The Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings are assembled each month by a panel of journalists from multiple MMA websites and publications. These rankings are acknowledged by most promotions as the only official women’s mixed martial arts rankings assembled by division and weight class.
Fighters who have not competed inside their division within the past 12 months are not eligible to be ranked at that weight. Fighters who vacate a weight class will no longer be ranked in that division.
Featherweights (136.1-146.0 pounds):
1. Hiroko “Cat’s Eye” Yamanaka (12-1-0, 1 ND)
2. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0-0)
3. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (20-5-0)
4. Milana Dudieva (8-1-0)
5. Rin Nakai (10-0-1)
6. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (7-1-0)
7. Elaina “Beef” Maxwell (7-4-0)
8. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (2-2-0)
9. Ediane “India” Gomes (8-2-0)
10. Romy Ruyssen (5-2-0)
Bantamweights (126.1-136.0 pounds):
1. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (5-0-0)
2. Sarah Kaufman (15-1-0)
3. Miesha “Takedown” Tate (12-3-0)
4. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (20-5-0)
5. Sara McMann (5-0-0)
6. Alexis Davis (11-5-0)
7. Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano (18-9-0)
8. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (6-2-0)
9. Vanessa Porto (14-4-0)
10. Julie “Fireball” Kedzie (16-10-0)
Flyweights (116.1-126.0 pounds):
1. Sheila “The German Tank” Gaff (10-4-1)
2. Cat “Alpha” Zingano (6-0-0)
3. Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak (5-2-0)
4. Aisling “Ais The Bash” Daly (13-2-0)
5. Jessica “Evil” Eye (7-1-0)
6. Munah Holland (4-1-0)
7. “Slick” Sally Krumdiack (9-5-0)
8. Hanna Sillen (5-1-0)
9. Marianna “The Crushen Russian” Kheyfets (5-1-0)
10. Heather “Hurricane” Clark (4-2-0)
Strawweights (106.1-116.0 pounds):
1. Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii (25-1-0)
2. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (13-4-0)
3. Ayaka Hamasaki (6-0-0)
4. Seo Hee Ham (9-5-0)
5. Carla Esparza (6-2-0)
6. Katja Kankaanpää (6-0-0)
7. “V.V” Mei Yamaguchi (9-4-1)
8. Kyoko Takabayashi (12-4-1)
9. Yuka “Vale Tudo Queen” Tsuji (23-2-0)
10. Felice “Lil’ Bulldog” Herrig (6-4-0)
Atomweights (96.1-106.0 pounds):
1. Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (7-0-0)
2. Jessica Penne (9-1-0)
3. Kikuyo Ishikawa (6-3-0)
4. Misaki Takimoto (15-13-4)
5. Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (9-3-0)
6. Naoko Omuro (13-8-4)
7. Amy “Lil’ Dynamite” Davis (3-2-0, 1 NC)
8. Yukiko Seki (10-21-0)
9. Sachiko “Sachi” Yamamoto (9-6-1)
10. Diana “Dynamite” Rael (3-2-0)
Rankings current as of May 1, 2012.
Heavyweights | Light Heavyweights | Middleweights | Welterweights | Lightweights
Featherweights | Bantamweights | Flyweights | Women’s Pound-For-Pound
Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings