MMA Women’s Pound for Pound Rankings

Men’s Divisions
Heavyweight (265)Light Heavyweight (205)Middleweight (185)Welterweight (170)Lightweight (155)Featherweight (145)Bantamweight (135)Flyweight (125)Pound-4-Pound

Women’s Divisions
W-Featherweight (145+)W-Bantamweight (135)W-Flyweight (125)W-Strawweight (115) – Pound-4-Pound

#FighterORGOVRLast 3 FightsNext Fight
1Cristiane Justino27-2W-Cat Zingano (TKO)
W-Arlene Blencowe (DEC)
W-Sinead Kavanagh (KO)
2Larissa Pacheco22-4W-Olena Kolesnyk (TKO)
W-Amber Leibrock (TKO)
W-Julia Budd (DEC)
3Alexa Grasso16-3-1D-Valentina Shevchenko (DEC)
W-Valentina Shevchenko (SUB)
W-Viviane Araujo (DEC)
4Valentina Shevchenko23-4-1D-Alexa Grasso (DEC)
L-Alexa Grasso (SUB)
W-Taila Santos (DEC)
5Weili Zhang24-3W-Amanda Lemos (DEC)
W-Carla Esparza (SUB)
W-Joanna Jedrzejczyk (KO)
6Kayla Harrison15-1L-Larissa Pacheco (DEC)
W-Martina Jindrova (SUB)
W-Kaitlin Young (TKO)
7Carla Esparza19-7L-Weili Zhang (SUB)
W-Rose Namajunas (DEC)
W-Yan Xiaonan (TKO)
8
Tatiana Suarez10-0W-Jessica Andrade (SUB)
W-Montana De La Rosa (SUB)
W-Nina Ansaroff (DEC)
9
9Julianna Pena11-5L-Amanda Nunes (DEC)
W-Amanda Nunes (SUB)
W-Sara McMann (SUB)
10Manon Fiorot11-1W-Rose Namajunas (DEC)
W-Katlyn Chookagian (DEC)
W-Jennifer Maia (DEC)
MMA World Rankings FAQ
MMA World Rankings are comprised of all fighters, regardless of promotion. These rankings are sometimes referred to as "Global Rankings" or "Overall Rankings." RankingMMA has been publishing MMA world rankings since 2006.

So, how do we compile our rankings? What separates us from other web sites that formulate rankings?

We are the only source that uses computerized analytics rankings system & actual fight footage to determine rankings similar. The reason we do this is to avoid ranking bias. By using analytics, fighters are scored no matter the promotion they are in. From there, tiers are created and fighters are ranked from within those tiers.

Here is the rankings criteria that encompasses a fighter ranking:
- Most recent performance
- Performance against top competition
- Estimated ability against future competition
- Strength of competition
- Activity in the last 3 years
- Last 5 fights

There are many fighters sporting undefeated records from developing fight scenes, especially abroad. Something we take into consideration is the strength of competition they have faced. If a fighter has compiled a bunch of wins against competition that is lackluster they will likely have a difficult time moving up in the rankings until they face stiffer competition in order for us to accurately predict how they would perform against exceedingly tougher competition.

If a fighter has fought elite competition and fallen short, we factor in how they performed. If a fighter fairs well against a higher-ranked adversary, they could still move up in the rankings.

Actual fight footage is reviewed, regardless of promotion in order to formulate these rankings.

= Fighter moves up in the rankings after recent fight
= Fighter moves down in the rankings after recent fight

Reasons a fighter is ineligible for Non-UFC Rankings (* = Not Ranked)
= Inactivity over 15 months
= Changing weight classes. A fighter must debut in their new weight class in order to officially be ranked there. Upon their debut, they will be removed from their former weight class. If the fighter temporarily competed outside of their division, they will be ranked in their primary division of choice.
= Suspension. Should a fighter be suspended for performance enhancing substances or fighter conduct, they will be removed from the rankings.