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 (1/30/23)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Amanda Nunes (2)
3) Julianna Peña (3)
4) Cristiane Venacio (4)
5) Jillian DeCoursey (5)
6) Zhang Weili (6)
7) Larissa Pacheco (7)
8) Carla Esparza (8)
9) Kayla Harrison (9)
10) Rose Namajunas (10)
Honorable Mentions
Jéssica Delboni, Taila Santos, Lauren Murphy, Raquel Pennington, Alexa Grasso
*Ronda Rousey, Germaine de Randamie, and Tatiana Suarez are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (1/30/23)
1) Larissa Pacheco (1)
2) Kayla Harrison (2)
3) Olena Kolesnyk (3)
4) Martina Jindrová (4)
5) Genah Fabian (5)
6) Abigail Montes (6)
7) Vanessa Melo (7)
8) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (8)
9) Kaitlin Young (9)
10) Olivia Parker (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Julia Dorny, Camee Adams, Jozette Cotton*, Latoya Walker*, Claressa Shields*
*Due to a lack of depth in the weight class, the following fighters have exceptions to eligibility.
**Gabi Garcia, Bobbi-Jo Dalziel, Bianca Daimoni and Lei’D Tapa are all ineligible.
***Jeslen Michelle and Amanda Leve have vacated the weight class.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (1/30/23)
1) Amanda Nunes* (1)
2) Cristiane Venâncio (2)
3) Cat Zingano (3)
4) Macy Chiasson (4)
5) Norma Dumont (5)
6) Sinead Kavanagh (6)
7) Aspen Ladd (7)
8) Marina Mokhnatkina (8)
9) Arlene Blencowe (9)
10) Leah McCourt (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Amanda Leve, Jackie Cataline
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple classes but is an exception to the rule.
**Megan Anderson, Leslie Smith and Talita Nogueira are all ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (1/30/23)
1) Amanda Nunes* (1)
2) Julianna Peña (2)
3) Raquel Pennington (3)
4) Sara McMann (4)
5) Pannie Kianzad (5)
6) Karol Rosa (6)
7) Mayra Bueno Silva (8)
8) Lina Länsberg (7)
9) Ketlen Vieira (9)
10) Stephanie Egger (10)
Honorable Mentions
Talita Bernardo, Irene Aldana, Claire Guthrie, Holly Holm, Olga Rubin
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple divisions but is an exception.
**Ronda Rousey, Julia Avila, Sarah Kleczka, Yana Kunitskaya and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (1/30/23)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Alexa Grasso (2)
3) Taila Santos (3)
4) Erin Blanchfield (N/A)
5) Jessica Andrade (4)
6) Lauren Murphy (5)
7) Manon Fiorot (6)
8) Katlyn Chookagian (7)
9) Jennifer Maia (8)
10) Liz Carmouche (9)
Honorable Mentions
Viviane Araújo, Maycee Barber, DeAnna Bennett, Antonina Shevchenko, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
*Casey O’Neill is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (1/30/23)
1) Weili Zhang (1)
2) Carla Esparza (2)
3) Rose Namajunas (3)
4) Amanda Lemos (4)
5) Marina Rodriguez (5)
6) Yan Xiaonan (6)
7) Mackenzie Dern (7)
8) Tecia Torres (8)
9) Michelle Waterson (9)
10) Piera Rodriguez (10)
Honorable Mentions
Virna Jandiroba, Angela Hill, Cory McKenna, Tabatha Ricci, Emily Ducote
*Tatiana Suarez is ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (1/30/23)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Jéssica Delboni (2)
3) Seika Izawa (3)
4) Si Woo Park (4)
5) Rena Kubota (5)
6) Saori Oshima (6)
7) Kanna Asakura (7)
8) Ayaka Hamasaki (8)
9) Elisandra Ferreira (9)
10) Rayanne dos Santos (10)
Honorable Mentions
Machi Fukuda, Aya Murakami, Jeong Eun Park, Miki Motono, Ayaka Watanabe
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.
