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 (2/27/25)
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)
4) Julianna Peña (5)
5) Kayla Harrison (6)
6) Raquel Pennington (7)
7) Dakota Ditcheva (8)
8) Taila Santos (9)
9) Elisandra Ferreira (10)
10) Manon Fiorot (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Seika Izawa, Danni McCormack, Virna Jandiroba, Ana Palacios
*Ronda Rousey, Jéssica Delboni, Marina Mokhnatkina, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane and Jillian DeCoursey are all ineligible.
Women’s Openweight Division 145lbs+ (2/27/25)
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 (2/27/25)
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) 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, Jaeleen Robledo, Joy Pendell
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Marina Mokhnatkina, Julia Budd, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Women’s Bantamweight Division 135lbs (2/27/25)
1) Julianna Peña (1)
2) Raquel Pennington (2)
3) Macy Chiasson (3)
4) Kayla Harrison (5)
5) Norma Dumont (4)
6) Mayra Bueno Silva (6)
7) Ailín Pérez (7)
8) Karol Rosa (8)
9) Irene Aldana (9)
10) Ketlen Vieira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jennifer Maia, Talita Bernardo, Yana Santos, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Pannie Kianzad
*Miesha Tate, Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are both ineligible.
Women’s Flyweight Division 125lbs (2/27/25)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Manon Fiorot (2)
3) Alexa Grasso (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) Jessica Andrade (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Rose Namajunas, DeAnna Bennett, Shanelle Dyer, Eduarda Moura, Jasmine Jasudavicius
*Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Maycee Barber and Justine Kish are ineligible due to inactivity.
**Antonina Shevchenko has retired from active competition.
Women’s Strawweight Division 115lbs (2/27/25)
1) Weili Zhang (1) – UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion – Last fight 2/9/25 at UFC 312, Tatiana Suarez
2) Tatiana Suarez (2)
3) Yan Xiaonan (3)
4) Virna Jandiroba (4)
5) Amanda Lemos (5)
6) Iasmin Lucindo (7)
7) Marina Rodriguez (8)
8) Mackenzie Dern (9)
9) Amanda Ribas (10)
10) Gillian Robertson (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Denise Gomes, Danni McCormack, Sam Hughes, Stephanie Luciano, Tecia Pennington
*Jessica Andrade has vacated the weight class.
Women’s Atomweight Division 108lbs (2/27/25)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Andressa Romero (3)
4) Saori Oshima (4)
5) Claire Lopez (5)
6) Rena Kubota (6)
7) Moeri Suda (N/A)
8) Ayaka Hamasaki (8)
9) Satomi Takano (9)
10) Ana Palacios (10)
Honorable Mentions
Aya Murakami, Misaki Suda, Jeong Eun Park, Kate Oyama, Hikaru Aono
*Jillian DeCoursey, Park Si-yoon, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.
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.