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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 (7/31/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Amanda Nunes (3)
3) Julianna Peña (2)
4) Cristiane Venacio (4)
5) Kayla Harrison (5)
6) Jéssica Delboni (6)
7) Carla Esparza (7)
8) Jillian DeCoursey (N/A)
9) Taila Santos (8)
10) Rose Namajunas (10)
Honorable Mentions
Lauren Murphy, Jessica Andrade, Katlyn Chookagian, Larissa Pacheco, Raquel Pennington
*Ronda Rousey, Germaine de Randamie, Irene Aldana, and Tatiana Suarez are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (7/31/22)
1) Kayla Harrison (1)
2) Larissa Pacheco (2)
3) Olena Kolesnyk (5)
4) Martina Jindrová (4)
5) Genah Fabian (3)
6) Marina Mokhnatkina (7)
7) Julia Budd (6)  
8) Abigail Montes (8)
9) Vanessa Melo (9)
10) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jozette Cotton, Kaitlin Young, Jeslen Michelle, Michelle Montague, Jackie Cataline
*Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Bianca Daimoni, and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
**Morgan Frier has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (7/31/22)
1) Amanda Nunes (1)
2) Cristiane Venâncio (2)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Macy Chiasson (N/A)
5) Norma Dumont (5)
6) Sinead Kavanagh (6)
7) Arlene Blencowe (7)
8) Leah Letson (9)
9) Leah McCourt (N/A)
10) Pam Sorenson (10)
Honorable Mentions
Yoko Higashi, Chelsea Chandler, Dayana Silva, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple classes but is an exception to the rule.
**Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith, Talita Nogueira, and Danyelle Wolf are all ineligible due to inactivity.
***Auttumn Norton has vacated the weight class.
****Sarah Kaufman has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (7/31/22)
1) Amanda Nunes (2)
2) Julianna Peña (1)
3) Raquel Pennington (4)
4) Aspen Ladd (5)
5) Sara McMann (7)
6) Pannie Kianzad (8)
7) Lina Länsberg (N/A)
8) Mayra Bueno Silva (N/A)
9) Ketlen Vieira (10)
10) Stephanie Egger (9)
Honorable Mentions
Taneisha Tennant, Talita Bernardo, Auttumn Norton
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple divisions but is an exception. 
**Ronda Rousey, Irene Aldana, Julia Avila, Yana Kunitskaya and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (7/31/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Taila Santos (2)
3) Lauren Murphy (3)
4) Katlyn Chookagian (4)
5) Manon Fiorot (5)
6) Jennifer Maia (6)
7) Liz Carmouche (7)
8) Juliana Velasquez (8)
9) Viviane Araújo (9)
10) Alexa Grass (10)
Honorable Mentions
Maycee Barber, DeAnna Bennett, Maryna Moroz, Antonina Shevchenko, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (7/31/22)
1) Carla Esparza (1)
2) Rose Namajunas (2)
3) Weili Zhang (3)
4) Marina Rodriguez (4)
5) Mackenzie Dern (5)
6) Tecia Torres (6)
7) Yan Xiaonan (7)
8) Jessica Andrade (8)
9) Amanda Lemos (9)
10) Michelle Waterson (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Virna Jandiroba, Angela Hill, Cheyanne Vlismas, Tabatha Ricci, Emily Ducote
*Tatiana Suarez is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (7/31/22)
1) Jéssica Delboni (1)
2) Jillian DeCoursey (4)
3) Seika Izawa (2)
4) Ayaka Hamasaki (3)
5) Rena Kubota (N/A)
6) Marisa Messer-Belenchia (6)
7) Katie Saull (7)
8) Mina Kurobe (9)
9) Namiko Kawabata (10)
10) Lindsey VanZandt (5)
Honorable Mentions
 Si Woo Park, Elle Wagman, Aya Murakami, Saori Oshima, Jeong Eun Park
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.
**Jihin Radzuan has vacated the weight class.

MMA Freak Women’s Rankings August 2022 - MMA Freak (myftpupload.com)