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.
- Cris “Cyborg” Justino (1)
- Larissa Pacheco (2)
- Cat Zingano (3)
- Olena Kolesnyk (4)
- Aspen Ladd (5)
- Julia Budd (6)
- Sara Collins (7)
- Leah McCourt (8)
- Sara McCann (9)
- Arlene Blencowe (10)
No top-10 fighters competed in the month of November. As of right now, no top-fighters are scheduled to fight in December.
- Julianna Pena (1)
- Raquel Pennington (2)
- Kayla Harrison (3)
- Holly Holm (4)
- Macy Chiasson (5)
- Mayra Bueno Silva (6)
- Ketlen Vieira (7)
- Norma Dumont (8)
- Irene Aldana (9)
- Karol Rosa (10)
No top-10 fighters competed in the month of November. As of right now, no top-fighters are scheduled to fight in December.
- Valentina Shevchenko (1)
- Alexa Grasso (2)
- Manon Fiorot (3)
- Erin Blanchfield (4)
- Maycee Barber (5)
- Rose Namajunas (6)
- Dakota Ditcheva (NR)
- Taila Santos (7)
- Liz Carmouche (8)
- Natalia Silva (9)
Dropped out of the rankings: Katyln Cerminara (T-10), Juliana Vesquez (T-10)
The month of November saw the birth of star, as Dakota Ditcheva destroyed former UFC title contender Taila Santos to claim the $1 million payday in the PFL finals. In addition to that, Erin Blanchfield defeated Rose Namajunas to keep herself in the UFC title picture. As of right now, no top-fighters are scheduled to fight in December.
- Weili Zhang (1)
- Tatiana Suarez (2)
- Xiaonan Yan (3)
- Virna Jandiroba (4)
- Amanda Lemos (5)
- Mackenzie Dern (6)
- Tabatha Ricci (7)
- Iasmin Lucindo (8)
- Marina Rodriguez (9)
- Tecia Pennington (10)
November saw China’s Xiaonan Yan solidify herself as a top strawweight in the world, as she dominated fellow top-10 fighter Tabatha Ricci to stay in the title picture. Looking into December, Mackenzie Dern will fight Amanda Ribas in an effort to move toward the title picture.
- Seika Izawa (1)
- Jillian DeCoursey (2)
- Jessica Delboni (3)
- Elisandra Ferreira (4)
- Si Woo Park (5)
- Ashley Cummins (6)
- Ayaka Hamasaki (7)
- Rena Kubota (8)
- Kanna Asakura (9)
- Anastasia Nikolakakos (10)
November saw Ayaka Hamasaki score another win in her legendary career, besting Yuri Shim to stay in the top 10. As of right now, no top-fighters are scheduled to fight in December.