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, PFL’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 bantamweight to atomweight to create the Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings. Note: The featherweight division has been discontinued in the rankings due to constant inactivity.
Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: Bantamweight (52.8–61.2 kilograms)
- Kayla Harrison (1)
- Julianna Peña (2)
- Raquel Pennington (3)
- Joselyne Edwards (4)
- Norma Dumont (5)
- Michelle Montague (6)
- Ketlen Vieira (7)
- Jacqueline Cavalcanti (8)
- Mayra Bueno Silva (9)
- Irene Aldana (10)
No top-10 fighters competed in the month of July. As of right now, no top fighters are scheduled to fight in August.
Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: Flyweight (52.8–56.7 kilograms)
- Valentina Shevchenko (1)
- Natalia Silva (2)
- Alexa Grasso (3)
- Manon Fiorot (4)
- Erin Blanchfield (5)
- Maycee Barber (6)
- Rose Namajunas (7)
- Dakota Ditcheva (8)
- Taila Santos (9)
- Liz Carmouche (10)
No top-10 fighters competed in the month of July. Looking into August, Dakota Ditcheva will defend her PFL title against Denise Kielholtz. On a different PFL card, Taila Santos will fight Sabrinna de Sousa.
Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: Strawweight (50.1–52.7 kilograms)
- Weili Zhang (1)
- Tatiana Suarez (2)
- Mackenzie Dern (3)
- Virna Jandiroba (4)
- Xiaonan Yan (5)
- Gillian Robertson (6)
- Amanda Lemos (7)
- Fatima Kline (NR)
- Tabatha Ricci (8)
- Iasmin Lucindo (9)
Dropped out of the rankings: Amanda Ribas (10)
Fatima Kline has made her debut in the strawweight rankings after she beat Tabatha Ricci in July. She’s a dark horse contender in the UFC strawweight division and likely not far off a title shot. Speaking of title fights, Mackenzie Dern defends her UFC title in August when she takes on Gillian Robertson. On that same card, Amanda Lemos will fight Alexia Thainara. And later in the month, Xiaonan Yan will fight at home when she takes on Denise Gomes.
Combat Press Women’s MMA Rankings: Atomweight (Under 50.1 kilograms)
- Seika Izawa (1)
- Elisandra Ferreira (2)
- Natasha Kuziutina (3)
- Si Woo Park (4)
- Saori Oshima (5)
- Moeri Suda (6)
- Ayaka Hamasaki (7)
- Rena Kubota (8)
- Ana Palacios (9)
- Andressa Romero (10)
The month of July saw Si Woo Park score another win at atomweight when she defeated fellow ranked atomweight Moeri Suda. Also, Saori Oshima took a win over Yi Ji Lee. As of right now, no top fighters are scheduled to fight in August.