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 (5/31/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Julianna Peña (2)
3) Amanda Nunes (3)
4) Cristiane Venacio (4)
5) Kayla Harrison (5)
6) Jessica Delboni (6)
7) Carla Esparza (7)
8) Taila Santos (8)
9) Lauren Murphy (9)
10) Rose Namajunas (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jessica Andrade, Katlyn Chookagian, Irene Aldana, Larissa Pacheco, Raquel Pennington
*Ronda Rousey, Germaine de Randamie, Cat Zingano and Tatiana Suarez are ineligible due to inactivity.
**Joanna Jedrzejczyk has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (5/31/22)
1) Kayla Harrison (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Genah Fabian (3)
4) Martina Jindrova (4)
5) Olena Kolesnyk (5)
6) Julia Budd (6)
7) Marina Mokhnatkina (7)
8) Abigail Montes (8)
9) Vanessa Melo (9)
10) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jozette Cotton, Taylor Guardado, Jackie Cataline, Jeslen Michelle, Michelle Montague
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Bianca Daimoni, Morgan Frier and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (5/31/22)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)
2) Cristiane Venâncio (2)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Leslie Smith (4)
5) Norma Dumont (5)
6) Sinead Kavanagh (6)
7) Arlene Blencowe (7)
8) Sarah Kaufman (8)
9) Leah Letson (9)
10) Pam Sorenson (10)
Honorable Mentions
Talita Nogueira, Leah McCourt, Yoko Higashi, Macy Chiasson, Chelsea Chandler
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple classes but is an exception to the rule.
**Megan Anderson, Danyelle Wolf and Auttumn Norton are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (5/31/22)
1) Julianna Peña (1)
2) Amanda Nunes (2)
3) Irene Aldana (3)
4)Raquel Pennington (4)
5) Aspen Ladd (5)
6)Yana Kunitskaya (6)
7) Sara McMann (7)
8) Pannie Kianzad (8)
9) Stephanie Egger (9)
10) Ketlen Vieira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Taneisha Tennant, Julia Avila, Miesha Tate, Talita Bernardo, Holly Holm
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple divisions but is an exception.
**Ronda Rousey and Germaine de Randamie are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (5/31/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Taila Santos (2)
3) Lauren Murphy (3)
4) Katlyn Chookagian (4)
5) Manon Fiorot (5)
6) Jennifer Maia (6)
7) Liz Carmouche (7)
8) Juliana Velasquez (8)
9) Viviane Araújo (9)
10) Alexa Grass (10)
Honorable Mentions
Maycee Barber, DeAnna Bennett, Maryna Moroz, Justine Kish, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (5/31/22)
1) Carla Esparza (1)
2) Rose Namajunas (2)
3) Weili Zhang (3)
4) Marina Rodriguez (4)
5) Mackenzie Dern (5)
6) Tecia Torres (6)
7) Yan Xiaonan (7)
8) Jessica Andrade (8)
9) Amanda Lemos (9)
10) Virna Jandiroba (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jessica Penne, Jinh Yu Frey, Lupita Godinez, Cheyanne Vlismas, Tabatha Ricci, Emily Ducote
*Tatiana Suarez and Michelle Waterson are ineligible due to inactivity.
**Joanna Jedrzejczyk has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (5/31/22)
1) Jéssica Delboni (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Ayaka Hamasaki (3)
4) Jillian DeCoursey (4)
5) Lindsey VanZandt (5)
6) Marisa Messer-Belenchia (6)
7) Katie Saull (7)
8) Linda Mihalec (8)
9) Mina Kurobe (9)
10) Namiko Kawabata (10)
Honorable Mentions
Kanna Asakura, Elle Wagman, Jihin Radzuan, Aya Murakami, Saori Oshima
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Yoon Ha Hong and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.