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 (8/30/24)
1) Cristiane Venâncio (1)
2) Zhang Weili (2)
3) Larissa Pacheco (3)
4) Valentina Shevchenko (5)
5) Alexa Grasso (4)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Raquel Pennington (7)
8) Taila Santos (8)
9) Dakota Ditcheva (10)
10) Elisandra Ferreira (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Marina Mokhnatkina, Talita Bernardo, Seika Izawa, Danni McCormack
*Ronda Rousey, Jéssica Delboni, Tatiana Suarez, Jillian DeCoursey and Julianna Peña are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (8/30/24)
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 (8/30/24)
1) Cristiane Venâncio (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Leah McCourt (4)
5) Sara McMann (5)
6) Sara Collins (6)
7) Arlene Blencowe (7)
8) Sinead Kavanagh (8)
9) Marina Mokhnatkina (9)
10) Aspen Ladd (10)
Honorable Mentions
Michelle Montague, Riley Martinez, Jackie Cataline, Jamie Edenden, Taylor Guardado
*Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Amanda Leve and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (8/30/24)
1) Raquel Pennington (1)
2) Macy Chiasson (2)
3) Mayra Bueno Silva (3)
4) Norma Dumont (7)
5) Irene Aldana (4)
6) Kayla Harrison (6)
7) Karol Rosa (8)
8) Pannie Kianzad (5)
9) Holly Holm (9)
10) Nora Cornolle (10)
Honorable Mentions
Darya Zheleznyakova, Miesha Tate, Germaine de Randamie, Talita Bernardo, Yana Santos, Jacqueline Cavalcanti, Jennifer Maia
*Sarah Kleczka, Ketlen Vieira, Taneisha Tennant and Julianna Peña are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (8/30/24)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (2)
2) Alexa Grasso (1)
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 (10)
10) Dakota Ditcheva (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Ilima Lei-MacFarlane, Rose Namajunas, DeAnna Bennett, Shanelle Dyer, Veronica Hardy
*Antonina Shevchenko and Justine Kish are both ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (8/30/24)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Yan Xiaonan (2)
3) Virna Jandiroba (3)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Jessica Andrade (5)
6) Marina Rodriguez (6)
7) Mackenzie Dern (7)
8) Amanda Ribas (8)
9) Tabatha Ricci (N/A)
10) Angela Hill (9)
Honorable Mentions
Gillian Robertson, Denise Gomes, Danni McCormack, Sam Hughes, Stephanie Luciano
*Carla Esparza and Tatiana Suarez are both ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (8/30/24)
1) Elisandra Ferreira (N/A)
2) Seika Izawa (1)
3) Andressa Romero (3)
4) Saori Oshima (4)
5) Claire Lopez (5)
6) Rena Kubota (6)
7) Park Si-yoon (7)
8) Aya Murakami (8)
9) Akari Kamise (10)
10) Arisa Matsuda (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Ana Palacios, Misaki Suda, Kate Oyama, Yuko Kiryu
*Ayaka Hamasaki, Suwanan Boonsorn, Jillian DeCoursey, Kanna Asakura, Jeong Eun Park, Lisbeth Lopez Silva and Linda Mihalec are ineligible.