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 (9/28/24)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1)
2) Zhang Weili (2)
3) Valentina Shevchenko (4)
4) Alexa Grasso (5)
5) Julianna Peña (N/A)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Raquel Pennington (7)
8) Taila Santos (8)
9) Dakota Ditcheva (9)
10) Elisandra Ferreira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Marina Mokhnatkina, Talita Bernardo, Seika Izawa, Danni McCormack, Larissa Pacheco
*Ronda Rousey, Jéssica Delboni, Tatiana Suarez, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane and Jillian DeCoursey are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (9/28/24)
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, Momo Shimizu, Regina Labajova, Brittney Spinks, Mirela Vargas, Drobenka Kotlarova
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Jozette Cotton, Latoya Walker and Lei’D Tapa are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (9/28/24)
1) Cristiane “Cyborg” Venâncio (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Sara Collins (6)
4) Leah McCourt (4)
5) Arlene Blencowe (7)
6) Sinead Kavanagh (8)
7) Marina Mokhnatkina (9)
8) Aspen Ladd (10)
9) Michelle Montague (N/A)
10) Riley Martinez (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Jackie Cataline, Jamie Edenden, Taylor Guardado, Ali Pellegrini, Joy Pendell
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cat Zingano, Sara McMann, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (9/28/24)
1) Julianna Peña (N/A)
2) Raquel Pennington (1)
3) Macy Chiasson (2)
4) Norma Dumont (4)
5) Mayra Bueno Silva (3)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Karol Rosa (7)
8) Irene Aldana (5)
9) Ketlen Vieira (N/A)
10) Pannie Kianzad (8)
Honorable Mentions
Miesha Tate, Talita Bernardo, Yana Santos, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Jennifer Maia
*Sarah Kleczka and Taneisha Tennant are both ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (9/28/24)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Alexa Grasso (2)
3) Manon Fiorot (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Taila Santos (5)
6) Liz Carmouche (6)
7) Natália Silva (7)
8) Viviane Araújo (8)
9) Maycee Barber (9)
10) Dakota Ditcheva (10)
Honorable Mentions
Karine Silva, Rose Namajunas, DeAnna Bennett, Shanelle Dyer, Veronica Hardy
*Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Antonina Shevchenko and Justine Kish are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (9/28/24)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Yan Xiaonan (2)
3) Virna Jandiroba (3)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Jessica Andrade (5)
6) Iasmin Lucindo (N/A)
7) Marina Rodriguez (6)
8) Mackenzie Dern (7)
9) Amanda Ribas (8)
10) Tabatha Ricci (9)
Honorable Mentions
Gillian Robertson, Denise Gomes, Danni McCormack, Sam Hughes, Stephanie Luciano, Tecia Pennington
*Tatiana Suarez is both ineligible due to inactivity.
**Carla Esparza has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (9/28/24)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (1)
2) Seika Izawa (2)
3) Kanna Asakura (N/A)
4) Andressa Romero (3)
5) Saori Oshima (4)
6) Claire Lopez (5)
7) Rena Kubota (6)
8) Park Si-yoon (7)
9) Aya Murakami (8)
10) Akari Kamise (9)
Honorable Mentions
Arisa Matsuda, Ana Palacios, Misaki Suda, Kate Oyama, Yuko Kiryu
*Ayaka Hamasaki, Suwanan Boonsorn, Jillian DeCoursey, Jeong Eun Park, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.