen Robledo (6)
4) Riley Martinez (7)
5) Jamie Edenden (8)
6) Zurina Turrey (9)
7) Joy Pendell (10)
8) Marilia Morais (N/A)
9) Evelyn Martins (N/A)
10) Taylor Guardado (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jackie Cataline, Forrest Molinari, Laurynn Garcia, Julia Dorny, Elena, Carlene Chandler
*Sara Collins, Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Marina Mokhnatkina, Julia Budd, Aspen Ladd, Arlene Blencowe, Sinead Kavanagh, Ali Pellegrini, Leah McCourt, Serina Kondo, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
**Michelle Montague has vacated the weight class.
Women’s Bantamweight Division 135lbs (8/30/25)
1) Kayla Harrison (1) – UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight was Julianna Peña on 6/7/25
2) Julianna Peña (2) – Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight, Kayla Harrison 6/7/25
3) Raquel Pennington (3) – Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Loss at UFC 307 on 10/5/24
4) Ketlen Vieira (4)
5) Macy Chiasson (5)
6) Mayra Bueno Silva (7)
7) Ailín Pérez (8)
8) Karol Rosa (9)
9) Jacqueline Cavalcanti (N/A)
10) Yana Santos (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Michelle Montague, Daria Zheleznyakova, Joselyne Edwards
*Pannie Kianzad, Norma Dumont, Irene Aldana, Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are all ineligible.
Women’s Flyweight Division 125lbs (8/30/25)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1) – UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion – Next, 11/15/25, UFC 322 Zhang Weili
2) Manon Fiorot (2)
3) Natália Silva (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Dakota Ditcheva (5) – 2024 PFL W. Flyweight Championship – Last fight, win VS Sumiko Inaba 7/19/25
6) Taila Santos (6)
7) Alexa Grasso (7)
8) Liz Carmouche (8)
9) Tracy Cortez (9)
10) Viviane Araújo (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jasmine Jasudavicius, Rose Namajunas, Carol Foro, Rayla Nascimento, Karine Silva, Eduarda Moura
*Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Maycee Barber and Justine Kish are ineligible due to inactivity.
Women’s Strawweight Division 115lbs (8/30/25)
1) Zhang Weili (1) – UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Next, 11/15/25 at UFC 322, V. Shevchenko
2) Virna Jandiroba (3)
3) Mackenzie Dern (6)
4) Tatiana Suarez (2)
5) Yan Xiaonan (4)
6) Amanda Lemos (5)
7) Iasmin Lucindo (7)
8) Gillian Robertson (8)
9) Tabatha Ricci (9)
10) Angela Hill (10)
Honorable Mentions
Denise Gomes, Sam Hughes, Tecia Pennington, Loopy Godinez, Fatima Kline, Alexia Thainara
*Danni McCormack is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Women’s Atomweight Division 108lbs (8/30/25)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (1) – Invicta FC Atomweight Champion – Last fight, win versus Ana Palacios 4/4/25
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Lee Ye-ji (4)
4) Saori Oshima (5)
5) Taynara Silva (6)
6) Claire Lopez (7)
7) Satomi Takano (8)
8) Ana Palacios (9)
9) Misaki Suda (10)
10) Moeri Suda (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Saki Kitamura, Jeong Eun Park, Kate Oyama, Miku Nakamura, Machi Fukuda, Ayaka Hamasaki
*Jillian DeCoursey, Park Si-yoon, Andressa Romero, Rena Kubota and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.
**Lisbeth Lopez Silva is considered retired from active competition.