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 (7/25/24)
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) Raquel Pennington (9)
8) Taila Santos (10)
9) Liz Carmouche (7)
10) Dakota Ditcheva (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Marina Mokhnatkina, Talita Bernardo, Seika Izawa, Danni McCormack
*Ronda Rousey, Jéssica Delboni, Tatiana Suarez, Jillian DeCoursey and Julianna Peña are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (7/25/24)
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 (7/25/24)
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 (7)
8) Sinead Kavanagh (8)
9) Marina Mokhnatkina (9)
10) Aspen Ladd (10)
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 (7/25/24)
1) Raquel Pennington (1)
2) Macy Chiasson (2)
3) Mayra Bueno Silva (3)
4) Irene Aldana (4)
5) Pannie Kianzad (5)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Norma Dumont (7)
8) Karol Rosa (8)
9) Holly Holm (9)
10) Nora Cornolle (10)
Honorable Mentions
Darya Zheleznyakova, Miesha Tate, Germaine de Randamie, Talita Bernardo, Chelsea Chandler
*Sarah Kleczka, Ketlen Vieira, Taneisha Tennant and Julianna Peña are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (7/25/24)
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, Veronica Hardy
*Antonina Shevchenko is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (7/25/24)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Yan Xiaonan (2)
3) Virna Jandiroba (3)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Jessica Andrade (6)
6) Marina Rodriguez (7)
7) Mackenzie Dern (8)
8) Amanda Ribas (9)
9) Angela Hill (10)
10) Luana Pinheiro (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Tabatha Ricci, Gillian Robertson, Lupita Godinez, Talita Alencar
*Carla Esparza and Tatiana Suarez are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (7/25/24)
1) Seika Izawa (1)
2) Si Woo Park (2)
3) Andressa Romero (3)
4) Saori Oshima (4)
5) Claire Lopez (5)
6) Rena Kubota (6)
7) Park Si-yoon (7)
8) Aya Murakami (8)
9) Suwanan Boonsorn (9)
10) Akari Kamise (10)
Honorable Mentions
Arisa Matsuda, Ana Palacios, Misaki Suda, Elisandra Ferreira, Kate Oyama, Yuko Kiryu
*Ayaka Hamasaki, Jillian DeCoursey, Kanna Asakura, Jeong Eun Park, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.