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 (21-4-0) – UFC
2. Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (24-2-0, 1 ND) – Bellator
3. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (15-3-0) – PFL
4. Norma “The Immortal” Dumont Viana (6-1-0) – UFC
5. Felicia “FeeNom” Spencer (8-3-0) – UFC
6. Megan Anderson (11-5-0) – UFC
7. Arlene “Angerfist” Blencowe (14-8-0) – Bellator
8. Pam “Bam” Sorenson (9-3-0) – Bellator
9. Janay “Hollowpoint” Harding (6-6-0) – Bellator
10. Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (12-9-1) – Bellator
Bantamweights (126.1-136.0 pounds):
1. Amanda “Lioness” Nunes (21-4-0) – UFC
2. Germaine “The Iron Lady” de Randamie (10-4-0) – UFC
3. Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (14-5-0) – UFC
4. Aspen Ladd (9-1-0) – UFC
5. Raquel “Rocky” Pennington (12-8-0) – UFC
6. Irene Aldana (13-6-0) – UFC
7. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (14-6-0, 1 NC) – UFC
8. Ketlen “Fenômeno” Vieira (11-2-0) – UFC
9. Julianna “The Venezuelan Vixen” Peña (10-4-0) – UFC
10. Sara McMann (12-6-0) – UFC
Flyweights (116.1-126.0 pounds):
1. Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko (23-3-0) – UFC
2. Juliana Velasquez (12-0-0) – Bellator
3. Ilima-Lei “The Ilimanator” Macfarlane (11-1-0) – Bellator
4. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (16-7-0) – Bellator
5. Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade (22-9-0) – UFC
6. Katlyn “Blonde Fighter” Chookagian (16-4-0) – UFC
7. “Lucky” Lauren Murphy (15-5-0) – UFC
8. Vanessa Porto (23-9-0) – Bellator
9. Jennifer Maia (19-7-1) – UFC
10. Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood (15-6-0) – UFC
Strawweights (111.1-116.0 pounds):
1. “Thug” Rose Namajunas (10-4-0) – UFC
2. Weili “Magnum” Zhang (21-2-0) – UFC
3. Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade (22-9-0) – UFC
4. Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza (18-6-0) – UFC
5. Xiaonan “Fury” Yan (13-2-0, 1 NC) – UFC
6. Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha (18-5-0) – UFC
7. Marina Rodriguez (14-1-2) – UFC
8. Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres (13-5-0) – UFC
9. Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (18-9-0) – UFC
10. Amanda Ribas (10-2-0) – UFC
*Previously number four-ranked Joanna Jędrzejczyk removed due to inactivity.
Super Atomweights (106.1-111.0 pounds):
1. Ayaka Hamasaki (23-3-0) – Rizin FF
2. Miyuu Yamamoto (6-5-0) – Rizin FF
3. Kanna Asakura (18-5-0) – Deep Jewels/Rizin FF
4. Mina Kurobe (16-5-0) – Shooto
5. Satomi “Sarami” Takano (15-12-0) – Shooto
Atomweights (96.1-106.0 pounds):
1. Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella (9-2-0, 1 ND) – Invicta FC
2. Jéssica Correa Delboni (11-3-0) – Invicta FC
3. Ashley “Smashley” Cummins (7-6-0) – Invicta FC
4. Saori Oshima (6-2-0) – Deep Jewels
5. Si Woo Park (5-3-0) – Deep Jewels
Rankings current as of October 1, 2021.
Heavyweights | Light Heavyweights | Middleweights | Welterweights | Lightweights
Featherweights | Bantamweights | Flyweights | Women’s Pound-For-Pound
Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings