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 (12/31/25)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1) – PFL Women’s World Featherweight Champion – Last fight, 12/13/25
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2) – UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion – Last, win, 11/15/25, over Zhang Weili
3) Zhang Weili (3) – Former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Last, loss 11/15/25 to V. Shevchenko
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) Dakota Ditcheva (6) – 2024 PFL W. Flyweight Championship – Last fight on 7/19/25, vs Sumiko Inaba
7) Elisandra Ferreira (7) – Invicta FC Atomweight Champion – Last fight, win versus Ana Palacios 4/4/25
8) Liz Carmouche (8) – 2025 PFL W. Flyweight Tournament Champion – Last fight, Jena Bishop 8/15/25
9) Mackenzie Dern (9) – UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Last, win vs Virna Jandiroba 10/25/25
10) Virna Jandiroba (10)
Honorable Mentions
Seika Izawa, Saori Oshima, Sara Collins, Julianna Peña, Tatiana Suarez
*Ronda Rousey, Marina Mokhnatkina, Raquel Pennington, Jennifer Maia, Taila Santos and Ilima Lei-MacFarlane are all ineligible.
**Jillian DeCoursey has retired from active competition.
Women’s Openweight Division 145lbs+ (12/31/25)
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 (12/31/25)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1) – PFL Women’s World Featherweight Champion – Last fight, 12/13/25
2) Sara Collins (2)
3) Riley Martinez (4)
4) Jamie Edenden (5)
5) Joy Pendell (7)
6) Zurina Turrey (6)
7) Marilia Morais (8)
8) Taylor Guardado (10)
9) Mary Rosenbeck (N/A)
10) Jackie Cataline (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Keana Montenegro, Laurynn Garcia, Brittney Victoria, Abby Montes, Laura Turzenski, Julia Dorny
*Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Marina Mokhnatkina, Julia Budd, Aspen Ladd, Sinead Kavanagh, Ali Pellegrini, Leah McCourt, Larissa Pacheco, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
**Jaeleen Robledo and Evelyn Martins have vacated the weight class.
Women’s Bantamweight Division 135lbs (12/31/25)
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) Norma Dumont (3)
4) Yana Santos (4)
5) Ketlen Vieira (5)
6) Macy Chiasson (6)
7) Jacqueline Cavalcanti (7)
8) Mayra Bueno Silva (8)
9) Ailín Pérez (9)
10) Karol Rosa (10)
Honorable Mentions
Michelle Montague, Daria Zheleznyakova, Joselyne Edwards, Jaeleen Robledo, Nora Cornolle
*Pannie Kianzad, Irene Aldana, Raquel Pennington, Jennifer Maia, Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are all ineligible.
Women’s Flyweight Division 125lbs (12/31/25)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1) – UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion – Last, win, 11/15/25, over Zhang Weili
2) Zhang Weili (2) – Former UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Last, loss, 11/15/25 to V. Shevchenko
3) Manon Fiorot (3)
4) Natália Silva (4)
5) Dakota Ditcheva (5) – 2024 PFL W. Flyweight Championship – Last fight on 7/19/25, vs Sumiko Inaba
6) Erin Blanchfield (6)
7) Liz Carmouche (8) – 2025 PFL Women’s Flyweight Tournament Champion – Last, Jena Bishop 8/15/25
8) Alexa Grasso (9)
9) Tracy Cortez (10)
10) Maycee Barber (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Rose Namajunas, Carol Foro, Paulina Vargas, Viviane Araújo, Stephanie Luciano, Eduarda Moura
*Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Taila Santos and Justine Kish are ineligible due to inactivity.
Women’s Strawweight Division 115lbs (12/31/25)
1) Mackenzie Dern (1) – UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Last, win vs Virna Jandiroba 10/25/25
2) Tatiana Suarez (2)
3) Virna Jandiroba (3)
4) Yan Xiaonan (4)
5) Amanda Lemos (5)
6) Iasmin Lucindo (6)
7) Gillian Robertson (7)
8) Tabatha Ricci (8)
9) Fatima Kline (9)
10) Angela Hill (10)
Honorable Mentions
Denise Gomes, Sam Hughes, Tecia Pennington, Loopy Godinez, Alexia Thainara
*Danni McCormack is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Women’s Atomweight Division 108lbs (12/31/25)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (1) – Invicta FC Atomweight Champion – Last fight, win versus Ana Palacios 4/4/25
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Rena Kubota (N/A)
4) Ayaka Hamasaki (3)
5) Lee Ye-ji (4)
6) Saori Oshima (5)
7) Taynara Silva (6)
8) Andressa Romero (7)
9) Claire Lopez (8)
10) Noeru Narita (10)
Honorable Mentions
Si Woo Park, Kate Oyama, Miku Nakamura, Machi Fukuda, Eru Takebayashi, Riko Igarashi
*Park Si-yoon, Satomi Takano, Jeong Eun Park, and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.
**Jillian DeCoursey has retired from active competition.