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 (20-4-0) – UFC
2. Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (23-2-0, 1 ND) – Bellator
3. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (14-3-0) – Bellator
4. Felicia “FeeNom” Spencer (8-2-0) – UFC
5. Arlene “Angerfist” Blencowe (13-8-0) – Bellator
6. Megan Anderson (11-4-0) – UFC
7. Pam “Bam” Sorenson (8-3-0) – Invicta FC
8. Janay “Hollowpoint” Harding (6-5-0) – Bellator
9. Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (12-8-1) – Bellator
10. Kaitlin “The Striking Viking” Young (11-10-1) – Invicta FC

Bantamweights (126.1-136.0 pounds):

1. Amanda “Lioness” Nunes (20-4-0) – 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 (11-8-0) – UFC
6. Irene Aldana (12-6-0) – UFC
7. Ketlen “Fenômeno” Vieira (11-1-0) – UFC
8. Yana “Foxy” Kunitskaya (13-5-0, 1 NC) – UFC
9. Sara McMann (12-5-0) – UFC
10. Lina “Elbow Queen” Länsberg (10-5-0) – UFC

Flyweights (116.1-126.0 pounds):

1. Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko (21-3-0) – UFC
2. Juliana Velasquez (11-0-0) – Bellator
3. Ilima-Lei “The Ilimanator” Macfarlane (11-1-0) – Bellator
4. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (14-7-0) – Bellator
5. Vanessa Porto (22-8-0) – Bellator
6. Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade (21-8-0) – UFC
7. Katlyn “Blonde Fighter” Chookagian (15-4-0) – UFC
8. Cynthia Calvillo (9-2-1) – UFC
9. Jessica “Evil” Eye (15-8-0, 1 ND) – UFC
10. “Lucky” Lauren Murphy (14-4-0) – UFC

Strawweights (111.1-116.0 pounds):

1. Weili “Magnum” Zhang (21-1-0) – UFC
2. “Thug” Rose Namajunas (9-4-0) – UFC
3. Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade (21-8-0) – UFC
4. Joanna Jędrzejczyk (16-4-0) – UFC
5. Xiaonan “Fury” Yan (13-1-0, 1 NC) – UFC
6. Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha (18-5-0) – UFC
7. Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza (17-6-0) – UFC
8. Marina Rodriguez (12-1-2) – UFC
9. Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres (12-5-0) – UFC
10. Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (18-8-0) – UFC

*Previously number five-ranked Tatiana Suarez and six-ranked Nina Ansaroff removed due to inactivity.

Super Atomweights (106.1-111.0 pounds):

1. Seo Hee Ham (23-8-0) – One FC/Rizin FF
2. Ayaka Hamasaki (21-3-0) – Rizin FF
3. Miyuu Yamamoto (6-5-0) – Rizin FF
4. Kanna Asakura (18-4-0) – Deep Jewels/Rizin FF
5. Ai “Princess Bee” Shimizu (7-2-0) – Rizin FF/Bellator

Atomweights (96.1-106.0 pounds):

1. Seo Hee Ham (23-8-0) – One FC/Rizin FF
2. Alesha “Half Pint” Zappitella (8-2-0, 1 ND) – Invicta FC
3. Ashley “Smashley” Cummins (7-6-0) – Invicta FC
4. Mina Kurobe (16-5-0) – Shooto
5. Jéssica Correa Delboni (10-2-0) – Invicta FC

*Previously number four-ranked Tomo Maesawa removed due to her retirement.

Rankings current as of January 1, 2021.

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