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Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: February 2024

With the growing popularity of women’s MMA, it is important to recognize these women with a rankings system of their own. Between the UFC’s inclusion of weight classes from strawweight up to featherweight, Bellator’s increasing attention to the women’s side of the sport, and the all-female promotion Invicta FC, more and more women are being exposed to casual and hardcore fans alike.Every month, Combat Press compiles the staff’s individual rankings from featherweight to atomweight to create the Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings.

Featherweight (61.9-66.3 kilograms)
  1. Cris “Cyborg” Justino (1)
  2. Kayla Harrison (2)
  3. Larissa Pacheco (3)
  4. Cat Zingano (4)
  5. Olena Kolesnyk (5)
  6. Aspen Ladd (6)
  7. Leah McCourt (7)
  8. Julia Budd (8)
  9. Macy Chiasson (9)
  10. Sara McMann (10)

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of January. As of now, no top-10 fighters are scheduled to compete in February.

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Bantamweight (52.8-57.2 kilograms)
  1. Amanda Nunes (1)
  2. Julianna Pena (2)
  3. Raquel Pennington (5)
  4. Mayra Bueno Silva (3)
  5. Holly Holm (4)
  6. Ketlen Vieira (6)
  7. Irene Aldana (7)
  8. Miesha Tate (8)
  9. Karol Rosa (9)
  10. Yana Santos (10)

The month of January saw a new UFC champion crowned, as Raquel Pennington bested Mayra Bueno Silva. As of now, no top-10 fighters are scheduled to compete in February.

Flyweight (52.8-57.2 kilograms)
  1. Alexa Grasso (1)
  2. Valentina Shevchenko (2)
  3. Liz Carmouche (3)
  4. Erin Blanchfield (4)
  5. Manon Fiorot (5)
  6. Katlyn Chookagian (6)
  7. Rose Namajunas (7)
  8. Juliana Velasquez (8)
  9. Maycee Barber (9)
  10. Viviane Araujo (10)

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of January. Looking into February, Viviane Araujo looks to keep her top-10 status when she takes on surging Natalia Silva.

Strawweight (50.1-52.7 kilograms)
  1. Weili Zhang (1)
  2. Carla Esparza (2)
  3. Rose Namajunas (3)
  4. Tatiana Suarez (4)
  5. Xiaonan Yan (5)
  6. Amanda Lemos (6)
  7. Virna Jandiroba (7)
  8. Marina Rodriguez (8)
  9. Jessica Andrade (9)
  10. Mackenzie Dern (10)

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of January. Looking into February, Mackenzie Dern steps up on short notice to fight Amanda Lemos in a battle of top-10 opponents.

Atomweight (Under 50.1 kilograms)
  1. Seika Izawa (1)
  2. Rayanne dos Santos (2)
  3. Jillian DeCoursey (3)
  4. Jessica Delboni (4)
  5. Alesha Zappitella (5)
  6. Si Woo Park (6)
  7. Ashley Cummins (7)
  8. Ayaka Hamasaki (8)
  9. Lindsey vanZandt (9)
  10. Rena Kubota (10)

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of January. Looking into February, Ayaka Hamasaki takes on Claire Lopez over in Japan.

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