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 (3/28/24)
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 and Julianna Peña are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (3/28/24)
1) Daiane Silva (2)
2) Elizabeth V. Faumuina (3)
3) Aspen Ladd (4)
4) Olena Kolesnyk (5)
5) Destanie Yarbrough (6)
6) Faith McMah (7)
7) Evelyn Martins (8)
8) Claressa Shields (9)
9) Sayaka Hishinuma (10)
10) Mayumi Aoki (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Yuko Matsuura, Momo Shimizu, Kelsey DeSantis, Brittney Hoover
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Jozette Cotton, Genah Fabian, Latoya Walker and Lei’D Tapa are ineligible.
**Kayla Harrison has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (3/28/24)
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) Marina Mokhnatkina (9)
9) Chelsea Chandler (N/A)
10) Josiane Nunes (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Amber Leibrock, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Zarah Fairn, Riley Martinez, Jackie Cataline
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Amanda Leve, Arlene Blencowe and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
**Norma Dumont has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (3/28/24)
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) Olga Rubin (7)
8) Kayla Harrison (N/A)
9) Norma Dumont (N/A)
10) Holly Holm (8)
Honorable Mentions
Veronica Hardy, Zurina Turrey, Nora Cornolle, Darya Zheleznyakova, Miesha Tate
*Sarah Kleczka, Talita Bernardo, Taneisha Tennant and Julianna Peña are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (3/28/24)
1) Alexa Grasso (1)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
3) Manon Fiorot (5)
4) Erin Blanchfield (3)
5) Taila Santos (4)
6) Liz Carmouche (6)
7) Natália Silva (N/A)
8) Viviane Araújo (7)
9) Jennifer Maia (8)
10) Maycee Barber (9)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Dakota Ditcheva, Justine Kish, Rose Namajunas, Kana Watanabe
*Antonina Shevchenko and DeAnna Bennett are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (3/28/24)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Yan Xiaonan (2)
3) Amanda Lemos (3)
4) Virna Jandiroba (4)
5) Tatiana Suarez (6)
6) Jessica Andrade (7)
7) Marina Rodriguez (5)
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 (3/28/24)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Si Woo Park (3)
4) Saori Oshima (4)
5) Claire Lopez (5)
6) Rena Kubota (6)
7) Park Si-yoon (7)
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.