Women’s MMA World Strawweight 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
1Weili Zhang24-3W-Amanda Lemos (DEC)
W-Carla Esparza (SUB)
W-Joanna Jedrzejczyk (KO)
2Carla Esparza19-7L-Weili Zhang (SUB)
W-Rose Namajunas (DEC)
W-Yan Xiaonan (TKO)
3
Tatiana Suarez10-0W-Jessica Andrade (SUB)
W-Montana De La Rosa (SUB)
W-Nina Ansaroff (DEC)
9
4Amanda Lemos13-3-1L-Weili Zhang (DEC)
W-Marina Rodriguez (TKO)
W-Michelle Waterson (SUB)
5Virna Jandiroba19-3W-Marina Rodriguez (DEC)
W-Angela Hill (DEC)
L-Amanda Ribas (DEC)
6Marina Rodriguez16-3-2L-Virna Jandiroba (DEC)
L-Amanda Lemos (TKO)
W-Yan Xiaonan (DEC)
7Yan Xiaonan15-3W-Jessica Andrade (KO)
W-Mackenzie Dern (DEC)
L-Marina Rodriguez (DEC)
8Jessica Andrade24-12L-Tatiana Suarez (SUB)
L-Yan Xiaonan (KO)
L-Erin Blanchfield (SUB)
9Mackenzie Dern13-3W-Angela Hill (DEC)
L-Yan Xiaonan (DEC)
W-Tecia Torres (DEC)
10Tabatha Ricci9-1W-Gillian Robertson (DEC)
W-Jessica Penne (SUB)
W-Polyana Viana (DEC)
11Luana Pinheiro11-1W-Michelle Waterson (DEC)
W-Sam Hughes (DEC)
W-Randa Markos (DQ)
12Michelle Waterson18-11L-Luana Pinheiro (DEC)
L-Amanda Lemos (SUB)
L-Marina Rodriguez (DEC)
13Angela Hill15-13L-Mackenzie Dern (DEC)
W-Emily Ducote (DEC)
W-Lupita Godinez (DEC)
14Lupita Godinez10-3W-Emily Ducote (DEC)
W-Cynthia Calvillo (DEC)
L-Angela Hill (DEC)
15Emily Ducote12-8L-Lupita Godinez (DEC)
L-Angela Hill (DEC)
W-Jessica Penne (DEC)
16
USA
Jessica Penne14-7L-Tabatha Ricci (SUB)
L-Emily Ducote (DEC)
W-Karolina Kowalkiewicz (SUB)
17Karolina Kowalkiewicz15-7W-Vanessa Demopoulos (DEC)
W-Silvana Juarez (DEC)
W-Felice Herrig (SUB)
18Jingnan Xiong18-2 W-Angela Lee (DEC)
W-Ayaka Miura (DEC)
W-Michelle Nicolini (DEC)
19
Loma Lookboonmee8-3W-Elise Reed (SUB)
W-Denise Gomes (DEC)
L-Lupita Godinez (DEC)
20Denise Gomes8-2W-Yazmin Jauregui (TKO)
W-Bruna Brasil (TKO)
L-Loma Lookboonmee (DEC)
21Gillian Robertson12-8L-Tabatha Ricci (DEC)
W-Piera Rodriguez (SUB)
W-Mariya Agapova (SUB)
22Piera Rodriguez9-1L-Gillian Robertson (SUB)
W-Sam Hughes (DEC)
W-Kay Hansen (DEC)
23
Yazmin Jauregui10-1L-Denise Gomes (TKO)
W-Istela Nunes (TKO)
W-Jasmin Lucindo (DEC)
24Cynthia CalvilloFree Agent9-6-1L-Lupita Godinez (DEC)
L-Nina Nunes (DEC)
L-Andrea Lee (TKO)
25Angela Lee11-3L-Jingnan Xiong (DEC)
W-Stamp Fairtex (SUB)
W-Jingnan Xiong (SUB)
Ineligible for Rankings
* Suspension
* Inactivity>15 months
* Moving Divisions
Tecia Torres13-6 (2)L-Mackenzie Dern (DEC)
W-Angela Hill (DEC)
W-Sam Hughes (TKO)
Brianna Van Buren9-3 (5)L-Tecia Torres (DEC)
W-Livia Renata Souza (DEC)
W-Kailin Curran (SUB)
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- Strength of competition
- Activity in the last 3 years
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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.

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