Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings: The Unified Women’s Mixed Martial Arts Rankings are updated monthly and are acknowledged by most promotions as the only official women’s mixed martial arts rankings assembled by division and weight class. Fighters who have not competed inside their division within the past 12 months are not eligible to be ranked at that weight. Fighters who vacate a weight class will no longer be ranked in that division. Promotional abbreviations in italics denote which major organisation(s) each fighter is currently signed to and/or has most recently competed for. Featherweights (136.1-146.0 pounds): 1. Marloes “Rumina” Coenen (22-6-0) – Bellator 2. Pannie “Banzai” Kianzad (6-0-0) – Cage Warriors 3. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (6-2-0) – Bellator 4. Faith “The Immortal” Van Duin (6-1-0) – Storm MMA/Invicta FC 5. Talita “Treta” Nogueira (6-0-0) – Bellator 6. Annalisa “No Fear” Bucci (7-4-0) – Bellator 7. Latoya “Black Mamba” Walker (4-0-0) – Invicta FC 8. Charmaine “Not So Sweet” Tweet (6-4-0) – Invicta FC 9. Amanda “The Lady Killer” Bell (3-2-0) – Invicta FC 10. Gabrielle “Gabanator” Holloway (3-1-0) – Regional Contenders: Maria Hougaard Djursaa, Alexandra Buch, Andria Wawro, Jessica Miele, Megan Anderson *Previously number one-ranked Cristiane Justino removed due to inactivity and for vacating the division. Bantamweights (126.1-136.0 pounds): 1. “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey (10-0-0) – UFC 2. “Alpha” Cat Zingano (9-0-0) – UFC 3. Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (15-5-0) – UFC 4. Sarah Kaufman (17-2-0, 1 ND) – UFC 5. Alexis “Ally-Gator” Davis (16-6-0) – UFC 6. Sara McMann (8-1-0) – UFC 7. Jessica “Evil” Eye (10-2-0, 1 ND) – UFC 8. Lauren Murphy (8-1-0) – UFC 9. Liz “Girl-Rilla” Carmouche (9-5-0) – UFC 10. Jéssica “Bate Estaca” Andrade (12-3-0) – UFC Contenders: Bethe Correia, Tonya Evinger, Holly Holm, Rin Nakai, Amanda Nunes Flyweights (116.1-126.0 pounds): 1. Barb “Little Warrior” Honchak (10-2-0) – Invicta FC 2. Vanessa Porto (17-6-0) – Invicta FC 3. Jennifer Maia (9-3-1) – Invicta FC 4. Kalindra Faria (15-3-1) – MMA Super Heroes/XFC 5. DeAnna “The Argentine Assassin” Bennett (5-0-0) – Invicta FC 6. Juliana “Julie” Werner (8-4-0) – XFC 7. Nina “The Strina” Ansaroff (6-3-0) – UFC 8. Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto Gurgel (12-4-0) – Invicta FC 9. Aline “Hannibal” Sério (9-5-0) – Regional 10. Elaine “Pantera” Albuquerque (9-4-0) – Regional Contenders: Roxanne Modafferi, Marina Moroz, Jin Tang, Taila Santos, Emily Corso *Previously number nine-ranked Viviane Pereira removed due to vacating the division. Strawweights (106.1-116.0 pounds): 1. Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (18-4-0) – WSOF 2. Claudia “Claudinha” Gadelha (12-0-0) – UFC 3. Carla “Cookie Monster” Esparza (9-2-0) – UFC 4. Joanne “JoJo” Calderwood (8-0-0) – UFC 5. Katja “Killer Bunny” Kankaanpää (10-1-1) – Invicta FC 6. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (6-0-0) – KSW/Invicta FC 7. Tecia “The Tiny Tornado” Torres (4-0-0) – UFC 8. Kalindra Faria (15-3-1) – MMA Super Heroes/XFC 9. Joanna Jędrzejczyk (7-0-0) – UFC 10. Mizuki Inoue (8-3-0) – Deep Jewels/Invicta FC Contenders: Felice Herrig, Livia Renata Souza, Hérica Tibúrcio, Bec Rawlings, Stephanie Eggink *Note: Due to the unique nature of The Ultimate Fighter 20 contracts, all contestants on the show will remain eligible to be ranked within the strawweight division until after the TUF 20 Finale in late 2014. Atomweights (96.1-106.0 pounds): 1. Michelle “The Karate Hottie” Waterson (12-3-0) – Invicta FC 2. Seo Hee Ham (14-5-0) – Deep Jewels/Road FC 3. Ayaka Hamasaki (10-1-0) – Deep Jewels/Invicta FC 4. Amber “The Bully” Brown (4-1-0) – Invicta FC 5. Jodie Esquibel (5-1-0) – Invicta FC 6. Sadae “Manhoef” Numata (5-2-1) – Deep Jewels 7. Saori “Shooting Star” Ishioka (13-7-0) – Deep Jewels 8. Naho “Sugi Rock” Sugiyama (10-4-0) – Deep Jewels/Invicta FC 9. Yasuko “Ikuko” Tamada (15-9-3) – Deep Jewels/Invicta FC 10. Catherine “The Alpha Female” Costigan (5-0-0) – Cage Warriors Contenders: Cassie Rodish, Jinh Yu Frey, Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc, Gina Iniong, Mei Yamaguchi *Previously number five-ranked Lacey Schuckman removed due to inactivity. Rankings current as of November 1, 2014.
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