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 (12/23/23)
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, Julianna Peña and Germaine de Randamie are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (12/23/23)
1) Kayla Harrison (1)
2) Aspen Ladd (2)
3) Olena Kolesnyk (3)
4) Destanie Yarbrough (4)
5) Evelyn Martins (5)
6) Sayaka Hishinuma (6)
7) Mayumi Aoki (7)
8) Yuko Matsuura (8)
9) Momo Shimizu (9)
10) Brittney Hoover (10)
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Jozette Cotton, Claressa Shields, Latoya Walker and Lei’D Tapa are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (12/23/23)
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) Norma Dumont (8)
9) Marina Mokhnatkina (9)
10) Arlene Blencowe (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve, Jacqueline Cavalcanti
*Megan Anderson, Macy Chiasson, Leslie Smith and Talita Nogueira are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (12/23/23)
1) Raquel Pennington (1)
2) Mayra Bueno Silva (2)
3) Irene Aldana (3)
4) Ketlen Vieira (4)
5) Pannie Kianzad (5)
6) Talita Bernardo (6)
7) Olga Rubin (7)
8) Holly Holm (8)
9) Yana Kunitskaya (9)
10) Veronica Hardy (10)
Honorable Mentions
Zurina Turrey, Nora Cornolle, Taneisha Tennant, Montserrat Rendon, Miesha Tate
*Ronda Rousey, Sarah Kleczka, Julianna Peña and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (12/23/23)
1) Alexa Grasso (1)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
3) Erin Blanchfield (3)
4) Taila Santos (4)
5) Manon Fiorot (5)
6) Liz Carmouche (6)
7) Viviane Araújo (7)
8) Jennifer Maia (8)
9) Maycee Barber (9)
10) Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (10)
Honorable Mentions
DeAnna Bennett, Dakota Ditcheva, Joanne Wood, Justine Kish, Valentina Scatizzi
*Antonina Shevchenko and Katlyn Chookagian are ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (12/23/23)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Amanda Lemos (2)
3) Virna Jandiroba (3)
4) Yan Xiaonan (5)
5) Marina Rodriguez (4)
6) Tatiana Suarez (6)
7) Jessica Andrade (7)
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, Cory McKenna and Carla Esparza are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (12/23/23)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Si Woo Park (3)
4) Claire Lopez (4)
5) Rena Kubota (5)
6) Park Si-yoon (6)
7) Saori Oshima (7)
8) Kanna Asakura (8)
9) Elisandra Ferreira (9)
10) Aya Murakami (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jeong Eun Park, Suwanan Boonsorn, Reina Kobayashi, Arisa Matsuda
*Ayaka Hamasaki, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are all ineligible.