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Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: November 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. Larissa Pacheco (3)
  3. Cat Zingano (4)
  4. Olena Kolesnyk (5)
  5. Aspen Ladd (6)
  6. Julia Budd (7)
  7. Sara Collins (8)
  8. Leah McCourt (9)
  9. Sara McCann (10)
  10. Arlene Blencowe (NR)

Dropped out of the rankings: Kayla Harrison (2)

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The big change in the rankings this month comes from Kayla Harrison, who is officially ineligible for the 145-pound rankings after taking two fights at bantamweight. She figures to stay in this weight class for the duration of her UFC career. October also saw Cris “Cyborg” Justino win the PFL Championship from Larissa Pacheco. As of right now, no top-fighters are scheduled to fight in November.

Bantamweight (52.8-57.2 kilograms)
  1. Julianna Pena (NR)
  2. Raquel Pennington (1)
  3. Kayla Harrison (2)
  4. Holly Holm (3)
  5. Macy Chiasson (4)
  6. Mayra Bueno Silva (5)
  7. Ketlen Vieira (6)
  8. Norma Dumont (7)
  9. Irene Aldana (8)
  10. Karol Rosa (9)

Dropped out of the rankings: Miesha Tate (10)

The month of October saw Julianna Pena return and win the UFC Bantamweight Championship against Raquel Pennington. In addition to that, Kayla Harrison defeated Ketlen Vieira to likely earn a title shot against Pena. As of right now, no top-fighters are scheduled to fight in November.

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

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of October. Looking into November, Erin Blanchfield and Rose Namajunas will clash while jockeying to stay in the title picture. Also, Taila Santos will fight Dakota Ditcheva with $1 million on the line for the PFL Championship.

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

Dropped out of the rankings: Luana Pinheiro (10)

The month of October saw Iasmin Lucindo sneak into the rankings, as she bested fellow Brazilian Marina Rodriguez. Also, Tecia Pennington defeated Carla Esparza in the latter’s retirement fight. Looking into November, Xiaonan Yan will fight Tabatha Ricci.

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

No top-10 fighters competed in the month of October. Looking into November, Ayaka Hamasaki will fight Yuri Shim under the Rizin banner.

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