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MMA Freak Women’s Rankings January 2023 - MMA Freak (myftpupload.com)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 (12/31/22)
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, Jessica Andrade, Raquel Pennington
*Ronda Rousey, Germaine de Randamie, and Tatiana Suarez are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Open Weights (12/31/22)
1) Larissa Pacheco (1)
2) Kayla Harrison (2)
3) Olena Kolesnyk (3)
4) Martina Jindrová (4)
5) Genah Fabian (5)
6) Abigail Montes (7)
7) Vanessa Melo (8)
8) Zamzagul Fayzallanova (9)
9) Kaitlin Young (N/A)
10) Jeslen Michelle (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Olivia Parker, Julia Dorny, Camee Adams, Amanda Leve *, Jozette Cotton *
*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.
***Marina Mokhnatkina has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 Women’s Featherweights (12/31/22)
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 (N/A)
9) Arlene Blencowe (8)
10) Leah McCourt (10)
Honorable Mentions
Chelsea Chandler, Josiane Nunes, Amber Leibrock, Pam Sorenson, Julia Budd
*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.
***Sarah Kleczka has vacated the weight class.
****Leah Letson has retired from active competition.
Top 10 Women’s Bantamweights (12/31/22)
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) Lina Länsberg (7)
8) Mayra Bueno Silva (8)
9) Ketlen Vieira (9)
10) Stephanie Egger (10)
Honorable Mentions
Talita Bernardo, Irene Aldana, Sarah Kleczka, Claire Guthrie, Holly Holm
*Amanda Nunes is ranked in multiple divisions but is an exception.
**Ronda Rousey, Julia Avila, Yana Kunitskaya and Germaine de Randamie are ineligible due to inactivity.
Top 10 Women’s Flyweights (12/31/22)
1) Valentina Shevchenko (1)
2) Alexa Grasso (9)
3) Taila Santos (2)
4) Jessica Andrade (N/A)
5) Lauren Murphy (3)
6) Manon Fiorot (4)
7) Katlyn Chookagian (5)
8) Jennifer Maia (6)
9) Liz Carmouche (7)
10) Viviane Araújo (10)
Honorable Mentions
Maycee Barber, DeAnna Bennett, Casey O’Neill, Antonina Shevchenko, Ilima Lei-MacFarlane
Top 10 Women’s Strawweights (12/31/22)
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 (10)
10) Piera Rodriguez (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Virna Jandiroba, Angela Hill, Cory McKenna, Tabatha Ricci, Emily Ducote
*Tatiana Suarez is ineligible due to inactivity.
**Jessica Andrade has vacated the weight class.
Top 10 Women’s Atomweights (12/31/22)
1) Jillian DeCoursey (1)
2) Jéssica Delboni (2)
3) Seika Izawa (3)
4) Si Woo Park (4)
5) Rena Kubota (5)
6) Saori Oshima (N/A)
7) Kanna Asakura (6)
8) Ayaka Hamasaki (7)
9) Elisandra Ferreira (N/A)
10) Rayanne dos Santos (N/A)
Honorable Mentions
Namiko Kawabata, Aya Murakami, Jeong Eun Park, Miki Motono, Ayaka Watanabe
*Lisbeth Lopez Silva, Suwanan Boonsorn, Linda Mihalec and Viviane Pereira are all ineligible.
