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Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: September 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. Sara McMann (9)
  10. Arlene Blencowe (10)

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of August. Looking into September, Leah McCourt will fight Sara Collins under the Bellator banner.

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

The month of August saw a small shake up in the rankings, as Karol Rosa moved up one spot in the rankings with her victory over Pannie Kianzad. Also, Yana Santos stayed steady with her win over Chelsea Chandler. Looking into September, Irene Aldana will fight Norma Dumont to jockey for position in the UFC title picture.

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

Dropped out of the rankings: Natalia Silva (10)

Natalia Silva has dropped out of the rankings after Taila Santos stormed back into the rankings with a massive win in PFL over Liz Carmouche, who takes a big tumble down the rankings. Looking into September, the top-two 125ers will square off again, as UFC Champion Alexa Grasso takes on former champion Valentina Shevchenko.

Strawweight (50.1-52.7 kilograms)
  1. Weili Zhang (1)
  2. Tatina Suarez (2)
  3. Xiaonan Yan (3)
  4. Virna Jandiroba (4)
  5. Amanda Lemos (5)
  6. Jessica Andrade (6)
  7. Mackenzie Dern (7)
  8. Marina Rodriguez (8)
  9. Tabatha Ricci (9)
  10. Tecia Pennington (10)

The month of August saw Mackenzie Dern notch another win, as she defeated surging strawweight Lupita Godinez. Looking into Septemeber, 125-115 tweener Jessica Andrade will fight at 125 again when she fights Natalia Silva.

Atomweight (Under 50.1 kilograms)
  1. Seika Izawa (1)
  2. Jillian DeCoursey (2)
  3. Jessica Delboni (3)
  4. Si Woo Park (4)
  5. Ashley Cummins (5)
  6. Ayaka Hamasaki (6)
  7. Rena Kubota (7)
  8. Kanna Asakura (8)
  9. Anastasia Nikolakakos (9)
  10. Elisandra Ferreira (10)

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of August. Looking into September, top-ranked atomweight Seika Izawa looks to continue her undefeated ways when she fights Kanna Asakura under the Rizin banner. Also, Elisandra Ferreira competes for the vacant Invicta Atomweight Championship when she fights Andressa Romero.

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