Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings

The Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings are updated monthly and 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 18 months are not eligible to be ranked at that weight. Fighters who vacate a weight class will no longer be ranked in that division.

Promotional abbreviations in italics denote which major organisation(s) each fighter is currently signed to and/or has most recently competed for.

Featherweights (136.1-146.0 pounds):

1. Amanda “Lioness” Nunes (21-5-0) – UFC
2. Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (26-2-0, 1 ND) – Bellator
3. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (16-3-0) – PFL
4. Norma “The Immortal” Dumont Viana (7-1-0) – UFC
5. Felicia “FeeNom” Spencer (9-3-0) – UFC
6. Megan Anderson (11-5-0) – UFC
7. Arlene “Angerfist” Blencowe (15-9-0) – Bellator
8. Pam “Bam” Sorenson (9-4-0) – Bellator
9. Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (12-9-1) – Bellator
10. Sarah Kaufman (22-5-0, 1 ND) – BTC

Bantamweights (126.1-136.0 pounds):

1. Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña (11-4-0) – UFC
2. Amanda “Lioness” Nunes (21-5-0) – UFC
3. Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (14-5-0) – UFC
4. Raquel “Rocky” Pennington (14-8-0) – UFC
5. Irene Aldana (13-6-0) – UFC
6. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (14-6-0, 1 NC) – UFC
7. Ketlen “Fenômeno” Vieira (12-2-0) – UFC
8. Sara McMann (13-6-0) – UFC
9. Macy Chiasson (7-2-0) – UFC
10. Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad (16-6-0) – UFC

*Previously number three-ranked Germaine de Randamie removed due to inactivity.

Flyweights (116.1-126.0 pounds):

1. Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko (23-3-0) – UFC
2. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (17-7-0) – Bellator
3. Juliana Velasquez (12-1-0) – Bellator
4. Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade (23-9-0) – UFC
5. Katlyn “Blonde Fighter” Chookagian (17-4-0) – UFC
6. “Lucky” Lauren Murphy (15-5-0) – UFC
7. Taila Santos (19-1-0) – UFC
8. Vanessa Porto (23-9-0) – Bellator
9. Manon “The Beast” Fiorot (9-1-0) – UFC
10. Alexa Grasso (14-3-0) – UFC

Strawweights (111.1-116.0 pounds):

1. “Thug” Rose Namajunas (11-4-0) – UFC
2. Weili “Magnum” Zhang (21-3-0) – UFC
3. Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade (23-9-0) – UFC
4. Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza (18-6-0) – UFC
5. Marina Rodriguez (16-1-2) – UFC
6. Xiaonan “Fury” Yan (15-3-0, 1 NC) – UFC
7. Amanda Ribas (11-2-0) – UFC
8. Mackenzie Dern (12-2-0) – UFC
9. Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres (13-6-0) – UFC
10. Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (18-9-0) – UFC

Super Atomweights (106.1-111.0 pounds):

1. Seika Izawa (6-0-0) – Deep Jewels/Rizin FF
2. Ayaka Hamasaki (23-5-0) – Rizin FF
3. Namiko “Hime” Kawabata (3-1-0) – Deep Jewels
4. Saori Oshima (7-3-0) – Deep Jewels/Rizin FF
5. Kanna Asakura (19-6-0) – Deep Jewels/Rizin FF

Atomweights (96.1-106.0 pounds):

1. Jéssica Correa Delboni (12-3-0) – Invicta FC
2. Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella (9-3-0, 1 ND) – Invicta FC
3. Saori Oshima (7-3-0) – Deep Jewels/Rizin FF
4. Si Woo Park (7-4-0) – Deep Jewels/Rizin FF
5. Jillian “Lionheart” DeCoursey (4-3-0) – Invicta FC

*Previously number three-ranked Ashley Cummins removed due to inactivity.

Rankings current as of May 1, 2022.

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