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 (2/23/23)
1) Amanda Nunes (2)
2) Cristiane Venacio (4)
3) Jillian DeCoursey (5)
4) Zhang Weili (6)
5) Larissa Pacheco (7)
6) Alexa Grasso (N/A)
7) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
8) Julianna Peña (3)
9) Kayla Harrison (9)
10) Rose Namajunas (10)
Honorable Mentions
Tatiana Suarez, Jéssica Delboni, Taila Santos, Lauren Murphy, Raquel Pennington
*Ronda Rousey and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (2/23/23)
1) Larissa Pacheco (1)
2) Kayla Harrison (2)
3) Olena Kolesnyk (3)
4) Martina Jindrová (4)
5) Genah Fabian (5)
6) Abigail Montes (6)
7) Vanessa Melo (7)
8) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (8)
9) Kaitlin Young (9)
10) Olivia Parker (10)
Honorable Mentions
Julia Dorny, Camee Adams, Jeslen Michelle, Jozette Cotton*, Latoya Walker*
*Due to a lack of depth in the weight class, the following fighters have exceptions to eligibility.
**Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Bianca Daimoni and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (2/23/23)
1) Amanda Nunes* (1)
2) Cristiane Venâncio (2)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Macy Chiasson (4)
5) Norma Dumont (5)
6) Sinead Kavanagh (6)
7) Aspen Ladd (7)
8) Marina Mokhnatkina (8)
9) Arlene Blencowe (9)
10) Leah McCourt (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve, Jackie Cataline
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple classes but is an exception to the rule.
**Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (2/23/23)
1) Amanda Nunes* (1)
2) Julianna Peña (2)
3) Raquel Pennington (3)
4) Pannie Kianzad (5)
5) Karol Rosa (6)
6) Mayra Bueno Silva (7)
7) Lina Länsberg (8)
8) Ketlen Vieira (9)
9) Stephanie Egger (10)
10) Talita Bernardo (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Irene Aldana, Claire Guthrie, Holly Holm, Yana Kunitskaya, Olga Rubin
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple divisions but is an exception.
**Ronda Rousey, Julia Avila, Sarah Kleczka, Sara McMann and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (2/23/23)
1) Alexa Grasso (2)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
3) Tatiana Suarez (N/A)
4) Taila Santos (3)
5) Erin Blanchfield (4)
6) Jessica Andrade (5)
7) Lauren Murphy (6)
8) Manon Fiorot (7)
9) Jennifer Maia (9)
10) Liz Carmouche (10)
Honorable Mentions
Viviane Araújo, Maycee Barber, DeAnna Bennett, Antonina Shevchenko, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (2/23/23)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Rose Namajunas (3)
3) Carla Esparza (2)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Marina Rodriguez (5)
6) Yan Xiaonan (6)
7) Mackenzie Dern (7)
8) Tecia Torres (8)
9) Michelle Waterson (9)
10) Piera Rodriguez (10)
Honorable Mentions
Virna Jandiroba, Angela Hill, Cory McKenna, Tabatha Ricci, Emily Ducote
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (2/23/23)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Jéssica Delboni (2)
3) Seika Izawa (3)
4) Si Woo Park (4)
5) Rena Kubota (5)
6) Saori Oshima (6)
7) Kanna Asakura (7)
8) Ayaka Hamasaki (8)
9) Elisandra Ferreira (9)
10) Rayanne dos Santos (10)
Honorable Mentions
Machi Fukuda, Aya Murakami, Jeong Eun Park, Miki Motono, Ayaka Watanabe
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.