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 (5/30/25)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1) – PFL Super Fights Women’s World Featherweight Champion
2) Zhang Weili (2) – UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Last fight 2/9/25 at UFC 312, Tatiana Suarez
3) Valentina Shevchenko (3) – UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion – Last fight 5/10/25 Manon Fiorot
4) Kayla Harrison (5) – UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight was Julianna Peña 6/7/25
5) Julianna Peña (4) – Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight Kayla Harrison 6/7/25
6) Raquel Pennington (6)
7) Dakota Ditcheva (7)
8) Taila Santos (8)
9) Elisandra Ferreira (9)
10) Manon Fiorot (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Seika Izawa, Danni McCormack, Virna Jandiroba, Sara Collins
*Ronda Rousey, Marina Mokhnatkina, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane and Jillian DeCoursey are all ineligible.
Women’s Openweight Division 145lbs+ (5/30/25)
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 (5/30/25)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1) – PFL Super Fights Women’s World Featherweight Championship
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Sara Collins (3)
4) Leah McCourt (4)
5) Michelle Montague (7)
6) Jaeleen Robledo (8)
7) Riley Martinez (9)
8) Jamie Edenden (10)
9) Ali Pellegrini (N/A)
10) Zurina Turrey (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Joy Pendell, Serina Kondo, Jackie Cataline, Marilia Morais, Julia Dorny
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Marina Mokhnatkina, Julia Budd, Aspen Ladd, Arlene Blencowe, Sinead Kavanagh, Taylor Guardado, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Women’s Bantamweight Division 135lbs (5/30/25)
1) Kayla Harrison (2) – UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight was Julianna Peña 6/7/25
2) Julianna Peña (1) – Former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Last fight Kayla Harrison 6/7/25
3) Raquel Pennington (3)
4) Ketlen Vieira (10)
5) Macy Chiasson (4)
6) Norma Dumont (5)
7) Mayra Bueno Silva (6)
8) Ailín Pérez (7)
9) Karol Rosa (8)
10) Irene Aldana (9)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Yana Santos, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Nora Cornolle, Pannie Kianzad, Joselyne Edwards
*Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are both ineligible.
Women’s Flyweight Division 125lbs (5/30/25)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1) – UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion – Last fight 5/10/25 Manon Fiorot
2) Manon Fiorot (2)
3) Natália Silva (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Dakota Ditcheva (5)
6) Taila Santos (6)
7) Alexa Grasso (7)
8) Liz Carmouche (8)
9) Tracy Cortez (N/A)
10) Viviane Araújo (9)
Honorable Mentions
Jasmine Jasudavicius, Rose Namajunas, Shanelle Dyer, Rayla Nascimento, Eduarda Moura
*Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Maycee Barber and Justine Kish are ineligible due to inactivity.
Women’s Strawweight Division 115lbs (5/30/25)
1) Weili Zhang (1) – UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Last fight 2/9/25 at UFC 312, Tatiana Suarez
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) Marina Rodriguez (8)
9) Mackenzie Dern (9)
10) Amanda Ribas (10)
Honorable Mentions
Denise Gomes, Danni McCormack, Sam Hughes, Tecia Pennington, Angela Hill, Tabatha Ricci, Loma Lookboonmee
Women’s Atomweight Division 108lbs (5/30/25)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Andressa Romero (3)
4) Lee Ye-ji (4)
5) Saori Oshima (5)
6) Taynara Silva (6)
7) Claire Lopez (7)
8) Rena Kubota (8)
9) Satomi Takano (9)
10) Ana Palacios (10)
Honorable Mentions
Misaki Suda, Jeong Eun Park, Kate Oyama, Hikaru Aono, Moeri Suda
*Jillian DeCoursey, Park Si-yoon, Si Woo Park, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.
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