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 (12/18/24)
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
Jennifer Maia, Seika Izawa, Danni McCormack, Larissa Pacheco, Virna Jandiroba
*Ronda Rousey, Jéssica Delboni, Tatiana Suarez, Marina Mokhnatkina, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane and Jillian DeCoursey are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (12/18/24)
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, 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.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (12/18/24)
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 (7)
8) Michelle Montague (8)
9) Riley Martinez (9)
10) Jackie Cataline (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jamie Edenden, Taylor Guardado, Ali Pellegrini, Zurina Turrey, Ekaterina Shakalova
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Marina Mokhnatkina, Julia Budd, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (12/18/24)
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) Ailín Pérez (N/A)
8) Karol Rosa (7)
9) Irene Aldana (8)
10) Ketlen Vieira (9)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Talita Bernardo, Yana Santos, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Pannie Kianzad
*Miesha Tate, Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are both ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (12/18/24)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Alexa Grasso (2)
3) Manon Fiorot (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Dakota Ditcheva (5)
6) Taila Santos (6)
7) Liz Carmouche (7)
8) Natália Silva (8)
9) Viviane Araújo (9)
10) Maycee Barber (10)
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 (12/18/24)
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 (12/18/24)
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 (9)
10) Satomi Takano (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Aya Murakami, Moeri Suda, Ana Palacios, Misaki Suda, Jeong Eun Park, Kate Oyama
*Jillian DeCoursey, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.
**Arisa Matsuda has vacated the weight class.
Note: Due to the plans of the Global Fight League to institute an Atomweight limit of 110 pounds, MMA Freak is considering adjusting the atomweight limit to said same limit due to the fact that the current limit of 108 pounds (in order to accommodate Rizin FF’s Super Atomweight division) is only two pounds off. However, GFL’s Women’s Strawweight and Women’s Bantamweight divisions being 120 pounds and 140 pounds respectively will be categorized as Women’s Flyweight (125lbs) and Women’s Featherweight (145lbs) respectively due to the fact that both of the former weight classes fall into the latter’s range.