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 (8/26/23)
1) Zhang Weili (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Alexa Grasso (3)
4) Valentina Shevchenko (4)
5) Kayla Harrison (5)
6) Rayanne dos Santos (6)
7) Jillian DeCoursey (7)
8) Liz Carmouche (8)
9) Tatiana Suarez (9)
10) Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jéssica Delboni, Taila Santos, Lauren Murphy, Amanda Lemos , Cat Zingano
*Ronda Rousey, Julianna Peña, Cristiane Venâncio and Germaine de Randamie are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (8/26/23)
1) Kayla Harrison (1)
2) Olena Kolesnyk (2)
3) Genah Fabian (3)*
4) Kaitlin Young (4)*
5) Vanessa Melo (5)*
6) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (6)*
7) Olivia Parker (7)*
8) Julia Dorny (8)*
9) Jozette Cotton (9)*
10) Latoya Walker (10)*
*Due to a lack of depth in the weight class, the following fighters have exceptions to eligibility.
**Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Camee Adams and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (8/26/23)
1) Larissa Pacheco (1)
2) Cat Zingano (2)
3) Sara McMann (3)
4) Sinead Kavanagh (4)
5) Macy Chiasson (5)
6) Norma Dumont (6)
7) Marina Mokhnatkina (7)
8) Arlene Blencowe (8)
9) Leah McCourt (9)
10) Chelsea Chandler (10)
Honorable Mentions
Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve, Evelyn Martins, Aspen Ladd
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Cristiane Venâncio and Talita Nogueira are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (8/26/23)
1) Irene Aldana (1)
2) Raquel Pennington (2)
3) Mayra Bueno Silva (3)
4) Ketlen Vieira (4)
5) Pannie Kianzad (5)
6) Talita Bernardo (6)
7) Olga Rubin (7)
8) Holly Holm (8)
9) Yana Kunitskaya (9)
10) Veronica Hardy (10)
Honorable Mentions
Zurina Turrey, Joselyne Edwards, Taneisha Tennant, Montserrat Rendon, Claire Guthrie
*Ronda Rousey, Julia Avila, Sarah Kleczka, Julianna Peña and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (8/26/23)
1) Alexa Grasso (1)
2) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
3) Taila Santos (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (4)
5) Manon Fiorot (5)
6) Liz Carmouche (6)
7) Jennifer Maia (7)
8) Ilima Lei-MacFarlane (8)
9) Maycee Barber (9)
10) DeAnna Bennett (10)
Honorable Mentions
Antonina Shevchenko, Amanda Ribas, Dakota Ditcheva, Joanne Wood, Katlyn Chookagian
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (8/26/23)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Carla Esparza (2)
3) Amanda Lemos (3)
4) Virna Jandiroba (4)
5) Marina Rodriguez (5)
6) Yan Xiaonan (6)
7) Tatiana Suarez (7)
8) Jessica Andrade (8)
9) Mackenzie Dern (9)
10) Luana Pinheiro (10)
Honorable Mentions
Cory McKenna, Tabatha Ricci, Gillian Robertson, Lupita Godinez, Angela Hill
*Tecia Torres is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (8/26/23)
1) Rayanne dos Santos (1)
2) Jillian DeCoursey (2)
3) Seika Izawa (3)
4) Si Woo Park (4)
5) Claire Lopez (5)
6) Rena Kubota (6)
7) Saori Oshima (7)
8) Kanna Asakura (8)
9) Ayaka Hamasaki (9)
10) Elisandra Ferreira (10)
Honorable Mentions
Machi Fukuda, Aya Murakami, Jeong Eun Park, Miki Motono, Ayaka Watanabe
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.