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 (4/29/25)
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) Julianna Peña (4) – UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Next fight Kayla Harrison on UFC 316
5) Kayla Harrison (5)
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+ (4/29/25)
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 (4/29/25)
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) Michelle Montague (8)
8) Jaeleen Robledo (9)
9) Riley Martinez (10)
10) Jamie Edenden (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Taylor Guardado, Ali Pellegrini, Zurina Turrey, Joy Pendell, Serina Kondo
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Marina Mokhnatkina, Julia Budd, Aspen Ladd, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Women’s Bantamweight Division 135lbs (4/29/25)
1) Julianna Peña (1) – UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion – Next fight Kayla Harrison on UFC 316
2) Kayla Harrison (3)
3) Raquel Pennington (2)
4) Macy Chiasson (4)
5) Norma Dumont (5)
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, Yana Santos, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Nora Cornolle, Pannie Kianzad
*Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are both ineligible.
Women’s Flyweight Division 125lbs (4/29/25)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1) – UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion – Next fight 5/10/25 Manon Fiorot
2) Manon Fiorot (2)
3) Natália Silva (8)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Dakota Ditcheva (5)
6) Taila Santos (6)
7) Alexa Grasso (3)
8) Liz Carmouche (7)
9) Viviane Araújo (9)
10) Jasmine Jasudavicius (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Miranda Maverick, Tracy Cortez, Shanelle Dyer, Rayla Nascimento, Eduarda Moura
*Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Maycee Barber and Justine Kish are ineligible due to inactivity.
Women’s Strawweight Division 115lbs (4/29/25)
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 (10)
8) Marina Rodriguez (7)
9) Mackenzie Dern (8)
10) Amanda Ribas (9)
Honorable Mentions
Denise Gomes, Danni McCormack, Sam Hughes, Tecia Pennington, Angela Hill, Tabatha Ricci, Loma Lookboonmee
Women’s Atomweight Division 108lbs (4/29/25)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Andressa Romero (3)
4) Lee Ye-ji (N/A)
5) Saori Oshima (4)
6) Taynara Silva (5)
7) Claire Lopez (6)
8) Rena Kubota (7)
9) Satomi Takano (8)
10) Ana Palacios (9)
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.
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.